PatQ great job with that coop! We have a similar one but it's a prefab we ordered online and made some modifications on it. I already wish it were a little bigger but it's working out fine. Thanks all for the tips on the Silkies. I am thinking of putting another coop/run in the future and getting a few of them. Don't know if I will order chicks or try to get them a 2-3 months old somewhere. Not sure what I am going to do after today. We lost one of our hens this morning and we only had them for a month. Hopefully the remaining two will be fine, they seem to be. We think it was something genetic and not a disease. She was always the runt, didn't seem to grow much or each much, and was not that active. The other two are active, eat like pigs and are very alert and getting big! I don't think I want to get another one.