After a few starts and stops due to weather days – snow, rain, and cold, my 16 x 42 extension to the chicken run is complete. Although our chickens free range almost all the time, the larger run will allow me to keep them locked up when we are out of town or away for the evening without them being overly crowded.
I only have 32 birds at the moment so the larger run is not totally necessary yet, but by the end of the summer, I will have around 100 birds and that is a lot of chickens to keep in the first 12 x 20 run I built.
I did use new concrete block for the piers and new fence wire for the sides, but everything else was built with recycled lumber, roofing, and chicken wire. For those interested, the total cost was $1009. (Yes, I really keep track of those things).
Following are a few pictures of the construction.
Now that this part is done, phase II will be to build a fence on the inside of the first run I built so that I will have two 6 x 20 foot runs. This will give me more flexibility for the new chickens this spring and summer. More on that later.
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