Wanted to keep my chicken journey separate from my overall farm life journal on BYH. Right now we don't have any chickens. But soon, very very soon.
This is the premade Chicken Tiny house we purchased. We wanted to just get our feet wet in chicken keeping before we go whole hog! But whole hog we will go eventually.
It took us a little while to "fortify" the little coop because of the rain. Seems like every weekend Texas decided to rain. Even today it sprinkled a bit, but we worked through it. Drenched in sweat! Yuck! Bugs and humidity are why I don't like summer!
Today we, by we I mean my husband, built the frame that the coop will be sitting on. The frame is built out of pressure treated wood. Then on the bottom of the frame we, by we I mean me this time, stapled hardware cloth that sticks out a little over a foot from the frame. We only put it on two sides because the coop will be sitting against the wall of our garage and the brick porch so no predators will be able to dig on those two aides.
Next step was to put the coop on the frame.
Then we added these awesome hook and eye latches to make the two outside doors more secure.
Next step was to add a water system that we don't have to constantly clean and refill every day. We're lazy and busy so the less we have to do the better. LOL. My husband designed this himself, basically on the fly, but also from watching tons of videos of other peoples systems on YouTube. We put two drinking cups on the inside and one on the outside.
We built a ledge on top of the roof of the coop to hold the bucket. Then put in the pipes to carry the water down to the cups. We did for get the end cap to keep the water inside the pipe. Whoops! We also need to secure the pipe with a strap of some sort. Just another trip to the hardware store!
Basically we're now ready for chickens! We've got feed, supplements, treat's, bedding. Even got a couple of dummy eggs for the nest boxes! Next stop to buy a couple of laying hens!!
This is the premade Chicken Tiny house we purchased. We wanted to just get our feet wet in chicken keeping before we go whole hog! But whole hog we will go eventually.
It took us a little while to "fortify" the little coop because of the rain. Seems like every weekend Texas decided to rain. Even today it sprinkled a bit, but we worked through it. Drenched in sweat! Yuck! Bugs and humidity are why I don't like summer!
Today we, by we I mean my husband, built the frame that the coop will be sitting on. The frame is built out of pressure treated wood. Then on the bottom of the frame we, by we I mean me this time, stapled hardware cloth that sticks out a little over a foot from the frame. We only put it on two sides because the coop will be sitting against the wall of our garage and the brick porch so no predators will be able to dig on those two aides.
Next step was to put the coop on the frame.
Then we added these awesome hook and eye latches to make the two outside doors more secure.
Next step was to add a water system that we don't have to constantly clean and refill every day. We're lazy and busy so the less we have to do the better. LOL. My husband designed this himself, basically on the fly, but also from watching tons of videos of other peoples systems on YouTube. We put two drinking cups on the inside and one on the outside.
We built a ledge on top of the roof of the coop to hold the bucket. Then put in the pipes to carry the water down to the cups. We did for get the end cap to keep the water inside the pipe. Whoops! We also need to secure the pipe with a strap of some sort. Just another trip to the hardware store!
Basically we're now ready for chickens! We've got feed, supplements, treat's, bedding. Even got a couple of dummy eggs for the nest boxes! Next stop to buy a couple of laying hens!!
