California - Northern

[ChickNmamma]

VERY nice coop there, Linda. I would say I was "green" with envy - to match your coop.

I also like your big trees, very beautiful.

 

[PetRock]

Ask and you shall receive!

Early construction.













I have a lot more; many have been posted in "The Old Folks Home" thread but I still have more to upload.

Love it!!! I'm going to have to go check out that other thread!

 

[tommysgirl]

I need to clean up the area this next weekend and I'll take some pics of it. It is only for my grow outs so I don't have a roost in it, yet. My husband rigged up the door and he really needs to find a more permanent closure.

Thanks!

 

[gryeyes]

As the coop build progressed, and I blathered about it to other "regulars" at my fav hang-out, I got some eye-rolling responses and astonishment about using a "contractor to build a chicken coop?!?!?" I shared these reactions with John the Contractor. He'd got a kick out of them.

He always arrived around 9 a.m. - I usually got there any time between 10 and 11. (He unloaded his equipment, circular saw, ladders, supplies, etc. every day, reloading his work van every afternoon because it wouldn't be all that wise to leave tools there overnight.)

Anyway, one day he said "I got all the wire up," as soon as I got out of my car. "Uh huh, I see that."

"It looks better from the inside..." Okay, so I went into the coop to admire his work.

This was his surprise for me. He could hardly contain his glee.

..

Yup, he had replaced the ceramic light receptacle and CFL bulb with a pendant light! A sort of rustic chic "chandelier" for the coop!

"Better protection for the bulb against flying chickens" and "Less screwy surfaces to gather dust," said he. Riiiiight.

But isn't it wonderful?!? He obtained the pendant light from one of his other jobs, where the lights were removed for other fixtures.

And here are some of my favorite shots of a FEW of the rock out-croppings on the property.

 

[lawatt]

Linda, the pictures are fantastic!!

and this is not remotely chicken-related, but in case of interest, i did a radio interview (on Occidental Community Radio, a tiny station in the redwood belt) a couple of weeks ago about my historical research at Point Reyes, and the link to listen on-line has just been posted:
http://tommysholidaycamp.com/mp3/LauraWatt9-27-13PtReyes.mp3

 

[debs_flock]

Linda, the pictures are fantastic!!

and this is not remotely chicken-related, but in case of interest, i did a radio interview (on Occidental Community Radio, a tiny station in the redwood belt) a couple of weeks ago about my historical research at Point Reyes, and the link to listen on-line has just been posted:
http://tommysholidaycamp.com/mp3/LauraWatt9-27-13PtReyes.mp3

I LOVE the nursery there in Occidental. It was where I first saw a Dawn Redwood tree and fell in love with them. I now have one planted on my property here.

 

[Kikwi]

Linda, the pictures are fantastic!!

and this is not remotely chicken-related, but in case of interest, i did a radio interview (on Occidental Community Radio, a tiny station in the redwood belt) a couple of weeks ago about my historical research at Point Reyes, and the link to listen on-line has just been posted:
http://tommysholidaycamp.com/mp3/LauraWatt9-27-13PtReyes.mp3

Awesome! My husband and I got married at Point Reyes. Last time we went, we had to shoo a herd of massive elk out of our way so we could get back to the parking lot!

 

[ChickNmamma]

As the coop build progressed, and I blathered about it to other "regulars" at my fav hang-out, I got some eye-rolling responses and astonishment about using a "contractor to build a chicken coop?!?!?" I shared these reactions with John the Contractor. He'd got a kick out of them.

He always arrived around 9 a.m. - I usually got there any time between 10 and 11. (He unloaded his equipment, circular saw, ladders, supplies, etc. every day, reloading his work van every afternoon because it wouldn't be all that wise to leave tools there overnight.)

Anyway, one day he said "I got all the wire up," as soon as I got out of my car. "Uh huh, I see that."

"It looks better from the inside..." Okay, so I went into the coop to admire his work.

This was his surprise for me. He could hardly contain his glee.

..

Yup, he had replaced the ceramic light receptacle and CFL bulb with a pendant light! A sort of rustic chic "chandelier" for the coop!

"Better protection for the bulb against flying chickens" and "Less screwy surfaces to gather dust," said he. Riiiiight.

But isn't it wonderful?!? He obtained the pendant light from one of his other jobs, where the lights were removed for other fixtures.

And here are some of my favorite shots of a FEW of the rock out-croppings on the property.

COOL - High Class Lighting in the coop - I love it!

And I love those rocks...I love rocks too... now I am really green! Big Tall Trees, really neat rocks and a high class light. Sigh...

 

[alibra]

I LOVE the nursery there in Occidental.  It was where I first saw a Dawn Redwood tree and fell in love with them.  I now have one planted on my property here.

Chicken related, I got this at a little boutique in occidental

 

[tommysgirl]

Ali!!! any eggs? I have 4 of 10 April girls laying. 2 White Egg layers a Ca Grey and my Polish/Dorking, My choc Rock Girl and Willa the OE from Deann. In addition Harriet who was hatched 3/31 by Ron from eggs from Kim has been laying for about 3 mos. So I am still waiting on my Speckled Sussex, Both EEs, Both Icelandics and Norma the mutt. I have suspicions about the Icelandics. They have been too red for too long and I think they may have nests somewhere on the property. Everyone is locked up today so maybe they will produce something in the nest box. I am tempted to not let them out until they do or at least for a week so that I can satisfy myself that they aren't being sneaky.

They are both available if anyone would like them. They are pretty and I enjoy watching them but I don't need more white egg layers and I am not tickled with them like I am the others. If no one here wants them I will probably hang on to them through the winter and sell them late summer/early spring with all of Beakface's chick. I need to take pics of everyone so I will post them tonight or tomorrow.