Recently I have been working on a chicken coop/outbuilding here locally. One day while getting the finishing touches done, I was evaluating some potential apprentices to work with me, and this worker showed up. Continue Reading...
Hen in a box
This hen stayed in her nesting box as I worked around the chicken pen and the chicken coop late this afternoon. She had gathered four different colored eggs beneath her, none of which were hers. She was content to chat with me quietly as I refilled the feed, cleaned the roosting branches, and turned over the bedding in the coop. Outside, I worked my way around the pen to water the chickens and Continue Reading...
My First DIY Chicken Coop
After much looking around and some research on ideas, I didn't really decide on anything I liked. So I just decided to make my own chicken coop with some ideas in my head and some notes scratched on a notepad and some scrap wood in my garage. Between knee replacement surgeries I started to build, and ultimately I finished the coop a few months after the second knee was done. I still don't think I Continue Reading...