A super nice guy bought all my extra chicks (thanks so much, Derrick!) and I'm down to my keepers, 10 standards and 7 D'Anver bantams. Eventually, only the bantams and the Silver Phoenix will be living here, and possibly my Amer/Sumatra girl, maybe my banty Cochin, but thought I'd update the thread and tell you how I'm liking this coop.
I LOVE IT! This covered pen is awesome! I can't tell you how satisfied we are with the coop and the pen. I feel awesome knowing that no one can fly out and nothing can fly out, either. I can leave the little ones out when we go somewhere and not feel scared that one will find its way out of the pen or become a hawk's snack. It puts the shed beside it, the first building we ever built, to shame, so much so that we plan to tear it down one day and build a better storage building further away (not till after my big old Suede goes to that Great Roost in the Sky, though). I highly recommend this method using the PVC foamcore pipe. We plan to get a tarp and lay it across part of the pen closest to the building for extra shade in the summer as well and it will be fully supported and shouldn't hold water due to the curved nature of the pen top.
