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i use 5 gallon buckets from the hardware store or large rectangular kitty litter buckets that have an attached lid that flips open. Both those work great for nest boxes lying on the floor of the run, with a landscape paver in the opening to keep it from rolling and keep the shavings inside...

Cover those holes and any ventilation you cut around the soffits with 1/2" hardware cloth. You can sandwich between wood trim (like a picture frame where the wire is the "glass" or use 1" washers and screws every 6 inches or so to keep the wire flat to the wood. DON'T use air gun staples to...

You'll want to be able to physically access every inch of your coop and run easily. Because there will be that one chick or chicken that gets injured that will find the most inaccessible place to hide or hang out when you want to treat its injuries. And some hen will lay an egg in it. Also...

I covered my entire run, including the top with 1/2" hardware cloth, and attached a 3 ft apron all around the coop (but also, i don't have an actual roof, just a tarp over a hoop coop/greenhouse frame style structure on top of that hardware cloth - I get almost no snow where I live). Made sure...

Sounds like you have space for 5 chickens in your coop. But you do have over 10 ft of roost bars, and enough run space for 10 chickens. Do you plan to put feed and water inside the coop? Do you plan to keep the coop open to the run permanently, and predator protect and winterize the run? I'd...