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Made great progress on day one! I was able to expand the width to 5’x12’. Next, is framing out the ends and covering with landscape cloth. I used 2x6 pressure treated lumber for the base, as I plan to cover the run with a layer of pea gravel (for improved drainage) and construction sand. The...

If you end up covering the coop to protect your flock from snow, maybe you can install your door so that it opens inward.

That’s very helpful! Thank you! I’m planning on building the base of the frame using two by sixes. That should help to hold the construction sand in place that I want to use for flooring. But great point about it reducing the height.

Sorry, that should have said 4' WIDE and 12' long. So narrow and taller.

So it would be 4’ tall be 12’ long.

I would need to go down to 4 feet. Thinking I might need to shorten the panels a foot or two to give some more structural rigidity. Otherwise it might be too tall.

I live in the suburbs and have a narrow odd-shaped space to build a chicken run. The run that came with my coop is small and short (not walk-in.) I’m thinking af building a modified hoop coop, with a narrower base like a arched trellis. It would be framed similarly, with cattle panels...

These chicks are suppose to be French Black Copper Marans, 3 weeks old. Any idea on sex?