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We rescued a cabinet from the side of the road. The counter was cut to size and a friend (who remodeled her kitchen) donated the doors. We are using it for storage of food, etc. The nesting boxes are being put to good use. I have dish pans in each of them for easy cleaning. The...

Stumpy - He lives in North Carolina near Ashville and visits up here in MD. He said he is available in MD, VA, eastern W. VA, and NC. Where are you?

We could not convince our flock to go into the new hen house and they insisted that they use the old, crowed hen house. I finally let them go into the old hen house and then moved them, one by one into the new one after they were alseep. They were a bit surprised in the morning. I did not let...

Oh, yes. Some of the security measures. We recycled the chicken wire we had used for the old run for the roof of the new run. Hardware cloth is dug into the ground and stapled to the hen house to keep critters from digging under. The leghorns are getting big and the little girls are...

I have had paint on me for days. But we are down to the last details. I painted the nest boxes and the pop doors as it was getting dark. I should be able to finish everything up so the girls (and the rooster) can move in tomorrow night. The nesting boxes have extra insulation so the girls...

The doors are built and hung. Ready to paint. The fence for the run proceeds. The roof of the run is recycled chicken wire that was the old coop. The new pop doors are ready to paint. The nesting boxes are started. The bottom of the fence is buried down 6" and folded out...

CORRECTION - DH said he got the vents at Home Depot. I am sure that Lowes carries them, though.

Stumpy - Thank you. I have been planning this for over a year. Somehow, it got bigger than I had planned. I am sooooo looking forward to moving the girls (and the rooster) into their new digs. Then I am going to use the old hen house as a transition home for the new girls I have living in...

The progress continues. There was a race to get the roof done before the rain started. We are going to install these vents near the top of the peaks on either end. They are temperature controlled. They open at 70 degrees and close at 40 degrees. That will make things easier this...

The painting is progressing. Luckily, a friend of ours volunteered to help. We sent her home last night with a dozen eggs. We are repurposing windows that our neighbors replaced. The DH is reglazing them. DH goes for the high spots. Smoothie Break!!! Tim made mango...

WE HAVE WALLS!!!!! I will be painting this weekend. I could not decide on colors. I felt I needed to see the building to be truly inspired. So, we are painting the building with white primer so that I can paint it when decisions are made. I do not want to hold up progress.

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. The chicks that are waiting to...

The old hen house is moved to its new location. The floor is constructed. The vinyl floor getting glued into place. The walls will be started Thursday. Here is some of the new residents. They tickle.

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. The old run is down. My DH is helping Eric, who we are paying to build the new chicken palace (I highly recommend...

The coop that I had to put off from last year due to vet bills is now under way. Here is the current coop where I am cramming 12 chickens. Poor babies. Here is the beginnings of the expanded run. We are more than doubling the run size. I am looking for new hens to go into all the...