- May 8, 2013
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Hello to all,
I am new to the chicken world and I am so excited about this new adventure. I live in a little tiny town on the western slope of Colorado. Our population is less than 700 and we have no stop lights. Our grocery store is the size of 7-11. We are 100 miles from anywhere in any direction. I became obsessed with chickens when my Grandmother passed away. Her father opened the original Leslies Fried Chicken Shack in Waco Texas many many many moons ago. Grandma Elizabeth worked at The Chicken Shack for many years and the original store was decorated with ceramic chickens and roosters. Eventually the business was sold off and Grandma Elizabeth brought all those ceramic chickens to Colorado with her. When she passed away I inherited all those chickens. Thus began my journey. We lived in Colorado Springs and had no room for a coop so I was satisfied with ceramic ones. Seven years ago we moved to where we are now and we are surrounded by hay fields and corn fields. I decided this was the perfect place to raise chickens but I had no coop... so I waited... for seven long years. Finally my DH says "If I buy you baby chicks I will have no choice but to build your coop." I blew it off and said "Yea, it's ok. I've waited this long, what's a few more years?" Well, the next time we went to the big city we stopped in at Murdochs and he bought me 10 little chicks, a waterer, a feeder, straw, a heat lamp, and food. We drove the 2 hours home and got them set up in a large dog kennel. They are now 10 days old and we are making great progress on the coop. We have 4 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Americanas, and 1 Whitlock. We are building the coop from scratch with scrap lumber that my husband has been collecting over the last few years. So far we have spent less than $50 on the whole coop and it is similar to the Daisy Coop. I have helped with every aspect of building and I have even learned to use power tools. My DH and I are enjoying this new adventure together and it has been quite rewarding. Thanks for all the advice and funny stories. We have enjoyed them immensly.
I am new to the chicken world and I am so excited about this new adventure. I live in a little tiny town on the western slope of Colorado. Our population is less than 700 and we have no stop lights. Our grocery store is the size of 7-11. We are 100 miles from anywhere in any direction. I became obsessed with chickens when my Grandmother passed away. Her father opened the original Leslies Fried Chicken Shack in Waco Texas many many many moons ago. Grandma Elizabeth worked at The Chicken Shack for many years and the original store was decorated with ceramic chickens and roosters. Eventually the business was sold off and Grandma Elizabeth brought all those ceramic chickens to Colorado with her. When she passed away I inherited all those chickens. Thus began my journey. We lived in Colorado Springs and had no room for a coop so I was satisfied with ceramic ones. Seven years ago we moved to where we are now and we are surrounded by hay fields and corn fields. I decided this was the perfect place to raise chickens but I had no coop... so I waited... for seven long years. Finally my DH says "If I buy you baby chicks I will have no choice but to build your coop." I blew it off and said "Yea, it's ok. I've waited this long, what's a few more years?" Well, the next time we went to the big city we stopped in at Murdochs and he bought me 10 little chicks, a waterer, a feeder, straw, a heat lamp, and food. We drove the 2 hours home and got them set up in a large dog kennel. They are now 10 days old and we are making great progress on the coop. We have 4 Buff Orpingtons, 5 Americanas, and 1 Whitlock. We are building the coop from scratch with scrap lumber that my husband has been collecting over the last few years. So far we have spent less than $50 on the whole coop and it is similar to the Daisy Coop. I have helped with every aspect of building and I have even learned to use power tools. My DH and I are enjoying this new adventure together and it has been quite rewarding. Thanks for all the advice and funny stories. We have enjoyed them immensly.
