Thanks everyone for their replies! I've been having second (and third) thoughts about the party canopy/tent idea. I wasn't super impressed by the reviews on Amazon, or about having a metal-based framed structure out in the rain full-time, or about how it would look (my wife has the job of...
First off-- this is my first post (aside from my intro), so hi everyone. :) We've never had chickens before and have spent all summer preparing for them. I'm ecstatic, to say the least, having chickens has been a dream of mine for YEARS.
I live with my wife in NW Washington state, the beloved...