How to Build an Enclosed Chicken Run and Coop

Reader Contribution by Victoria Gazeley
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Learn how to build an enclosed chicken run and coop with a bit of elbow grease and tips to keep your girls safe from sharp teeth.

It’s something out of a horror movie.

You come home from a fun, barn dance or party with your young family to find your livestock slaughtered in their pen, blood spattered everywhere, corpses ripped to shreds.  A gory end to a family’s pets – and food supply.

This happened to my son’s teacher recently, and it got me to thinking about the buildings people use for chicken coops, thinking ‘they’ll do’ against poultry predators.  That wasn’t necessarily the case here, but I’ve seen some pretty rickety set-ups that are just massacres waiting to happen.

With the cost involved in raising chickens for eggs or meat, you really don’t want to lose even one bird.  So how do you keep your chickens safe from predators?

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