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[MeepBeep]

8x8x16 Cinder blocks can be had for about $1 each, not pretty but they will work as well...

 

[bigmrg74]

Need some advice..........last year I built my coop and run. However, by the time I got to my fencing, I used a 2x3 up to top of post and then wiring across the top.. I brought 1/4" hardware wire up at the bottom.,.,,BUT,,..,with the smaller coop, I buried about a foot of the wire... with this one,I just splayed it outward to keep digging predators at bay. Haven't had any predators to get in. By that time, I had just reached the end of the summer, had no help (also have parkinsonism), had contracted RMSF,......so I didn't have any energy left.....! On the big run which is 25' on one side by 18' by 10'.... OK,,,,HERE'S THE PROBLEM...... my chickens are gradually digging real holes under the fencing!!!!!!!

Have a grandson with me this week so ....I'm thinking about trenching on the inside and pouring quickrete around the perimeter. I am thinking that would be cheaper than buying a couple of $50 rolls of hardware wire.. (would rather do that but $$ is short right now, Does someone have a cheaper, long lasting suggestion??

I would go with pavers or some large flattish rocks if you get your hands on some of them. right now you would probably just to go around the inside of the run to keep the chickens from digging out.
Maybe later on, like next summer, you could work on putting some pavers or stones or even a combination of the two around the outside of your run. not only would you make it more protective for your girls, but if done right, it could be pretty decorative as well.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

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If they have enough room, you should be fine. I know several people who have VERY mixed flocks (seriously everything from seramas to turkeys running together with no issues).

 

[MeepBeep]

If they have enough room, you should be fine. I know several people who have VERY mixed flocks (seriously everything from seramas to turkeys running together with no issues).

I have bantams, standards of several breeds (including black sumatras), guinea fowl and peafowl all living together in harmony... They all seem to find their social clicks and keep to themselves, but they also have a lot of room to do so...

Ironically the alpha rooster is the eldest bantam, it's funny watching him keep order when he is so much smaller then everyone else...

 

[perchie.girl]

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Yep Yep.... room is the key.

 

[jmariebeef]

Okay so this is what we started with. I was in a little over my head.

 

[jmariebeef]

This is where I am now. Still want to get the outside painted and the inside whitewashed and we have to get the hardware cloth put up on the top part of the divider wall, but not bad i dont think for how far we have come.

 

[junebuggena]

This is where I am now. Still want to get the outside painted and the inside whitewashed and we have to get the hardware cloth put up on the top part of the divider wall, but not bad i dont think for how far we have come.

 

[jmariebeef]

We will also be building roosts and hanging the feeder and waterer. We will be building the outside run space in the next few weeks. It is going to be about 10 feet wide in front and wrap around the far corner to the back wall of the coop so they will have lots of space until i get them trained then they will be free range.

 

[jmariebeef]

Just the windows at both ends and the big windows across the front. The coop was re-existing so we don't have a lot of options.