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CoffeeHen said:
I retired from teaching high school this spring. I had told my husband & kids that when I retire we would travel some and then I would get some chickens 🐓! (Chicken research on breeds-temperament/child gentle/dual purpose/ brown eggs and coops had been on-going for two years on the sly. ) After the first week of COVID-19 and binge watching The Tiger King my husband, son, & I decided this behavior is going to STOP! My son with his young adult energy who normally focuses on work and working out announced he needed a project that required activity.
“You can build me a chicken coop & run...” I suggested, knowing no big trips would be taken for awhile. “I can DO that!!!”, said he.
I ordered chicks and they ( father & son) ordered lumber & hardware cloth and got to work.
Chickens are now two months old and have brought smiles & laughter to everyone in the family.
We usually have our morning coffee while sitting on the front porch. Our coop is technically in the front side-yard so we now enjoy watching chicken antics with our morning coffee!
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Welcome to BackYardChickens! So glad to have you here in our wonderful community of friendly, helpful, knowledgeable people! What a great story! I love it. Two things...you might permanently add your location to your profile so we know where you live if you ever have a question - if you look at mine you can see there's a location place - and also, we all love pictures! Pictures of your flock, pictures of the hen house and run! Here is one for YOU to start out! This is my partner with one of the babies we hatched ourselves! Our little Buff Orpington, Amelia.
 

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Thank you for the welcome and the information, Pork Pie. Finding members near you with a state thread is fantastic!
 
CoffeeHen said:
I retired from teaching high school this spring. I had told my husband & kids that when I retire we would travel some and then I would get some chickens 🐓! (Chicken research on breeds-temperament/child gentle/dual purpose/ brown eggs and coops had been on-going for two years on the sly. ) After the first week of COVID-19 and binge watching The Tiger King my husband, son, & I decided this behavior is going to STOP! My son with his young adult energy who normally focuses on work and working out announced he needed a project that required activity.
“You can build me a chicken coop & run...” I suggested, knowing no big trips would be taken for awhile. “I can DO that!!!”, said he.
I ordered chicks and they ( father & son) ordered lumber & hardware cloth and got to work.
Chickens are now two months old and have brought smiles & laughter to everyone in the family.
We usually have our morning coffee while sitting on the front porch. Our coop is technically in the front side-yard so we now enjoy watching chicken antics with our morning coffee!
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EXCELLENT!
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quailmama 82012 said:
hi! glad you joined and hope you have good chicken/coffee time on your porch!;) :D
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We do! They have a swing they love! Three at a time will Line up on it. Some will run and try to jump on w/o loosing balance. Some like to go halfway up the coop ramp and fly across the run aiming between the hanging cords like a goal post! Thank you for the welcome!
 

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