Show me your Runs!...please 😇

[Justicedog]

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Here is ours. It’s 750 sq ft

sorry the picture quality’s bad

I love the trees in the middle of it.

 

[The_chik_hen_house]

The run is really only used when things like this happen and the chickens choose not to tunnel out:View attachment 2569062
Otherwise, it is just an extension of the coop. It's 12'x28' with a solid roof and a 4'x8' extension off the back that houses the dust bathing area. When physically possible, they spend their day inside their pen. It is fenced in with poultry netting powered with a 10,000 volt/1.2 Joule output charger. The total area is about 1/3 acre.
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But the coop also has a build-in brooder/maternity ward and 4'x8' outdoor area.
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And I installed branches along the back of the run so the flock can preen and hang out there while they wait for me to let them out.View attachment 2569061

ENVIOUS!!!!

 

[Justicedog]

Here is mine. It's being rebuilt this spring. Maybe tomorrow and Friday. I want to figure out how to get a roof on it. I think my biggest problem is that the coop roof would empty into the run so I didn't want to have a short part of the run that I'd really not have access to.

The chickens have also dug a big hole underneath the coop that I am concerned will fill up with water. I really cannot get under it to see what is going on. I wonder if they're laying eggs in there as we aren't getting many anymore. Though, they're old girls, so I just expect not to get many eggs.

Anyway, this is going to change soon.

 

[Faerhii]

Runs! I have one main 16x24 run with an 8x8 coop that is my catch-all. It houses my BCM, my EE to produce OE with the marans roo, and my brown "eating egg" layers. Then one 8x16 that houses 8 seramas, and two more 8x24 pens. One holds an ameraucana roo and barred rock hens for sexlink EE, and the other is empty after I sold my buff orpington flock. All but the big run have portable 4x4 coops.

 

[Sueby]

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Totally off topic, sorry. But what feeder is this? & do you like it?

 

[CHlCKEN]

Totally off topic, sorry. But what feeder is this? & do you like it?

Yes i do! It was a Christmas present, so I’m not exactly sure. I’ll look into it for you.

 

[Sueby]

Yes i do! It was a Christmas present, so I’m not exactly sure. I’ll look into it for you.

Appreciate it, thanks! Even just a name on it would probably work.

& as not to ignore the point of this thread, here's my run. It's about 1600sf & covered with bird netting. I have 2 coops, both have their own small, covered runs attached too. Right now everyone shares the big run & they go to their respective coops at night as we're newly integrated & taking it slow because chickens are mean!

For clutter/entertainment I have an old ladder, a few different branches for roosts, a couple big logs, a pallet leaning on the fence, straw bales, planters, rocks, lol - you name it & it's probably in there!

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Appreciate it, thanks! Even just a name on it would probably work.

& as not to ignore the point of this thread, here's my run. It's about 1600sf & covered with bird netting. I have 2 coops, both have their own small, covered runs attached too. Right now everyone shares the big run & they go to their respective coops at night as we're newly integrated & taking it slow because chickens are mean!

For clutter/entertainment I have an old ladder, a few different branches for roosts, a couple big logs, a pallet leaning on the fence, straw bales, planters, rocks, lol - you name it & it's probably in there!
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Wow. That’s a big run. How many chickens do you have?

 

[Sueby]

Wow. That’s a big run. How many chickens do you have?

8 at the moment. We didn't plan for it to be that big but when the neighbor cut down all the trees & we put up a privacy fence it just made sense to fence all the weird in between areas into one large run. There was no other logical way to do it.

 

[Alex S]

The run is really only used when things like this happen and the chickens choose not to tunnel out:

Wait chickens can tunnel in the snow??