Chicken run fencing

Learn how to build and maintain a chicken run for your homestead to keep safe, happy, healthy chickens with Kathleen from Roots & Boots!

How we built our new chicken run step-by-step to keep our chickens safe from predators during the day.

A common question I have heard people ask is “Does a chicken run need a roof?” Maybe you have wondered that yourself. You have probably seen a lot of chicken runs with a roof and then also the many without. So what gives? #backyardchickens #chickencoop #chickenrun

If you had told me last March when I wrote on this blog about my rather grand plan for a new vegetable garden that I would still be updating you on it nine months later, well, I probably wouldn’t have done it. Suffice to say, I had no idea what a big project I was […]

If you’ve wondered how to keep free ranging chickens safe, I have a solution that might work for you and your flock. Ever since getting chickens, I have struggled with…

what are the Best Types of Chicken Fencing Available? The most common types of fencing for chicken coops include the galvanized hardware cloth, chicken wire, poultry netting, and electric fencing.

Chicken run DIY. how to build your own chicken run to keep your chickens safe and secure. Keeping your chickens safe is a priority no matter where you live. Besides a safe chicken coop you also need a sturdy chicken run that will not only keep your chickens safe inside but keep chicken predators out as well. DIY chicken coop.

Ideas for top of chicken run? #ChickenHouses

Does anyone else use T posts for their run? We're using 6' T posts with 5' 2"x4" welded wire over it. We're going to bury 3' hardware cloth 12" in the...

Building a Chicken Run for Beginners: This is an 8'x6' fully enclosed chicken run made primarily of 2x4s. A run of this size, if it is used as the primary daytime habitat for your chickens, will be adequate for 4-5 chickens, provided you also have an appropriately-sized coop. Mine curre…