Would there be any cons to having a wooden floor in the entire run?

[elisaliv]

I am in the process also of building a run. I was planning on putting 1/4" chicken cloth on the bottom of my run. What the danger if any to the chickens.

From what I have read, as long as you put some type of bedding over the top of the wire, they should be fine. But I think hardware cloth would be more secure than chicken wire. I was also told to go with 1/2" hardware cloth because it is stronger than the 1/4" but should still prevent critters from digging under or entering through the cloth.

 

[sound4him]

Thx

 

[Free Feather]

So you are basically asking if you can keep them in a fresh air coop all day. What is the purpose of a run if they can not get on the ground? Might as well put walls on the run, too.

 

[elisaliv]

So you are basically asking if you can keep them in a fresh air coop all day. What is the purpose of a run if they can not get on the ground? Might as well put walls on the run, too.

Huh? No I plan on letting them free range during the day.

 

[Free Feather]

What about when they have to stay in the run? They would enjoy the ground. Not trying to sound mean.