Not sure of your location or handyman skills - I would suggest a "Chicken Tractor" which is a portable chicken coop and moveable fencing.
Depending on how frequently you move it ,the chickens are also free range, but you control how much yard they have access to.
Since the coop of the "Tractor" moves with them , eggs are easy to find, the chicks get good nutriition, greens and bugs, and you always can find the eggs.
Just a thought - instructions avaiable at Mother Earth News, many organic websites , or just 'google" it.
Electric fence is expensive - I just got 50 feet of chicken fence wire, 3 feet high, at Tractor Supply for $18.00 .
Posts , rerod , stakes are extra.
I have built a nice chicken house with an automatic door and a large run. But my wife feels sorry for them nonetheless and lets them out so they take over the whole place (5 acres). It is the cause of much family discord.