Indeed - taking another quick break. The belt sander (which I'm still learning - good thing the chickens can't criticize gouges in the lumber) is making the work faster, but it's a powerful tool and takes a lot of core muscle tension to hold and control (esp. when working a couple hours straight). So I'm taking a short break. She's back in town a couple times next week, so we can see each other then a well. Chicken friends are the best!
Have I told you lately how wonderful you are?!?!
So glad to hear. I discovered this thread when I was doing MY first hatch as well, and got a lot of help. It is really nerve-wracking to start, isn't it?! After that, it helped to stay on here chatting, etc., but also reading through the year all the other hatch info, so when I next hatched, I was less intimidated.
Guys, I am SUPER excited! I still am building my growout tractor coops (because I'm already part of the way there, they make good breeding pens, and I've modified the plans so I can take them apart). But while sitting here resting my back/shoulders, I checked, and the folks who came up with the plans for my permanent coop have designed a new and BIGGER one, and it looks great! Especially the indoor and outdoor roosting options. I think I like it better than my attempt to make their other plans bigger (I was looking at it thinking, 'Why didn't I think of that?!). I bought the plans - and just in time, as I was about to start construction on the big Eggplant coop, and am also planning two other big coops. I'm going to make them all like this.
http://www.thegardencoop.com/large-chicken-coop-plans.html
OK, Time to get off my tush and back to work on those tractors. Today is weights day for the Enterprise coop (the GNH x NN chicks - keeper cockerel is named Kirk, hence the name). They are 13 weeks old. I am SOOOOOOO tempted to skip it and get their next weight at 16 weeks. It is very useful to have the data, but it really is a lot of work weighing chicks four days a week...
- Ant Farm
That is such a pretty coop. We have gone from coop dreams a la Chez Poulet to a walk in garden type coop to a full out "Chicken Barn" which will be half coop and half storage to pull the tractor and club car into. It was my compromise with my spouse who was pro coop but anti "crapping up the property with multiple structures." (his words) We don't have so much space that it would look all spread out. Rather it would look like there were shacks all over our back yard. 2 acres is NOT enough!!!
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