Last minute advice for coop/run?

"We had a little mishap with the hardware cloth, so we have to re-do the sides. I got a pallet of bricks to go around the perimeter as well."

If your are doing an external apron (recommended!) do NOT cover it with bricks, can cause critters to back up or stop and dig under. Just let grass or ? overgrow.
I didn’t realize that! I do have an apron extending about 18” around the outside of the frame. I didn’t bury it, but secured it with u stakes. I was going to put sand over it and then the bricks on top of that.
Without the bricks, grass will eventually grow through it.
So I can skip the brick perimeter? That saves some work for sure
 
You want the grass to grow thru it.
Hopefully the mesh is flat enough not to catch a mower blade or tear up a trimmer string.
Good point. It’s pretty level now because I flattened out the lumpy parts with U stakes. I have awhile before anything grows long enough to mow and hopefully we’ll have the permanent coop built by then
 

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