Winterizing the C(*)(*)P
~Before~
~After~
The back side
Under the coop
We turned a truckbed liner over for rain & snow protection
Snow
Shoveled a path from the coop to under the trampoline, boy oh boy, were they happy to see dirt and grass!
We are working on insulating the inside and...
...she likes her picture taken I have them eating out of my hand.................
During construction in the Spring of 2010
Checking her work~
Another job well done~
My Metal Chicken
Happy little chickens on a Sunday stroll~
ME*
Sign, I made.
Max
...top of the jar.
Brooder has doubled in size.
"Fun Run," I built from Jenga blocks, kids blocks and glue.
Their combs are developing.
Henrietta*(she turned into a Black Australorp)
Chicks First Day Out.
Exploring their new world.
2 Headed Chick
Just Kidding.......
Giving me the...
c00p #2
It has begun, The Great Chicken Addiction.
Started gathering Ideas and Items.
FREE= Pallets, 2 wooden doors, trailor, 2 windows, 3 bundles of shingles
2 wooden boxes, mesh metal scraps & sheeting, house paint, tar paper.
BOUGHT=2x4's, 1x3's, sheets of plywood, 3 small boxes of screws...
...coop built on a shoestring budget w/donated materials and
and as many recycled items as we could find and use.........a work in progress........
*(Many thanks to Scully for building my dream coop for our girls)
Kids wanted to know "Why we never built them a cabin ?"
Getting finished, It is...
I eat one once in a while.
Homemade at the Butchers, hot dogs are the best.
The spaghetti ones look awesome.
Haven't eaten B-B-Q'd chips since the second grade when I threw them up
while hanging upside down on the monkey bars.
Last year I made the mistake of taking warm eggs out from underneath my girls.
They decided they didn't like this and tried to start laying in the weeds, since then
I wait until they leave the nest box to gather eggs.
...my first thought, stamp next and sponge are the quick thoughts I had.
I get uncut plastic stencils at the craft store then cut them to the design I like.
So I thought why not a chicken foot stencil.
*(you could always use a dead chickens feet to make chicken feet stamps in cement, just a...