Building A Chicken Run Fence

Building a pen around your chicken coop.

Building a chicken run fence.

The existing fence around our vegetable garden was built from 4 8 wooden posts and 2 4 14 ga. The garden was already. Start at the corner of your fence and staple the chicken wire along the post. In this case having a steel garden fence to be the barrier of your chicken run and another area is an elegant move.

Construct an outline of how big you want your chicken pen to be. Count how many chickens you have and calculate the. Building a chicken run 4x4 fence posts quikrete or other concrete mix 2x4 boards or 1x6 boards welded wire fencing or 1 welded wire fencing staples u shaped nails wood screws shovel post hold digger saw hammer cordless screwdriver level. Keep the run in the.

The chicken coop was already located near the garden. You can mark your posts by using paint or just scraping the ground. Once you have produced enough panels you can screw them together making a large run that s easy to assemble. As a chicken fence it surely adds a classy element.

What makes the style varies in each case. In the picture above the building material and the design brings vintage sense for the garden fence. Planning the size and location 1. The run that i am building is about 16 feet by 16 feet.

Decide how big your run will be then mark where you will put the posts. You can cut all of your wood in one go with many pieces being the same size. Determine the dimensions of your run. Keep it tight and begin rolling it out along the top rail and staple every 10 inches.

Insert your fence posts use either t posts u posts or wooden fence posts around the perimeter. Be sure to use spray paint or some sort of marking tool. Another method of building a large chicken run is to build some chicken run panels. Before you do this.

Create at least 10 sq ft 0 93 m2 of outdoor space per chicken. Plan the layout of your run next to your chicken coop. My posts are about eight feet apart and in a straight line or as straight as i can get them. Space posts about every six feet.