yeah I am lazy too LOL ..I went ahead and bought the set up w/sun covers... I am sure I will have to pull it in the winter, but I have less birds then anyway.. Thanks again
start an article
ETA the link in your coop doesn't go anywhere.. http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/my-little-swiss-coop-in-the-carolina-hills
but I found your coop here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/my-chick-chalet-in-the-carolina-hills.72311/
I had looked at the site before. I stopped looking because they use 1" sq wire and I have weasels that could go through that. I built a hoop coop instead.
yeah they will eat it up ... you can ask on this thread... but fencing has to be tall too.. they can fly over https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/966414/a-century-of-turkey-talk-2000-2100/11700#post_18057736
I used an apron of hardware cloth instead of digging it down.. I used landscape fabric pins to hold it down until the grass grows through it . Then you can't even see it and if there was any need you could mow high over it... you can sort of see it still on the right side of this hoop coop from...
open air poultry coops were the normal .. good ventilation is the most important thing to chickens.. not sure where people got the idea that most chickens need heat in the winter... the hot weather is harder on them than cold... my GGP was on my parents property until a century took it's toll on...