We border a forest and our coop is right next to it, so way too many roots for us to dig down. We did the HWC this way and covered it with rocks. Most farming communities will have piles of rocks on the edge of their fields, thus how we got a couple of loads for free.Hello and welcome to BYC!Glad you joined.
Can you post pictures? If you've raised chicks before you know you need 2 sq ft per chick for the first 3 week then need to bump up.
Hopefully he visited our coop and run forum to learn all the guidelines for building a structure suitable for chickens. One with huge amounts of predator secure ventilation but protection from drafts. Is he building poop boards?
You don't need to dig down. Just spread the 1/2" hardware cloth out from the base of the run 18-24" and pin it down with HD landscape staples and you're done.
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Let the grass grow back through it. If it's in an area with pine needles or leaves, toss some over the top of it to blend it in.
