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I found some pictures of some of his other coops online. They look good. Our immediate problem is the need for more run space. Reading through other threads here, I'm concerned that soon our flimsy prefab is not going to last very long. It has yet to go through a Pacific Northwest wet and windy...

I've looked at some of the coop plans here on BYC. They look good, solid, and well constructed, but they look well beyond my handy skills (and tools), which is why I went with a prefab coop. According to some of the posts around here, the prefab was a bad idea all around, including that it will...

FYI I found another BYC thread about a similar, but bigger version of the type of chicken run / kennel I originally asked about. For some reason, that thread didn't come up in my original search :hmm There were similar comments made there...

Yeah, I wonder how long it's going to last. If only I worked in construction, then I wouldn't have to rely on a prefab :(

I found a green house project online. The guy used a dog kennel as a frame for a green house by bending some rebar mesh sheets and using zip ties to attach them to the top of the chain link in the kennel. He also added PVC pipes as well for extra strength due to snow (then added some 1x2s to...

I've been looking at dog kennels and chicken kennels. You are right, the dog ones are more sturdy and also more expensive, but won't need anchoring against the wind and should hold up to wear better.

Yeah, there's that coop... There's a picture of our coop in my original post. It has some of the lowlights that U_Stormcrow pointed out. It has a window with hardware cloth on the side facing the hedge, but the window is small and wind-blown rain will get in there. There is a gap between the...

I've seen listings for "Quaker Coops" like that online and that red model is sold at a farm store near us. Very pricey.

The picture of the coop was before I added a hardware cloth skirt around it, and I figured I would have to add some around that run. Good point about the kite potential. We get wind with the winter storms. That might be enough of a reason to get a sturdier model :hmm

We have one of those prefab coops that has a run space that is too small for our four hens. The maker says it's big enough for eight, though it's only about six feet long. Huh? Anyway, we currently use a dog pen with a canopy cover that we move around to give the girls play time in the yard...