Our very popular 3m x 4m run is often ordered for rabbits, cats, and dogs as well as poultry. This excellent enclosure allows your animals to get plenty of fresh air and freely stretch their legs whilst preventing them from wandering off or eating your flowers!
- Span 3m (across door) approx 10ft
- Depth – 4m – approx 13ft
- Leg Height – 1.3m (optional extension to 2m height)
- Height to Peak – 2.1m (3.1m if choosing leg extension)
- Fully galvanised 38mm tubular steel framework
- Tanalised timber door and
- Door 1.8m high x 75cm wide
- Galvanised hinges and bolt
- Strong 20gauge hexagonal wire mesh – 1 inch holes or select an upgrade option above
- Mesh ground skirt all round
- Anchor pegs supplied
- PVC part-covers available in ”Options/Extras”
- Optional welded mesh ground cover (19g, half inch hole)
Our chicken runs are made with extra strong, fully galvanised, tubular steel frames with tanalised timber door frames. The standard one-inch 20 gauge hex mesh can be upgraded to one-inch hole 19g welded mesh, or our best option of a half-inch hole, 19g welded mesh. Also consider our 19g half inch hole welded mesh ground cover for extra security.
ASSEMBLING YOUR CHICKEN RUN
All of our chicken runs come with full, very detailed assembly instructions. You may want some help from a friend but if you follow the step by step guide that comes with your run, getting your chicken’s new home assembled is easy. You can always contact us on our Freephone number 0800 832 1962, if you have any issues or questions regarding the installation of your new chicken run. The tools you’ll require to assemble your chicken pen are as follows: Cross head screwdrivers, Measuring tape, Wire cutters, Step ladder & Hammer
If you decide to increase the size of your run, either because you want to extend the room available to your chickens or other pets, or you want to house more poultry or pets, you can extend later by adding a single or multiple, extra 2 metre section. Simply call us to discuss your options.
LOOKING AFTER YOUR CHICKENS
We have compiled a very handy, beginners guide to keeping chickens, if you need to know the important facts about the care and safety of your feathery friends. The guide covers, breeds of chickens, keeping chickens in your garden and which predators to protect against.
If predators are a problem in your location, we provide optional mesh weights to protect your poultry. We always recommend the most secure option, a heavy gauge 19gm welded mesh, used to cover your chicken pen with an optional ground cover upgrade.
We also recommend part-covering your chicken run for protection from sun and rain. You can buy covers as a separate item or as an optional purchase with your run.
GROUND PREPARATION
Our runs will sit on any surface providing it is relatively flat (up to a 1in20 slope should be fine) but different surfaces have different advantages/disadvantages.
A grass or earth surface is probably best for chickens. It allows the ground skirt to be pegged down but there is a possibility of rats tunneling under the frame to get inside. But we do have an optional full ground cover made from our ultimate welded mesh with half inch holes to help prevent this (select this option when adding this product to your Cart). Weed control won’t be an issue because your chickens will likely eat them before they have a chance to surface.
The runs will also sit well on a hard/concrete/tarmac surface which eliminates the worry about tunneling predators but won’t allow the ground skirt to be pegged down.
A VARIETY OF USES
There are so many different uses for our chicken runs, it’s impossible to list them all. The most common use is to provide a safe home for chickens and other poultry but the range of uses is as diverse as your imagination. People are using our pens to house rabbits, as a cat or dog run, as an aviary and even to protect fruit trees.
CHOOSING THE RIGHT SIZE
When you’re deciding which size run will house the number of chickens you have, a good rule of thumb is to allow 2 square meters per bird. You should also allow for the space taken up by your coop, if the coop is going to be kept inside the run. This 3 metre x 4 metre is suitable for up to 5-6 birds.
Greg Howell –
Purchased this with 1″ mesh. I was able to build it on my own,. Putting on the mesh took a lot more time than I was expecting, there are an awful lot of cable ties to do.
I have replaced the door bolt with a more substantial one, which also meant adding extra wood across the door,
Further to the product supplied I have
a) replaced the door bolt with a more substantial one, which also meant adding extra wood across the door,
b) added double height 6×1 planks round the edge to keep hardwood chips in.
c) replaced the covers with a clear tarpaulin.
d) added another door so that our eglu cube with 3m run can be put in it.
The chickens (under bird flu lockdown), and the wife are now happy, and I have recommended it to someone who is thinking about keeping chickens.
Paul C –
I purchased a 4m x 3m run in August 23. The process of putting it together was very well laid out in the provided instructions. 2 of us put it together over 2 days(we weren’t in a rush). I bought a pair of hog ring pliers off amazon to join the mesh, as I didn’t want loads of zip ties showing . This added time to the build but was definitely worth the extra effort. I upgraded the mesh to half inch welded mesh and, so far, have had only a tiny field mouse intruder in the cage, which I caught in a humane trap and set free a distance away. We have had 6 chickens in this cage but could easily have 12 without it being overcrowded. I’m very happy with my purchase and would recommend anybody to gardenlife who was looking to buy a cage.