As a newbie chicken owner, i don't know how to build fence, but i definitely have to redo what my dh did for our current run. he put steel posts in the corners only (about 10 ft apart), then tied the hardware cloth (buried only about 2 inches) to the posts with steel fence ties.. Advice needed: building a chicken run that doesn't look - well, trashy. discussion in 'coop & run - design, construction, & maintenance' started by markdudanj, jan 28, 2013. top posters most liked posts. page 1 of 2 1 2 next > use lumber, not t posts, and attach it well. there is no reason there should be any sagging with adequate support.. We looked into many different ways to build chicken runs and coops, and my husband decided to build this 12′ x 12′ chicken coop with an attached 12′ x 12′ run. we call it the rooster’s coop bed & breakfast..
I never would have imagined we’d turn it into a chicken coop, garden shed and chicken run: after we finished the chicken coop renovation of the depot, we started building the chicken run. we started right up against the chicken coop, first moving the dirt around to make it as flat as we could.. Chicken tractor for 50 broilers how to build a chicken coop from scratch for very little money.,chicken runs made with t posts easy for anyone to build. chicken houses and chicken pens available online.. I made a 4'x4' coop and a 4'x8' run using mittleider's pvc pipe greenhouse designs, resized for 4' rolls of chicken wire. that was 10 years ago and they have held up pretty well. if you are interested, i could measure them and post a parts list..
