Congrats Farm Boy!
Have I ever mentioned my parents? Yes, I love them but sometimes I wonder. I was discussing things with my father (who grew up on a ranch) and he was talking about his chicken coop he had growing up and how much he hated chickens. I told him we WERE giving it another go this year. I was not throwing in the towel. Although I was not hatching my own, I was going to pick them up at
TSC. Hatching was great, but I am not in the mood to this year. We were talking about the coop issue... 2 hours later (he lives an hour away) my father was unexpectedly at my door and told me he was the to take care of my issues because apparently I have now "learned a thing or two" and "needed to learn the hard way". *shrugs* Ok then. And he then went with various items, some wood and IDK what else into the back yard and told me to stay inside with my minions. He only came in to ask for a shovel so he could get the shed door open. I am told it isn't pretty but there should be no issue. I also have a mostly built smaller coop in my lower garage. I decided to not go with an Aframe after all your advice. What I built is not pretty, but it should be fine. So we should be good. Runs need to go up come spring.
I took the minions out yesterday to
TSC in Muskegon and picked up 12 chicks. We have 3 easter eggers, 2 black ones, 3 out of their "reds bin", 3 Welsummers? Was that the name? and I forgot the last chick. I am bad with names, can you tell? I wanted the cute little Bantams. Oh well, maybe I will get some after we figure out who lays and who is destined for the freezer.
This snow needs to go. I am told that now the addition will not start till May. Or that is what the contractor thinks. :-( Although instead of being just "weekend workers" they are talking about working all week to get it done. We hired local and the contractor has a family business that is not building related. So he was just going to work on the weekends. We were fine with that. So now it will go up faster, but I wish they could start sooner.
