Roof material question for run

[DanielleinLA]

I am building a run about 7'x13' and am trying to cover it to keep raccoons and possums out (predators in my neighborhood). One side is a solid building wall, two are 3' concrete walls with chainlink above and the front side is hardware cloth. Entire run is 8' tall. The bottom is secure. I can't find affordable 7' wide HC and do not need a solid roof. It rarely rains and the run is shaded by an avocado tree. Will the predators climb up and get in the top if I use plastic deer fencing and not hardware cloth? Thank you in advance!

 

[RHRanch]

Yes, predators will climb onto the top of your run. I like corrugated plastic or metal for the roof of my runs.

 

[BrokenRoadFarm]

We have a 12' X 20' run and put chicken wire over the top. We also put a heavy duty tarp over it for added strength and for shade as well. We hope it is enough

 

[ladyride]

Got metal roofs on runs got them free from local roofer. The coop is one color the run another but it was free & brand new.HC on any open areas. I used dog kennel panels for my runs.

 

[harri]

I have 2x3 welded wire on top of my run. It is 4' wide and i used a 4x4 across the run to staple the edges of the wire together.

 

[fargosmom]

I've got corrugated plastic over my run. It wasn't too expensive and provides shade as well as security.

 

[Toothless Willie]

Have you considered something like this? This run is on top of a 5X15 dog run. Gray electrical PVC mounted in rail clamps is run every 4 feet as I recall. We used 36" hardware cloth with a lap in the center and attached with zip ties. The firts picture is our first coup, thereafter are the coop I am refering to.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=507031

 

[HappyChickenLover]

coons will go right through it and drag a full size chicken out

if u got coon problems you need to put some type of 2'x4" metal fencing over it.

 

[Nicole01]

We are shingling our roof in the run. Right now we have welded wire, but we decided we wanted protection from the sun, rain and snow.

 

[DanielleinLA]

Thank you all for your help. I plan to do a combo of corrugated roofing and metal fencing. Doing everything myself