Chickens

Today is the big day. The big chicken day. Jubal and I gave Rhonda chickens for her birthday back in February. We didn't actually give them to her, we told her we would build a coop so that she could get some chickens. Did you know a baby chick only costs $3? So, after the snow and freezing weather passed, we were able to get to work on the project. And with yesterday's temps close to 70, there was only one way for men to work, shirtless!!!

I was able to use mostly scraps that we have around the yard, so the project was pretty inexpensive. You can see below, the main coop, with the chicken run and chicken door on the right and the laying box with lid that opens on the left. There is a little bit of debris that needs to be cleaned up on the ground still. For the gate, I cut our old screen door in half and used the bottom half. The fence is pieces of our old picket fence. That thing has been recycled several times.

My tapering continues, i'm probably not resting as much as I "should", but I have trouble sitting still, expecially when there is stuff to do around the yard. I'm hoping to get all of these bigger projects done, so that later in the summer, I can come home and watch the garden grow. We'll see how that works out.

Happy April Fool's day. I'm not gonna play a joke on you this year like I have in the past. I woke up and thought it was Friday........

Have a great day.