Good morning everyone!!!
Well I have to say it is torture to have to come to work today and sit in a windowless room with the white noise of the HVAC system and fluorescent lighting. I want to move my desk outside…preferably within sight of our new peeps with their adorable protective Mommas. I am missing another day of their development! (and they grow up so darn fast!!! They are already zipping around, like they hadn’t just learned how to use their legs.)
It is supposed to be 90 today and it was sleeting less than a week ago (on Friday.) Tomorrow a cold front is coming through and will take us (hopefully) to normal temperatures for the season.
I am hoping we will have the new coop done this weekend!!! Actually, I was hoping last weekend, but that was a bit unrealistic, I found out. Just too many little things to do. (what do they need a door for, anyway?…or lids for the hen boxes? Or windows? Or roosts? Sheesh…chickens are picky!)
We made the outside mostly out of pressure treated plywood so we can’t paint it for some time (paint will just flake off because the wood is so wet) but the inside roosts and poop trays are regular pine, so I am toying with the idea of painting those some glossy color, which will push our timeline out even further. But if I have designed this thing right, most of what they will be able to get to to poop on will be covered in a layer of Sweet PDZ for easy clean-up. We will soon find out how good I am. I was thinking about taking some of the tin roof flashing and making removable covers for the 2x4 roosts that I can hose off occasionally. Would that cause their feet to get cold in the winter, though?
