It will prob. be another year before my husband retires from the Army and we settle down ,though i might move off post and start buying this summer. He will be gone (not deployed) most off the year anyways and i might as well let the Army pay some off the house. Now that being said: I am itching to play with my power tools and build a small coop . I got the plans for this model: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chicken-coo...941?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2326e6082d . Its kind of neat and i could build it in the garage and keep it there until the move. Not sure what i would use it for, what do you guys think? For two broodys, a dutch or serama trio, grow out area for 6-8 regular chickens.... I prob will use diff roof material and 1/4in hardware cloth instead chicken wire