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Luckily where we live we don't have very many predators, but I'd rather be proactive just in case, though we're on a budget- thus we have this heavy gauge hardware cloth to use as a skirt, but probably only enough of it to go six inches underground. If we can find a good deal somewhere we might...

This is VERY similar to what we are doing! The difference is, in ours the bottom lining of wood is going to be the same size as the posts, and we'll have a six-inch skirt of hardware cloth going underground to protect from digging predators, and bird netting going over the entire thing to...

*Update* We've got nearly all the posts (vertical 8' pressure-treated 2x4s) planted in the ground and cemented in, gotta get a few more to finish that part, then we're going to begin attaching hardware cloth! After that we'll add a sort of wood skirt to the bottom to help keep the cloth in...

:clap:clap:clap Triple thumbs up, very helpful! I'm gonna use part of your advice; today we already started (re)building the fence/run after taking apart that wall section, and so for certain posts sunk into the ground we'll use cement just for extra strength :) I'm sure other parts of your...

We live in central Florida, the only bad or extreme weather we get is heat, rain during summer, and the occasional hurricane, though they are usually weak by the time they get this far inland; for that reason we're going to anchor the coop to the ground, and the run as well, as well as...

About the coop: My uncle did most of the planning and putting together of the coop, he really helped us out in building it but I agree that it needs more ventilation, it does have airflow at the top but not nearly enough, the exit hole to the run adds some airflow, and the door has some airflow...

I have a few ideas for that; since it's basically going to be a really large rectangle (24ftx16ft), I was thinking of putting some vertical posts in key locations to prevent the bird netting from sagging in the middle. Near the exit of the coop/entrance to the run, we'll attach a tarp as well...

Good point; at this moment, I think we may just take apart the wall we framed out and go with more of a fence type of thing, six feet high and with bird netting over the entire thing; just seems easier and will probably use less wood than what we already started doing, and given our general lack...

* Update * I borrowed my little bro's phone and took some pics of the coop inside and out, and the area where the run will be attached to! As you can see, the little square hole leading to the run will be open pretty much all the time since it's hot in Florida and we may not always be around to...

I like your way of thinking! Only problem is we already have a huge amount of wood, mostly 8ft long 2x4s, so if possible I'd have to imitate the "tennis court" idea using wood rather than metal, since the money is already spent and I don't think they'd take back the wood...But it does give me...

Definitely gonna be in one place! I'll see what I can find there and if any of it helps; My phone is totally dead and gone so when I get the chance to use someone else's camera, I'll take some pics and upload them here. Thanks everyone for your advice so far! Once I have some pics, I'll...

I think my dad used entirely too much wood, we don't need it to be indestructible, just a basic frame for hardware cloth to be attached to, you know? But he wanted to "help" his way, despite never having built anything like this before, and the way he had us do this one wall, it's more like a...

*EDIT* Updated with pics, post #11 ! So we started with a dinky prefab, which I quickly realized was far too small. As a result, we have built from scratch a 7x6ft, 7ft tall coop, and we're just beginning the run. My dad said he'd help, but he's not a builder and I was a bit hesitant about it...