Our Coop

The Frame

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With the floor and sleeping area walls

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Roof and some wire finished

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Epoxy on the floor, roof re-angled and wire complete

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Chickens home at last!

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Meat chickens

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Laying hens and rooster. From left to right: Daffodil, Buttercup, Maude, Henrietta, Peter the Rooster, and Blossom hiding in the nest box.

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Closer look at laying hens suite.

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Our baby boy enjoying the chickens.

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The Chickens

As 5 day old babies

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At 10 days with our 8 month old son, John
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At about 4 weeks
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The Farm
We raise Dexter Cattle. They are a very old Irish breed and the smallest breed of cattle. They are naturally shorter because their purpose was as a dual purpose (milk and meat) family cow for small farms in Ireland. We are striving to keep our animals true to the old type Dexters.
Some of our cows

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Calf pictures
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Our horses are Phoenix, a palomino AQHA gelding, Andy (Sea Spirit) a grey Arabian cross and Donkeyotee (Don Quixote) a large standard donkey.
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Some silly pictures of Donkey and Phoenix
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And one more of John with his buddy, Arrow, our sweet little cattle dog
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