Articles by erin0415

Chicken Coop 240 My chicken coops seem to be getting smaller and smaller. I started this coop because, once again, I have more eggs incubating. Since some of these are with a broody, I wanted an area separate from the other chickens with its own small pen. Instead, it is acting as a quarantine...

Chicken Coop 2000z I started construction on this coop while I had some silkie eggs cooking in the incubator. It was made of mostly salvaged and scrap materials from my yard and my neighbor's yard. I only spent about $40 for 2 sheets of plywood and the hardware. The coop is about 3 ft deep and...

My Family This is me, Erin, and my husband, Bobby, with our alpacas, Baden & Van Bramer Nother pic of me, hard at work. This is Bobby mowing the dirt This is my oldest son, Tyler, with his chicken, George (may she rest in peace) ...and him hiding ...and out in the pasture This is...

My Other Animals These are my alpacas Baden and Van Bramer. Baden is the brown alpaca. He is a huacaya alpaca and has dense fluffy fiber. Van Bramer, the white alpaca, is a Suri alpaca, and has silky hanging fiber. They are both boys. We hope to get them girlfriends someday. Freshly...

My Chickens I am working on getting a flock that lays a wide variety of different colored eggs. Due to a dog attack I am down to mostly white egg layers. (Not that it matters right now- everyone is moulting and no one is laying.) Standard Breeds Bertha is an Easter Egger. She lays pretty green...

Chicken Coop 5000 After buying some chicks at the feed store we discovered they grow REALLY fast!! We decided we needed somewhere to keep them, and quick. Therefore, construction on the chicken coop 5000 started. The chicken coop is 8ft by 4ft and 8 ft tall. It has 6 nesting boxes, which is...