Coops done! What do you think?

Hello! It looks pretty nice. One thing to note is that many predators can remove the staples holding the hardware cloth, it might be a good idea to reinforce with some screws and washers.
Most recommend 10 sq ft per chicken in the run, so 11 is pushing it. Are they going to get out to free range at all? Do you have any closer pictures and measurements of the coop? Just going off these pictures, it looks too small for 11 birds. As a general rule, they should each have 3-4 sq ft of floor space in the coop and 1 ft of roost space.
Plus 1 on the screws and washers on the hardware cloth
 
I ended up finding some cheap triple pane windows from a habitat for humanity ReStore and 1/4 hardware cloth. I used gutter screws. Some facing in. Some screws facing out as a deterrent. So the hardware cloth became the screen (with sharp points).
 

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