Stupid run height question

[Happy Chicken Mama]

Yes. Yes. Yes make it taller. Ours is 6ft walls with a 7ft peak... an absolute necessaity for the head and the back!

 

[beerguzzler]

Mine is 8ft and I am VERY glad I made it that tall. No bending and no smacking my head. The other goodie is that I put some "day time roosts" for my birds to play on during the day. My roo seems to like the higher perch to announce his presence (crow) during the day.

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

i've got a suggestion for those head-smacker door tops. Take one of those foam swimming pool float noodles, the kind you can get at the Dollar Store in the summer. Cut it the width of the door. Then slice it lengthwise and fit it over the top of the door frame. That way when you bonk your head it's only bonking on foam, not metal.

. . . or, you can just make your pen taller.

 

[duckidaho]

thanks, we were just debating this very question. $ vs. convienience.

 

[Chauntecleer's Keeper]

This is not a stupid question. Make it tall enough to walk into. You will not regret it.

 

[ozzie]

This is not a stupid question. Make it tall enough to walk into. You will not regret it.

I concur. If you ever want to get in there to catch 1 chicken which is sick or needs treating you'll rue the day that you never made it people height.

ozzie​

 

[Mahonri]

My run is about 4.5 feet high.

Birds seem happy.

 

[cmom]

Quote:
My run is 4' tall. I hate myself. When I build the new coop with runs, they will be 6' tall.

 

[Kung Foo Chicken]

My run is 4.5ft high. It is near the house uncovered with fat heavy breeds. A few I had to clip one wing. No predators for years except evil dogs nosing around every so often.

 

[fargosmom]

Taller is definitely better, but if there's a reason why it needs to be shorter (we want ours to be invisible from the neighbor's yard) you can put hinges on the top to allow it to open upward - that way you have a low profile but can still stand upright when you need to.