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...
2010-09-08
Extra Large Egg & an extra small egg Cooking the eggs in butter
The South Side of the Coop during Summer My little round window, I worked on for days
Trying to keep the racoons out...
"Brooder/Coop"
February 2011
Outside of the brooder.
Inside the brooder.
Checking the temperature.
March 1st 2011
Roost I built using a dowel rod from the craft store and 2 blocks of wood.
Checking out the new Ramp I built them
On top of the jar.
Brooder has doubled in size.
"Fun Run," I...
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...
2010-08-10
~CAN'T GET RIGHT~
One of my girls, her name is .Can't Get Right
...............a chicken 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...
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.
Just the other day I was wondering how I could get white chicken feet prints on the front of my 3rd coop.
Stencil is 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...