Predator-Proof Run - How would you build it

[joebryant]

If you were starting a new run, and you wanted it safer than Fort Knox, how would you build it?

 

[MicMoo]

With walls made of 36" steel-reinforced concrete...

 

[ravenfeathers]

this is in imaginary world where money is no object?

i'd go with 4x4 support structures. the fence/roof would be 100% 1/4"x1/4" hardware cloth with two feet buried and set in concrete. also, i'd have a floodlight on motion sensor on the coop. finally, a couple of strands of high tensile hot wire around the outside to keep out the bears.

well, i can dream, can't i?

 

[patandchickens]

it depends whether you have bears

Pat

 

[Guitartists]

Hmm..haven't thought about all of it, but if I could afford to, I would double fence it

Like they do with dog kennels or zoo enclosures

 

[bluey]

Heck Joe, if you've already spent 2K on the coop, what's another 20 C-notes for the run?

I'm thinking platinum hardware cloth may be the way to go to insure you don't come in under budget .