Ribh's D'Coopage

[WhoDatChick]

Looking good!

Thanks! It’s getting there.. I can’t wait till done ... I stress and get anxious during the process! Thinking... what am I doing!?... am I going over board!?... am I spending too much!?.. what if ... what if... what if????

 

[WhoDatChick]

I found this and I felt a little better

 

[Kris5902]

Wow! Everyone’s projects are looking great... mine is currently mostly cut but awaiting assembly, and lying in what is most likely now mud it started raining here a few hours ago, and I was planning on putting it together tomorrow (hopefully). I’ll have to see if the weather clears up overnight. I don’t work outside in the rain if I can help it. I’m also kicking myself because I left my bedroom window of the RV wide open when we left today, the weather has been so nice lately. Oops!

 

[Ribh]

Thanks! It’s getting there.. I can’t wait till done ... I stress and get anxious during the process! Thinking... what am I doing!?... am I going over board!?... am I spending too much!?.. what if ... what if... what if????

I empathize. The man can only do a couple of hours before pain kicks in & we need to head home so I'd gone on line & pre~selected colours [ for the coop] I was interested in thinking it would save time on the day & I wouldn't be dithering around because the man has no aesthetic sense of colour at all. Perish the thought. It was a good idea but... I wanted a darkish green for the roof & a teal for the walls but my colour choices all had a yellow base ~ not in stock! The yellow lifted the green & blended in with the garden that's already there so I was spinning & I knew the man was getting tetchy ~ the STRESS! He kept handing me colour samples that were just drab! And I kept choosing things with that yellow base. UGH!!! So I took a deep breath & headed away from green & went with the 2 tone teal.

I dunno. I think it will work... I hate being rushed in these things & the man always seems to think any old colours in the range will do ~ but then he has trouble telling green from grey & blue & mauve so, y'know...

 

[Kris5902]

I love them! And if you decide to add and trim or detailing you could go with black or white and it would look nice and sharp!

 

[Ribh]

I love them! And if you decide to add and trim or detailing you could go with black or white and it would look nice and sharp!

We are sympatico. I was thinking on the way home ~ in that vagueish way long boat trips induce~ that I should do a trip to the craft store ~ ON MY OWN!!!~ & get an anchor or chicken motifs to dolly the thing up a bit. The man keeps referring to it as the Seaside Mansion Coop For Spoilt Chickens. lol I keep thinking we have to look @ it for a very looong time!

 

[Ribh]

A trip to the mainland precluded any work on the coop today & now rain is forecast. The girls were out late & promptly broke out to investigate the new coop. I parceled out a corn treat but I think they just feel encouraged to misbehave. Meanwhile I have mint & nasturtiums sprouting in the hanging baskets destined for the coop; rosemary & passionfruit bought. I should leave the man behind for these ventures. I wanted the 4 rosemary [he did not] & only 1 passionfruit. They are prolific & now we have 2 varieties ~ if they don't cross pollinate.

 

[Ribh]

My breeder lives @ Mt Samson ~ over an hour away by car once we hit the mainland & through the heart of Brisbane, which always makes me quail. I have driven in worse cities ~ but only because I didn't read the language well enough to understand. Brisbane is a nightmare: congested, unsigned, twisting ~ & mistakes can take you all day to correct. I spent years driving my youngest to musical performances in places in Brisbane that had no parking so my stressometer can go from 01~1000 in .000 seconds.

Last time we collected chickens my daughter navigated. We went the long way round on the highway collecting tolls & though she talked non stop [NOT about our route!] we got there safely with the minimum of stress. However I was in no hurry for a repeat performance.

So I did what you do. I started looking round closer to home & I was not impressed. People are keeping birds in some pretty horrible conditions, not immunizing, not doing much of anything really except trying to turn a quick buck & so I contacted Kate @ Mt Samson again. She has the loveliest set up! Clean ~ as in spotless clean. Beautiful healthy birds. Immunized. Wormed. And she will talk to people like me who don't know too much. Which is important because I can't isolate any birds, certainly not 8, & it is a risk I am going to have to take because I am out of room.

So I left her one of my vagueish messages saying I wanted 8 birds in about 2 weeks because I was interested in anything except RIRs or NHs but I especially wanted Campines & some blue layers. I know people love their NHs & RIRs but I've found them to be bullies in a mixed flock & the girls I have @ present are really calm & old enough, I hope, to lead without bullying. I know what I can get is dependent on what she has available & I was starting to dither. Had I jumped the gun? Was I approaching her too soon? Was I too early for what I wanted? I got the lovliest message back last night. Campines & blues available! She has also offered to pick out a mix of birds for me & hold them for me ~ which is super lovely of her as she goes to the markets each week~ so I'm likely to get the best set aside & closest to POL. And one spot left for DD to choose her special bird. I am sooo excited!!! And it is now raining so everything coop is on hold.

 

[WhoDatChick]

Oh bummer on the rain! Talk about the one thing that slows everything down ... those are nice colors! I am awful at choosing colors... actually.. I’m getting a little better.
Oh, I cannot wait to see your new gals!! ... so exciting!!
I went to pick up my order but the hardware cloth was not in yet... but did get the farm fencing for the extra yard... so we will have to wait too... hubs is glad cuz he wants to go fishing so he might be doing that this weekend... so that means another whole week and a half will go by before we finish
Finished painting though... I’ll post a pic..

 

[WhoDatChick]