Chickens chickens

Someone had the great idea that she needed chickens. =) So I ordered some cute little baby chicks that will be here about April 11th.

Here is a collage of the baby chick picture and what the adult should look like. I plan to socialize them well and do "puppy" exercises daily. I'm actually quite afraid of birds so this will be an adventure for me. LOL

I designed my own plans from different coops I found on the internet. I purchased the wood and had a nice young man at Home Depot cut it for me. Then it all got painted:

Only one casualty but I was able to save it:

Then the ground work started using the tractor:

Everyone got a turn:

We dug down so we could bury wire to prevent any unwanted visitors. You'll see how this all goes together soon. =)


The coop and chicken yard is going right outside the puppy yard. They are all going to have so much fun watching the chickens!


Now on to digging holes for the posts. Oops. Another casualty. Please folks, remember to call for a blue-stake before you dig.

Fixed the conduit that holds the the electrical wiring and got back to setting up the coop.

Here's where we left off. The chickens will have a ramp to get up into the raised house via a hole in the floor. The bottom part will be wired in (remember the underground wire also) and that will be their little outdoor yard they have free access to anytime. They will have a large yard I will let them go into during the day and they'll come back to the small yard at dusk. This way they actually have an indoor and small outdoor area and I won't need to worry about something eating my chickens at night.

We are done for the day. A storm is coming in with high winds and snow so I don't know if we'll be able to work on it again until next week. Well, Scott I mean. I have to go to work the next few days and I expect if the weather isn't too bad that he'll get some wire buried and dirt backfilled before he heads back to Arizona on Tuesday.

More to come!