wow thanks y'all,
i appreciate the warm welcome! i'm glad to help out, the coop design area is one of my favorites to spook.
randy, i've lived in one asylum or another all my life, i feel right at home.
sunny, i'm not completely squandering my degree, dawn and i have a small aquarium maintenance biz we do on the side. my degree is in estuarian echology a branch of marine biology. our company specializes in museum quality displays with live plants and or live corals.
jackie, we went ahead and bought a hova to get started, if the need arises i will probably build something bigger; based on our pros and cons of how the hova performs for us.
i forgot to mention earlier, dawn and i are avid bikers. we have a '99 1200 harley sportster bagger and if its dry and above 30 deg. we are on 2 wheels.
cheers
doc