Thank you for all the replies. I've been contemplating a coop/run for 4 chickens. I'm thinking an area of 5x10 for the run as that's an efficient use of 2x4 8s and 10s. The coop would be separate from the run, as in the photo below (only with a taller run and smaller coop.) I want to be able to move it to a new spot on the property every few months.
I'm wracking my braid trying to come up with something to keep varmints from digging under the fence that will be portable. Cooper, it looks like you have concrete pavers down. I've come up with setting the bottom rails on 1x4s with 10" spikes driven in every 2". That's damn expensive. I'm also thinking about laying down pressure treated 2x12s and setting the bottom rails of the cage on them. Would a fox or coyote dig under a 2x12"? Also considering ripping up some 24" strips of exterior plywood. Same idea as the 2x12, but the critters would have to dig 2 feet horizontally to get under. I'm still thinking about it. Any brilliant ideas?
My neighbor had a couple of chickens and he locked them in the coop every night. I may do that. The primary daytime varmint here are hawks.
