New to actually keeping chickens although it's been a dream for over 6 years -- in fact, we are in the process of building the run (10x10) which will house a small Formex coop raised 24" off the ground for the 3 hens we are getting from a local farm. The run will be completely enclosed in hardware cloth (as well as some buried in the ground) and have a tin roof to help keep the run as dry as possible. We will only have 3 hens so there will be more than enough space inside the run for the chickens. My husband designed the run and we are making it in panels which will come apart if we should ever move or have to move the run itself to another part of our yard. Weather has not been our friend the past few weekends but we hope to have it put completely together soon and I will post pics then.