Building A Chicken Run Fence

Space posts about every six feet.

Building a chicken run fence.

Determine the dimensions of your run. The run that i am building is about 16 feet by 16 feet. You can cut all of your wood in one go with many pieces being the same size. You can mark your posts by using paint or just scraping the ground.

As a chicken fence it surely adds a classy element. In the picture above the building material and the design brings vintage sense for the garden fence. Count how many chickens you have and calculate the. Keep the run in 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. Be sure to use spray paint or some sort of marking tool. Keep it tight and begin rolling it out along the top rail and staple every 10 inches. Start at the corner of your fence and staple the chicken wire along the post.

Planning the size and location 1. Decide how big your run will be then mark where you will put the posts. The existing fence around our vegetable garden was built from 4 8 wooden posts and 2 4 14 ga. What makes the style varies in each case.

Construct an outline of how big you want your chicken pen to be. In this case having a steel garden fence to be the barrier of your chicken run and another area is an elegant move. Building a pen around your chicken coop. Once you have produced enough panels you can screw them together making a large run that s easy to assemble.

Before you do this. The chicken coop was already located near the garden. Scrolled metal garden fence. My posts are about eight feet apart and in a straight line or as straight as i can get them.

Create at least 10 sq ft 0 93 m2 of outdoor space per chicken. Insert your fence posts use either t posts u posts or wooden fence posts around the perimeter. Pull it tight along the bottom edge of the bottom rail and staple there in the same 10 inch distance. The garden was already.