My husband put this together by himself. We haven't gotten any baby chicks yet, waiting for the weather to warm up first. We plan to build a large pen around the whole coop so the chicks will have plenty of roaming room & safe from predators. We live in the country & have coyotes, raccoons, weasels etc. We just found out a couple young bobcats are now around our property, scary. Anyway, we are excited to start our own laying hens very soon. Nothing is better than farm fresh eggs! A little pricey, but the coop is very cute & will fit our needs.