Chicken City · Full Tour
A walk around the whole 160 square metre run, originally posted in 2021.
In this video I tour my 160 square metre chicken run, pointing out the features that work for me, and suggestions for you (even if you have got, or are planning, a much smaller set up). My chickens never ever leave this 'compound'. I feel it is big enough and diverse enough to keep them happy, while also protecting them from foxes, dogs, eagles and everything else, of which there are plenty in my area.
I really love what I have created, and it is my hope that by sharing it with you, you can take tips and inspiration for your own happy chicken set up.
This is one of the older tours on the channel, so a few things have changed since. There is a newer full tour further down if you would rather see the current version.
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The full tour
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What all this effort is actually for
Alyce's No-Bacon Bacon Salt
Smoky, savoury and completely vegan. The reason I built all of this was the eggs, and this is what goes on mine.
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The newer tour, with the upgrades
If you want to see Chicken City as it stands now rather than as it was, start here.
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One room, in detail
A deep dive into a single room of the run, which is the closest thing here to a set up most people could actually copy.
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Chicken City, the details has the layout and rough plans.
How to build a predator-proof chicken run is the structural detail: mesh gauges, how far the walls go underground, and the roof.
The best chicken coop design explains why the whole thing is enclosed in the first place.
Chicken coop ideas worth copying is the pick of the small features.
Building your own version of this?
I have been refining Chicken City for over ten years and I share what works, what failed, and what I would do differently. Come along for the rest of it.
You can also follow the garden day to day on Alyce's Edible Garden, or listen to my beginner gardening podcast Rooting For You.
