Thanks Michael. The bottom 2 feet is hardware cloth, they are only out during the day and my dogs are in love with them and watch them almost all day and I work from home. So, so far we seem to be good. Cheaped out a little because my budget almost doubled. Lol.
Just finishing ours up. Just have to do the run, I've decided on frango do solar (chicken manor house in Portuguese) sign under will read all you can eat buffet next door (because it is incorporated with my garden).
New to all this chicken stuff, BYC has been an awesome help. Took lots if advice and ideas and have definitely caught the bug. I have 11 chicks (6 wks old now). 4 RIRs, 4 Opringtons and 3 silkies that I just got moved into my new coop. My husband helped with the framing, but I did all the rest...