Thank you for the feedback, i am looking up everything chicken and their care, tips from people with experience is always helpful so thank you. A nice guy from my feedstore is building a small coop for the outside, i have thought of using it as part of what i would like to eventually build them, somehow incorporate it with the big chain link dog fence its 6 x 6, i used it for my pit, Diesel 1 year old, but he never uses it anymore since he is kind of a couch potato lol and i also have a small dog, Lucky the boss who is 12 years old, Diesel has never been around anything other than other small dogs and runs from the random huge from in the yard lol so im just concerned on how to introduce when the chicks are old enough, he is crate trained so im thinking having the chicks around so he can get used to seeing them while he's in the crate? Lucky doesn't care, he's been around every animal because of the time I was with him in Peru, he may smell, lick them and lay back down lol. I was told to put down paper towel on top of the pine shavings while they are still tiny to avoid problems. What type of problems would that cause? How long do i keep the paper towel covered?