....thanks for the nice welcome............i have 4 nice girls--only one laying , and she just went into molt---my girls , suzy the speckled sussex , lucy the red star , and 2 silver wynadotte's , gracie and weezer , except for the chicken wire ,the coop that i just built will hankle up to 8 /10 hens with a more than adaquate sheltered straw run , and this was was all done with stuff from the recycle centre--shutters , green metal roof , latice , the works ,as nice as my work shop---shame what we throw out---i am looking to add just 1 more to my small flock ,don't want to crowd them , but a nice buff orpington would be just perfect-----5 is good ---gotta watch the colestrol ,and save room for the beer----well off to scour the for sale post---thanks again for the welcome