How To Build A Chicken Coop Run | Our Unique DIY Predator Proof Build
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- This predator proof chicken run is extremely valuable. We show you how to build this chicken coop run from scratch. This coop run is tightly built and will keep out predators looking for a quick meal. We will not free range our chickens so this run is big enough to accommodate our small flock comfortably. Help support our family and channel! Shop Amazon through this link: www.amazon.com...
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I can't wipe my butt for $200 never mind buy lumber, chicken wire and brackets, that's nearly a $1000 worth of materials in today's prices.
Same here. Inflation is a killer tax.
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Thank you. He absolutely is.
Great video! Huge help… thank you….
You're welcome
Thanks for sharing this awesome build video. I’m in the process of building a run for the 6 hens we purchased and after seeing your video I realized that I have been over complicating my build.
Since you built your run and have had it in use are there any recommendations or modifications that you’d suggest?
I’m now a new subscriber to your channel and appreciate your knowledge based videos. Thanks again from us here in PA!
You're welcome and welcome to the channel. I wouldn't change anything. It has worked perfectly.
@@CountryLivingExperience with the high winds in dallas texas, would you recommend reinforcing more wood bracing at the corners? originally i wanted to do just 6' height but less work if i can just do 8' and not cut as much. the issue would be the crazy strong winds we are getting all the time. thank you in advance!!
@@samuraioodon I am not that far from Dallas and we don't really have high winds here. That said, more reinforcement is always better.
Thank you! Finally a build I can understand!!
Awesome! Glad it was helpful.
You need more hardware cloth. This is not predator proof.
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We surely did.
An idea I used for my chicken's outdoor run was to screw 4 2x6x4' boards in a square, seed the inside of the box and cover with chicken wire. That way when the grass/weeds grew up through the wire the birds had a good time nibbling at the greenage.
Cool
This is great and exactly what I’ve been looking to do. Thank you for posting!
You’re welcome. Glad it was helpful
You're right, I've heard not to use chicken wire on the run because here we have rats, weasels, fisher cats, raccoons, foxes, coydogs and black bears plus the arial predators...basically if it's a predator, we have it in our woods here in NH. I've also heard to use pavers or cement blocks (which some use to plant leafy greens in for the chickens) on top of the part of the hardware cloth that you bent over the ground. Great build on the run, strengthening with brackets is a good idea for sure.
It is solid as a rock with no issues 1.5 years later.
@@DianeJarecki i’m with you. We have all the same predators as you in East TN, so after 10 years of dealing with critters, we removed our 2x4 welded wire fencing, and are replacing it with chain link. Yes, you read that right! We also have human predators!
Can't snakes get thru the chicken wire ? I know they can't get thru the hardware cloth
It can but they don't usually eat chickens just their eggs. At least around me anyway.
Loved the video. If I ever add a run to my coop I'm working on. Or. I'm definitely using this video as a guide!
Awesome. Glad it was helpful.
Has the chicken wire held up this past year? I'm planning to build a run this spring and like the idea of using hardware cloth just at the bottom, but was nervous that the chicken wire wouldn't keep out raccoons, possums, etc.
Yes, no problems at all. The entire enclosure is still strong. I do also have a dog out in the day and the chickens are in a locked coop at night, so no issues with any predators at all.
@@CountryLivingExperience awesome! Thanks for reply. New subscriber here, crazy chicken lady in training for flock coming in April! I have an awesome coop ready...I plan to free range but will have a run also for when they're young. I planned on using automatic door that opens and closes based on sunlight, but I saw your video and now I'm scared to install that.
@@joolzbohr I installed a different auto door with a pull string. I haven't had any issues with that one.
Just got my very first hens at age 68. Your videos are very helpful.
Very cool. Glad we could help.
Nice to see an older person making a farming journey (like me--67). Info like these videos help me to know these projects can be easily accomplished by a woman at any age!!
You don't have raccoons in Texas? Fox and weasels climb pretty well too. As a wildlife rehabilitator with 20 years of experience building cages to keep animals in (until they are ready for release), I can tell you, a raccoon, fox, or weasel would get into this enclosure easily.
How? It’s fully enclosed with wire.....top too.
The vertical 2x4 post should sit inside the bracket, not on top of the horizontal 2x4.
Great build!! Love those brackets so much! Where I live we have ferret relatives that will savage an entire flock plus bears, cougars, raptors, coyotes, bobcats, wolves etc, so no chicken wire. Lots of predators can quickly dig under just about anything so I'm putting a 19 gauge hardware cloth apron with some chicken wire buried under the run. The ferret type animals can get in any 2" hole! Have you any advice on strengthening your run to at least slow down our large predators? I have only 3 chickens and a retirement income. Electric fencing would probably solve everything but it's quite expensive and can fail with our many power outages here in the PNW North Cascade mountains wilderness.
You're so creative and smart about money-saving building that I just had to ask your opinion. Anyone else reading this is more than welcome to add your wisdom to my dilemma, too!!! Thanks again being willing to share so much to help others! 🙏 Namaste
Thank you. My only advice would be to put cattle panel fencing behind the hardware cloth or chicken wire and use timbers as posts instead of the lighter 2x4. That will keep a bear out. Although once you spend money on all of that, you may have been able to buy the electric fencing.
Good point! Thank you again!! Your homesteading videos are Master classes!
One year later & im sure this run is at least double the price😉
Helpful Video, Thank You
Unfortunately you are correct. Glad it was helpful.
On the door side of your coop. You have a short vertical 2x4 screwed to a horizontal 2x4. What did you use to make the screw holes to attach the vertical to the horizontal? You can see this at 12:51 over your left shoulder. Thank you in advance.
I used a Kreg pocket hole jig to drill those holes. A great little tool to have.
Great video, gave me several solid ideas for the chicken run I am building. Thanks!
You're welcome. Glad it was helpful.
I am getting ready to make my chicken coop so this helps....
Also, ALWAYS buy way more nails or screws than you need... You will use them again later. They never go to waste on the farm.
Good call
Always over estimate and buy a little more than what's needed.
KEEP RECEIPTS to return unused excess items or store and save excess for other projects.
Cool Ron Paul shirt!
Instantly subscribed!👍
Awesome! Thank you!
Pro tip: use a drill instead of an impact😉 its more quiet, its smoother, and depending of the size, STRONGER oh and faster
lol Really cold???? -35 in central BC Canada right now!!!! fun fact -40F and -40C are the same temp
...the Paul shirt, the flannel on flannel, Yup..liked and subbed!
Welcome to the channel!
Just finished my chicken run yesterday and discovered your channel only today.
Wow. Great minds thing alike!! My setup is remarkably similar to yours and I made mine up as I went along.
I did build mind much larger and I also used 4x4s for support (wanted greater stability and some anchoring into the ground), but the same wood, same placement of chicken wire & hardware cloth. I like how you extended the hardware cloth out over the ground whereas I trenched several inched down and just buried it.
Nonetheless, I am pleased that a first-timer like me figured it out a design like yours.
I'm subscribing to your channel now. I like your concise videos and without a bunch of fluff like I see in other channels. Thanks!
Awesome glad your build went well. I am sure your chickens will be comfortable. Welcome to the channel.
Raccoons put their hands thru chicken wire .... be careful
Lol I was wondering how to go about estimating how much materials to get before you got to your hang up.
That is NOT predator proof at all. Predators can easily tear open chicken wire with ease.
You realize you don't need any of those metal brackets.
I’m looking through the comments and maybe you said this in the video and I missed it, but what size is this run? TIA again!! (My husband and I were just at Home Depot pricing out everything you talked about in the video but weren’t sure of your size.) LOVE the videos on chickens!
Thanks. It is 8x8 on this side of the metal wall. There is more space on the inside of the stable where the coop is.
Feb. 28, 2024. I've been subscripted for a few months. Helpful, Helpful, very Helpful video! Thank you so much for this video! Just as soon as the hail, rain and snow let up here in the Great NW Washington, my grandson and I am going to put up a metal shed, put in a wall, solar lights in and out, build a roost and then put the chicken girls into their new home once it's together. I will be moving their chicken wired run also, but I have been wondering how I could secure the chicken wired run that is already made out of PVC to its new location. Three years ago, I built it out of what I could afford, that being PVC, chicken wire and hard cloth wire, but now when I move it, it will need to be, secured to the metal shed's side. You have aided me in thinking outside the box. I might, not might but will need to get some 2x3x8 studs, get some of those metal clamps you used and put the studs on the metal shed and then secure the PVC, chicken wired run to it. How does that sound to you? Thanks again and God bless for sharing!
You're welcome. Have fun with your build.
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I found the 3-way joist brackets, but can’t determine the 3 way bottom corner brackets. Do have part # for those? You didn’t have a limo on your list.
Here is the one we use....Simpson Corner Connectors: amzn.to/2VKcvE9
Raccoons don't give up & neither do possums, foxes, minks or weasels. Hard tack is the only way to go. To much time, money, work & love to risk em for flimsy wire.
Nothing has ever gotten in to mine. We have a ton of raccoons.....no issue.
Did you use the same brackets on top as you did on the bottom? In the corners (The 3 way connector)
I did.
What is the name of the actual corner bracket? Not the 3 way...I found those.
Not sure what they are called exactly. I just found them at Home Depot.
Just curious, why did you want it 8’ tall? We’re thinking ahead to what we’ll be building soon. Thanks!
I wanted to be able to stand up in it with no problem. Additionally, I did not want to cut the 2x4's and be left over with small (almost useless) short pieces.
it's okay brother. no problem.
And you say 18 2 x 4s, I think I missed the length...are they 8 feet?
Yes. 8'
Great video and I love the shirt 😉
Thank you
thank you for the interesting video. Will you be breeding your border collie? Can you recommend where one could get one?
You're welcome.
He is a rescue from out area and is fixed.
Where did you find all different metal brackets for the door/frame? I’m having a hard time finding them is there a more specific name for them?
We have a materials list in the video description with links.
Here it is....
Simpson Corner Connectors: amzn.to/2VKcvE9
Landscape fabric pins: amzn.to/2J72V75
Materials list:
18 treated 2x4's
50ft roll of chicken wire: amzn.to/3Lh7FoN
Roll of 48" hardware cloth: amzn.to/3tB8sL0
electrical staples: amzn.to/3JFz2s2
screws or nails, 6 simpson 3 way corner brackets, 6 simpson corner brackets, (Home Depot)
6-2x4 joist hangers: amzn.to/3wEBaN4
FYI the link in the description takes you to a connector made for 2x2s instead of the 2x4s listed in the materials sections. That said: thank you so much for this!!!
You're welcome! Thanks for the heads up. I will check the link.
It's been a couple of years so have you discovered that Racoons can chew through chicken wire?
Nothing has ever gotten into that coop. Still holding strong.
Hi there, do you have a list of materials for the door part of the gate? Or was that included in your list.
I think I put everything in the video description.
Love the Ron Paul shirt!
Awes! Welcome to the channel.
Please show how to make that run door, I may have missed you making it!!! Enjoyed your video!!!
I see this was posted 3 years ago and I'm wondering what you might do differently today. For myself, I'd make it much larger because they need more room than that. I'd also put that hardware cloth higher up, and a solid covering on top would help to keep the ground drier plus give them some protection from rain/snow etc. That's just my opinion, so have you changed anything or wished you had done something different? I enjoy your videos, and your easy presentation style and I find your information valuable. Thanks for sharing!
My design worked perfectly for me at the time. When I got more chickens, I wished it was a slightly bigger.
@@CountryLivingExperience good to know, thanks.
We have a large garage/shed/shop on our property with a dirt floor, I’m thinking of also putting chickens in there,with an indoor coop and run too, but also an outdoor run, next to it - just right next to it has an asphalt driveway. Do you have any advice for us, can you have a chicken run on that type of ground? It’s next to our garden which id like to have them access some times, but I’m worried about the big job of taking out the asphalt. I’m wondering if adding bedding on top of the driveway would work or not.
Chickens wouldn't do well on an asphalt surface at all.
@@CountryLivingExperience ya, I was worried about that. I’m not sure how to work around it, unless we do need to pull it up.
You should put up clear plastic roofing on top prevent rain and making the inside ground muddy mess.
Nice design. In my area, the raccoons are pretty crafty and can climb up and eat through the chicken wire. That would be the only thing that I would change, other than having a windbreak and a rain cover. Great job on the door, too.
Thanks
Raccoons bite on metal?! I didn’t know. New here with young chickens 😮
so lovely to see your cute little girl helping you a filming.
Cool. Thanks
Ya.. that was cute... here i have one little girl, who wanna use hammer while i keep the nail 😬
Thank you for sharing this time information. I was especially thankful to learn about the brackets.
You're very welcome.
Still cant find out where to get the brackets at
I didn't know about that special corner bracket. Good tip. Thanks.
You're welcome. Glad it was helpful.
Country Living Experience: A Homesteading Journey where did you get the bracket
@@typeaque1911 This is the bracket....amzn.to/2JtDmNP. You can also find them at home depot.
why 8 feet high? that`s 2.5 meters to me. sounds extra tall.
Two reasons. 1. So I can stand up inside of it. 2. So I do not have to make extra cuts that leave short scrap pieces of lumber that are not usually useful.
Great video. What's the materials list.? Like how many 2 by 4's (2 boxes of 6 X nails I'll have to rewind) and how many simpson brackets?
Thank you. We used 18 treated 2x4's, 2-50ft rolls of chicken wire, 1-25ft roll of 48" hardware cloth, electrical staples, screws or nails ( I don't recall how many), 6 simpson 3 way corner brackets, 6 simpson corner brackets, 6-2x4 joist hangers, 8 small joist hangers, fabric pins. I can post more links in the video description shortly.
@@CountryLivingExperience You're awesome! Thanks again. This video is just wanted I needed!
Greenhouse build for $300? Woot. Going to watch now
Hi could you tell me where you buy those brackets for wood
Sure. These are the ones we used...Simpson Corner Connectors: amzn.to/2VKcvE9
Where did you buy the metal framing clips from?
We put the link in the description for you.
Where do you get all those brackets for the chicken run
Here....Simpson Corner Connectors: amzn.to/2VKcvE9 or @Home Depot tinyurl.com/ycsr7s8f
Your border collie is supervisor, surprised she didn't take over the job. We had a rescue aussie who hated power tools, would bite you if you used one around him.
He sure is. He tries to heard my chickens by running around the coop all day long too.
Why not use 3 way corner brackets for an tire coop run? Benefits it would be portable
Where did you buy the brackets to hold your fra ing at
There is a whole list in the video description. Here is a copy for you: Simpson Corner Connectors: amzn.to/2VKcvE9 or @Home Depot tinyurl.com/ycsr7s8f
Landscape fabric pins: amzn.to/2J72V75
Materials list:
18 treated 2x4's
50ft roll of chicken wire: amzn.to/3Lh7FoN
Roll of 48" hardware cloth: amzn.to/3tB8sL0
electrical staples: amzn.to/3JFz2s2
screws or nails, 6 simpson 3 way corner brackets, 6 simpson corner brackets,
6-2x4 joist hangers: amzn.to/3wEBaN4
Way too much chitchat bro you gotta stick to the meat and bones
Nope. Videos like this got me to 300k subs.
Do you ever have any problems with snakes getting in the chicken run through the holes in the chicken wire? We have chicken snakes where we live. May I ask where in Texas you're located? We're in East Texas in Leon county. I'm learning a lot so I'll know what to do when we get chickens. Thanks for all these videos,they are so helpful.
You're welcome. I don't have an issue with snakes getting in. I have a lot of barn cats that patrol for me too though. We are in East Texas too. South of Tyler.
My ground is not 100% level in a few spots. I am planning on using the skirting for predators. How should I correct this? This will be a free standing run. I will not have it connected to a structure, any advice?
If it is freestanding you will need some sort of anchors. Potentially just some rebar stakes driven into the ground and then secured to the frame. As for the ground, you’ll need to level it by digging out and flattening a spot for the run.
You can tell the temps dropped between the first and second weekend, I see a long sleeved flannel shirt. Must be below 60, or at least that is when I pull out the long sleeves here in Dallas lol. Thank you for making this video when you did and posting it. I am looking to build a chicken coop with a run and I have no building experience at all. This makes it seem so much less intimidating.
You're welcome.
So we got our hens yesterday. After watching this video out of countless ones on youtube , this had to be the easiest one to do. Granted I did not have a building to anchor it to. This plan was the basis for my chicken run. 19 2x4x8 pressure treated wood ( you can swap out 8 of them for 2x4x16), 4 2x2 pressure treated, 8 3 ways simpson brackets, 8 Simpson strong tie brackets, box of 3" exterior deck screws, box of 2" exterior deck screws, 1/2 " wide t50 staples, door bolt latch, hinges and a pad lock latches, 4ft high x 50 ft long chicken wire ( around the run), 3 ft x 50 ft hardware cloth ( predator apron around) and 3ft by 125ft chicken wire (for the top). It was little over $300 with todays lumber prices with shopping between lowe's and home depot.
The 3 way braces made everything so easy and quick. Little material cutting was needed.
Very cool. Glad it helped.
Hello. Thank you for the tutorial. I have a question, what size is the chicken run? I am looking to build one 10x6x6
This one is 8x8. I designed it like that so I would make fewer cuts.
Wish you would of showed where you used the different brackets
Did you build your run door with 2x4s ??
I did
We’ve lost chickens to owls too as well as hawks. One day I heard one of my chickens making a racket and came out to see what was going on and a huge hawk had my chicken pinned down to the ground. I immediately took off at a dead run towards the hawk and it didn’t fly off till I was almost close enough to touch it. Chicken was ok, it got up and shook itself off and went about it’s business like nothing happened! From what I understand owls only eat the throats out of chickens and leave the carcass untouched. I have found a few chickens killed this way and it was before sun down. I was always under the impression owls hunted after dark. But apparently not?
Most owls hunt at night but not always. We have a lot of hawks by us.
I don't know why you cleared away all those leaves, making a lot of extra work for yourself. After the Winter, the leaves along with the chicken poop is going to be worth double gold.
I had to clear them to construct it properly. I put some back in when I was done.
How is the chicken wire holding up? I just build out chicken coop but I am nervous now that I dig a little and found out people don’t recommend using it.. saying it’s to keep chickens in but not predators out
It is holding up perfectly. I have not had any issues. Hardware cloth is better to use. If you can afford that, I would use it instead of chicken wire. At the time of this build, I could not afford that much chicken wire.
What an awesome channel. II'll be building my coop and run in Old East Dallas. I'm new to youtube and can't find the corner bracket info.
Thank you. Everything I use is listed below the video in the description. Here is a link to the corner brackets...Simpson Corner Connectors: amzn.to/2VKcvE9
We are building our 12x12 chicken run. Would we need to add support 2X4s along the walls or would the corner vertical 2X4s hold the top boards?
Not sure I understand. If your design is different than mine, I would have to see it to make any suggestions.
How do I find the corner brackets
These are the ones we used....Simpson Corner Connectors: amzn.to/2VKcvE9
Link to those corner brackets? Oh wait, I clicked show on the description and see it all now!
Cool
We are going to keep it up a fish tank... and will use chicken wire... no coyotes cos we are in urban area... hope thia will work.. and to prevent the chicks from put head outside, i will line with green sheet... i wish myself luck😂
Lol. I wish you luck too.
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Thank you my friend
I hear ya brother! Any project I've ever taken on I always come up short on something. Great video BTW. 👍
Thanks
Are the cornerbrackets really necessary? I'm not asking in a patronizing way, I'm asking in an "I don't know what the hell I'm doing" way. Can't you just screw the wood together?
The brackets made it easier for me for this project. In construction and building, there are 1000 ways to skin a cat. I have had framers build the houses I have designed 10 different ways. You can absolutely screw the wood together in another fashion but you have to figure out how to hold it securely.
How did you predator proof the bottom of the door? I was going to put metal on the bottom of my coop to prevent digging in. Think that would be good. I'm getting all the heavy sit metal free.
I just wrapped that hardware cloth around the bottom of the entire thing including the door.
Next video how you skin 🐱. Do you choke the chickens….Maybe that’s why the border collie is scared 😳
I’d remove the skinning the 🐱 maybe 🤔???
You are so sweet with your pup. 😍
Thank you!
When i was young, i have to be te there to assist to my grandpa :) I dont like it, but now im crying for these days...
You can return to that lifestyle. It is valuable.
I have a border collie and an Aussie I feel you!
Sir..! Where did you get those brackets??
I need to build a chicken coop also. Thx for sharing.
You're welcome. You can find them in these two places: Simpson Corner Connectors: amzn.to/2VKcvE9 or @Home Depot tinyurl.com/ycsr7s8f
🤣Tightwad!🤑
where can I find the framing brackets used for connecting the 2 x 4 bottom frame and vertical posts?
These are the ones we used...Simpson Corner Connectors: amzn.to/2VKcvE9 or tinyurl.com/ycsr7s8f
Im building mine as well and the old fellas I've been helping take care of their chickens and they have been giving me advice... the fencing materials at the bottom should be buried under ground raccoons will be able to force those large staple up out of the ground... if you buried it a foot down they won't be able to get under it... just what I have been advised from the older farmers helping me... thank you for sharing
I have never had a problem. That hardware cloth is very stiff and those are 8" staples.
Can you add links to the other materials you used? I see the materials list and then you said more links to come and I am not a handy person and I am trying to make this exactly like yours so I want to buy the exact things you got or at least see photos of what I need to get! Thank you so much! This is by far the best video I have seen on how to make a chicken run especially for someone who doesn’t do DIY stuff!
Thank you. Glad our video was helpful for you. Here are the rest of the links: Chicken wire-amzn.to/3Lh7FoN, Hardware cloth: amzn.to/3tB8sL0, Joist hangers: amzn.to/3wEBaN4, Electrical staples: amzn.to/3JFz2s2
where else can i get corner brackets for 3 2x4? the 1's you had amazon link to are no longer available
Home Depot has them also.
i hope you teach you children at home. she's so cool and smart. she's a helper you can see it. i was like her growing up. love ya'll brother.
Thank you so much. I do. She loves learning about everything I build.
Hello! Love the channel and really appreciate that you respond to nearly every question. Mine is: did you bury the ground contact hardware cloth at all or just lay it on the ground? My buddy did similar around his garden, but just used 2x4 mesh and buried it like 6-12”. Thanks!
Hello and thank you. I just laid the hardware cloth on the ground and used some 9" spikes to hold it down. The grass has grown over it now and if I ever have to remove it I am going to need a tractor ;-)
That was really helpful but surprised you used treated pine. Is that ok for chickens?
It is fine. No issues for chickens.
I always buy too many screws. I have more wood screws laying around I rarely need to buy them anymore for projects. Just get the big box :)
Good call
Tree!