Thanks for all your kind words folks! Truth is, pretty much every bit of the coop was "copied" from other people's designs on this site; but i'll take the ego boost all the same! :-) Cheers!
Back when my daughter was six or seven she happened to go to the farmers supply with me. It was spring and they guys up at the Co-op had the ducks and chicks out for sale. Of course EVERY 6 year old thinks that baby ducks and chicks are adorable and so it has been a tradition for years to go...