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from "Franz Heymann" contains these words:

If you had meant to say ".....chicken house situated in a compound bounded
by a wire-netting fence, I would have understood you.

No. That qualifies, but often, the run is attached to one or two sides
of the henhouse to allow forays into the house for egg-collecting
without having to enter the run first.

Viz:
____________ - - - - - - - - - - - - -
| | :
| | :
| / :
| | :
| __________| :
\ - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Though usually such an arrangement has external access to the nest boxes.

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Rusty Hinge
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