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Thank you! I saw someone else's title change so I thought they could just edit it on their own. Otherwise I guess they can edit their first post with something like 'RESOLVED THANKS!" I'll have to keep that in mind as an option for my next thread. I'll continue ignoring the random irrelevant...

But do you know how to update the thread title?

I haven't started a thread in a long time. How does an OP change the subject line? He's decided on the top of page 5 what he's doing but this thread still keeps on going with new advice. This is due to the subject with many responses not relevant to him as he says early on he needs to avoid wood...

Awesome and you can use the greenhouse material over the hardware cloth and move their brooder right in there and even temp use it as a coop while you build the other one of it's warm enough down there. It looks like it would hold out all the little predators so unless you have bears or...

Rocks for the water ditch/drain, cover it with 2" of soil so you don't have to look at it all the time, I'd probably just put the clay stuff back that was on top so it grows like the other stuff. You can edge off the top and roll it out of the way, then roll it back when you are done. After a...

Here's a pig version but you get the idea. You can do tin for the coop and I guess you might have to hardware cloth the run. I think you said you wanted a covered run so you could do a tin roof and hardware cloth from the edge down? I used plastic lattice on my last coop I think I had just...

The photo helps a lot, not as bad as I imagined. If that ditch dirt is not all clay then sure but mix in some sand. Also yes, let the chickens have the grass and such before you cover it. Then you won't have organics rotting under your soil/sand base adding and holding moisture. I imagine your...

That reminds me of a water management thing I did. Plant a water hungry tree/bush in your standing water area so it will help drink up your problem. I'm nowhere near your climate so I don't have suggestions but around here weeping willows are used for this. I found a bush at the hardware store...

Oh that one I linked to says it can hold 14, assuming the industry standard 2sq'/each your 8 will have almost 4sq'/ea.

Rereading your comments about metal being better where you are, termites and painting being a concern, and how much you would have to modify the shed... They have this mostly metal one on display at my TSC, it's one of the few perfabs I've seen since I have experience that I would buy. I looked...

Depends on the dirt. Most dirt holds moisture. Gravel drains very well but would be tough on their feet. Sand drains excellent, wouldn't bother their feet but will be harder to clean. I want to say add sand and shavings on top but they'll just scratch it up into a mixed mess. Don't do plywood...

Self tapping screws with washers for attachment. When I had a stationary coop and run I put pavers (I got more basic cheaper ones at the store but this is the roughly the size I had) all the way around the outside, I was in the city so I mostly just had racoons to worry about. But the digging...