Our First Coop & Run

[Jarc]

Finally finished building our chicken coop and enclosed run. Chickens have a safe space and we (including the dogs) get hours of entertainment watching them.

The coop is a repurposed dog house and the attached run is 52 sqft. We currently have 2 standard sized silkies in there.

We live in a tropical climate so its warm all year round. The garden only gets a couple of hours sun a day and there are always shady spots in the run as the sun moves. We do get some rain though, so will be adding a roof soon.

Really want to make full use of the vertical space and include natural structures like logs etc. Unfortunately they are not readily available where we live.

Comments welcome Also any suggestions for in run entertainment would be great!

 

[DobieLover]

If you can't find natural logs or branches, you can just use lumber. Can you get a hold of some free pallets from a store? Lean them up against wall supports and they will fly up on them.

 

[aart]

Good ideas for 'hiding' places:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-cluttered-run.1323792/

Very nice aviary!
Might be lost on the silkies as they don't fly.

Welcome to BYC! @Jarc
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[Jarc]

I'm located in Singapore - have updated my profile now. Thanks for the link, great ideas there!