We are located north of Austin and bought a mobile chicken coop and a dozen 6 week old hens the day after Easter 2014. We have 10 Rhode island Reds and 2 Black Beauty sex-links, but lost one of the Reds to a predator before I got the run enclosed on the top! DOH!
I have fascinated by these hens and can't wait to see them start producing. I sit outside the run and watch them every chance I get because I have never been near chickens other than at the dinner table.
Here's the current set up, I have a chickendoors.com door on the way, a solid roof system is in the works:
That's Timmy our Bichon counting his chickens...
"Hey Timmy! Leave us chicks alone"