New Coop is Started. Now I can get more chickens!!!!!!!!!

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Chicken Boo

Chicken Boo

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11 Years
Jul 16, 2008
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Glenn Dale, MD
The coop that I had to put off from last year due to vet bills is now under way.
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Here is the current coop where I am cramming 12 chickens. Poor babies.

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Here is the beginnings of the expanded run. We are more than doubling the run size.

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I am looking for new hens to go into all the extra room I am going to have. I was hoping for a few of Peachick's blue egg layers, but she does not have any chicks right now. I hope she has some by summer.
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The expanded fencing is up except that we need to move the old hen house to the new location. We cannot seem to get 4 people at our house at the same time to help move it.

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The old run is down.

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My DH is helping Eric, who we are paying to build the new chicken palace (I highly recommend him for any handyman work).

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The Dominiques, Maryanne and Wanda, dust bath in the excavation dirt.


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AND, I went and picked up the new chicks to help fill all the extra room I am going to have! Two leghorns, three EE's, and one production red.

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The old hen house is moved to its new location.

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The floor is constructed.

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The vinyl floor getting glued into place.

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The walls will be started Thursday.


Here is some of the new residents. They tickle.

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The finished floor. We are expecting walls to be done today so I can paint them over the weekend. We have not decided on the colors yet. I decided I could not pick the colors until I actually see the coop completed so we are painting it with white primer.

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The chicks that are waiting to move in.

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This is the only picture I got that was not all butt.
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Yes! More space means more chickens!
Now if I could only convince my wife of that.....

It's looking good, and your little ones will enjoy it, I am sure!
 

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