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I built a "roof" with pvc pipe and that welded wire mesh. It works great! I have some vines that are growing over the top for shade. The chickens have a hutch and the food area is covered as well. I make sure there is plenty of hay when we have wet weather.

I have just the hutch, no attached run. The hutch is placed inside a fenced area. I place the hutch on a pallet just to keep it out of the muck. Keeping the bottom dry will prolong the life of the hutch and level it out.

My beautiful boys! Mille Fleur d'Uccles. Pancake and Frenchie are their names because of the feathers on their feet.

We used a combination of pig panels and 1x2 wire together with a chicken wire skirt that extends 12" from the fence and buried. The top is vaulted, pvc supports covered in 1x2 wire. Where the top and sides meet is doubled chicken wire. The first time you encounter the "crime scene" you'll...

Marans and leghorn. So far they are the most durable and lay consistently.

Covered. Built an A frame of pvc, then covered with wire mesh. Made sure to go all the way to the fence, no gaps. We have hawks and raccoons. Then we trained some vines to grow over top, creates shade in the summer.

I use a heated dog bowl. No water in the coop, just in the run. Dump it out daily, wash weekly. I tried the nipples, they froze in our colorado winter.

I set my small hutch on a wooden pallet. It is off the ground which keeps it dry and level. It fit almost perfect and made it easier to clean and gather eggs.

I have mice issues. Food is stored in airtight containers except what is available in the run. I use the heavy duty mouse mouse traps, swift kill, to manage them. I avoid poison.

I feed purina flock raiser, crumbles, avail all day. In the late afternoon they get treats, might be a grain mix with mealworms, kale or kitchen scraps veggies. Once in a while, they get canned tuna in water. They like cottage cheese, too. During a molt, I give them extra protein

I keep the food and water in the run, not the coop. There really isn't enough room. I use a heated dog water bowl, I just run an extension cord from the house and it stays liquid all winter. The food is kept hung in a small shed we build from plywood. It's open, but it is sheltered from the...

I'm laughing so hard...... thanks ya'll!

We created an apron of chicken wire. layed it just under the soil, 12 inches out. Nothing has dug in.

My mother and have 4 hens. They are a blast, 3 rhode island reds and 1 black orpington. Have had some trouble with bloody feet and a belgian Malenois that wants to play. Have consulted this site may times over the past few months. Finally decided to join. I look forward to getting involved...