New build... forgive the pace

[aart]

So far so good... screws were much easier than nails which the plans called for. Screws were much more expensive, twice the cost of nails but so worth it.

Yup...and they come back out easily if you do a booboo.

 

[daviechik]

Painted the platform

 

[daviechik]

Babies came!!

 

[Birdsong 82]

Babies came!!

 

[daviechik]

The first 12 babies are a week old and had their first visit outside tomorrow the other 8 come!

Skeleton of the house is nearly complete. I cannot wait to pin more pieces of it together. Hoping to get a few more pieces cut today

 

[Ghosty]

That's a lot of chicks for a 5 x 6... nice build, cute pup.

 

[daviechik]

That's a lot of chicks for a 5 x 6... nice build, cute pup.

Weve got a nice size yard and intend to free range all day, the girls will only be up at night and toying with the idea of building another house, this was our very first attempt and have already learned a LOT for how to make the next one even better this one has 5 nest boxes planned out and three perches that go end to end for sleeping.

 

[Birdsong 82]

5 nest boxes?! Wow! I only had five for my 22. And just like everyone says you can set out as many as you want and I'll use the same one or two. If there's already a chicken in those one or two the others will send outside waiting for it to be free. Like waiting In line for the restroom. LOL.It's looking awesome though

 

[daviechik]

I wasnt sure if you were being sarcastic or not lol... if we don't lose a single one (and were not holding our breath, historically weve always lost a few, dogs, predators, etc) we will have 20 in total.

Most of what we ordered are smaller in size (not huge hens are full maturity) the house is 5x6 but we intend to build an additional house should it prove to be too small. The 5 nest boxes was how it was planned out, we hadnt designed it at all. Were excited to watch them grow and see how it works. Loving doing this build, its been fun so far!

 

[Building Bridges]

Babies came!!

The first 12 babies are a week old and had their first visit outside tomorrow the other 8 come!

Skeleton of the house is nearly complete. I cannot wait to pin more pieces of it together. Hoping to get a few more pieces cut today

Good dog good dog!!!