Adventures in Urban Chicken Keeping on the Left Coast (aka Chooksworth)

[HighStreetCoop]

Yeah, the entire dirt patch in my yard is barely 250 sq ft. I'm going to expand with raised beds and pots on the cement patio areas.

 

[Free Feather]

I could not imagine having a yard that teeny. Best luck to you!

 

[HighStreetCoop]

Well something attempted to gnaw its way into the run last night...fun with urban predators.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

I could not imagine having a yard that teeny.

It was the perfect house with an imperfect yard. The lot isn't small (for here), but it's oddly laid out and unfortunately about a 1/3 of it in the front where it's of no real use.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

So my trip to the store for racoon-proofing supplies turned into a minor garden shop. What can I say, it's 71° in January. I'm feeling inspired.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

Busy day. Cleaned the coop (easy and fast; coop didn't smell at all, but there was a lot of poo). Refreshed the dust bath. Moved all the plants up into the yard so I can start playing with layout. Found the garden hooks I bought years ago in the garage and used them to help support the Omlet fencing. That's $50 I don't have to spend on a second set of Omlet poles.

Clancy sunning himself and ignoring the chooks like a good boy.

Garden hooks put to good use.

Phoebe mingling with the flock (finally!)

 

[HighStreetCoop]

Hung the sign my sister bought for the coop. She's so funny.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

Saw a small rodent of some kind dash across my run this morning. Spent the afternoon making wire "bumpers" for the door to keep them out.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

Bumpers seem to have worked. *knock on wood* No sign of rodents last night or this morning.

 

[HighStreetCoop]

Shingles for my nest box arrived. Guess that means I should put it together this weekend ... Then maybe I can install it sometime in February. Still debating the best way to open up the side of the coop for this (carefully remove the siding vs. use a sawzall to open up a hole).

Made 6" flock blocks last night. Hung one up this morning. We'll see how it fared when I get home.