small a frame I am working on for ducks? or banty hen with chicks or?

This is 6 ft square, 4 feet high in middle of peak. Used 3 bracket sets from Lee Valley and two rolls of 3x6' 1" hardware cloth and 6-10' 1x2's.
It is a pretty light foundation and I may have to take off a bit of wood and use a tarp instead for shade/cover.

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I can't figure how to host two pics in one post so I have to do it this way.
Guess I have this in the wrong section, not trying to sell it, just wanted to show what I am working on..

That turned out pretty good. Still havent gotten mine done yet, have one "A" so far, hopefully work on it more when the kids go to be tonight.

That's great Miry. Thanks for posting. My goal is to learn to build small framed pens like that and give my partner a rest. He's got plenty of other things to do than to continue building me things for my chickens.

Again, thanks for taking the time to post this.

I cant figure out what to do on the ends though, I don;t want any more wood because the weight will be hard on the frame when I move it around/set it down. Guess I will have to do wire both ends and then cut a door in each?

ChicoryFarm wrote:That's great Miry. Thanks for posting. My goal is to learn to build small framed pens like that and give my partner a rest. He's got plenty of other things to do than to continue building me things for my chickens.

Again, thanks for taking the time to post this.

If I can build it you can too! I have only hand tools, and am not very good at measuring, I like to eyeball everything and use any wood I can find lying around!
I think I will try to use 2x2s for the cross pieces of the base for my next one, I want the bottom frame to be a bit sturdier!

Thanks. I appreciate your encouragement and must say using those brackets tells me I have a ways to go to get to where you're at but I will. I like the idea of using it for a hen and chicks. How nice for them.