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Tough to answer. I would say that having 2 people will make things much easier. There wasn't anything particularly hard or complicated, but there are NOT step by step tutorial directions or plans. The computer model lets you see every piece as well as dimensions and what not, but you have...

I use the PVC feeders for grit and calcium. If you look at the very back of the run, by the ramp to the henhouse, I have a 5 gal bucket with horizontal poultry nIpples for water and a 5 gallon bucket feeder like in the link below. Right now we have a submergable stick tank heater in the water...

Changes we made: --We made the whole thing a little bigger -- we wanted to be able to house a few more hens. --We made the whole thing a little taller. We are using deep litter in the run as well as the henhouse. We wanted to make sure that there was enough headroom when the litter built up...

We used clear polycarbonate panels. (From Lowes if I remember correctly) The manufacturer had strips available that could be installed to close the gaps, but we decided to leave them open for ventilation.

We used baldessariclan's sketch up model to guide us through our build. We made some changes to suit our needs (mostly enlarged it and changed the roof) but having the model made the whole process SO much easier!