Our Chicken Coop out at the farm . build up from one-time merchant marine crate and pallets
The frame of the coop in our driveway
The Coop at the farm with the framing for their outside foot race in place .
Our Chicken Coop out at the farm. Built from old shipping crates and pallets
So , how do you get eggs when you do n’t have a rooster ? Seems like a dumb question now , but a sincere question I had a few years back . Chickens were a subject that I bed very little about .
The only affair I recognise was that when I was growing up , a girl down the street had chicken and when we entered the cage we had to avoid the rooster , or we would come out with very sore ( and sometimes bloody ) ankle .
Jim and I both require to have our own chickens….not only for the novelty of being capable to have farm fresh brown egg , but also as somewhat of a financial incentive with 4 teenage children that like to feed breakfast . So after weeks of net and local research , we decided that we were ready to undertake the challenge of lift our own doll .
The framing of the coop in our driveway
The henhouse in year 2 with a profound winter blanket of snow – and a newfangled paint problem
We quickly pick out 10 dame in a composition board container and headed home . After sustain them settled in their raw home , we sat for hours watch them under their warming lamp . We had to introduced our Black Lab ‘ Jazzy ’ to the newest members of the family….interesting to say the least . ( we had to assure her that the chirping noise was n’t the same noise she found in the squeaker of her toys ) . And then – after all of the fervour died down … we realise we needed to construct their permanent home . And building then get down on ‘ The Coop ’ .
Jazzy checking out the new chicks …
The Coop at the farm with the framing for their outdoor run in place.
Now remember , we do n’t survive on ‘ The Farm ’ . We last in a pretty typical suburban neighborhood with neighbour within throw distance from us . We also have frequent walkers that happen by the house and always give a friendly undulation hello .
So when we decide to build up what we now call “ The Coop ” , we had to do so in our driveway where we had the advanced gadget of electricity . Using reclaimed shipping crate and pallet wood , we built the chicken coop principally out of reprocess material . After week one , we not only had a figure to our social organization , but a pretty significant commencement to the future home of the chickens .
Farm Fresh Eggs
The coop in year 2 with a heavy winter blanket of snow – and a new paint job
We live in a small enough community where the mind football manager of our modest high school inhabit just up the street . Without hesitation , one day at schoolhouse he approach one of our boys and remark , “ Son , you are hold up to have the most elaborate dog house on the block ” . To the horror of our son , he shyly take to Coach that it was n’t a doghouse at all , but a volaille cage in progress . think there are unsound affair a teen son could endure :) .
-Mary
Jazzy checking out the new chicks…
Farm Fresh Eggs
