Today's work

Got some pictures to share with everyone... We started around 10am with

Then

 Added the end walls and wiring next

 Then wire across the back top

 Open nest boxes, hopefully they'll use them

 Their old roosting posts

 Door is crooked but secure!

 Ramp to the back.

 Ramp when closed

 Side Angle view

 Happy, slightly confused chicks... enjoy a treat of some chick starter.

 And we are proud to say that we didn't buy any of the materials that we used. They were all parts from the previous coop plus stuff found in the yard and house. We have 2 nests with straw/leaves, and then 2 other nest with a top that have grass clippings in them. Going to see which the hens like the best, since they are used to laying in the yard. We finished this in about 6 hours, not too bad since we didn't get to prepping it all like we should have before hand. But, our chicks are happy and safe!!!!

Another helpful site

This one is more specified. How to keep predators away from your chickens. After losing our last set of chicks we had gotten, we knew that we needed to work more on predator proofing. My hubby, being the sort of guy he is, found this site that same morning so that we could get to work on our coop and keeping our hens safe!

Small Farm

Welcome

Welcome to our new spot on blogger :-) 

We are hoping to share our adventures outdoors with 2 children, 3 cats, 1 dog, several chickens and the wide world outside our house. We are currently building a new home for our 3 hens that we have and will be adding some chicks and hopefully a rooster soon, stay tuned for pictures! 

The garden is planted, now it's the waiting game for sprouts. All from seeds this year and smaller so that we can handle it better. I'm fairly certain that I see sprouts for tomatoes, cantaloupes and pumpkins. Hopefully, here soon we will see more tomatoes, watermelons, green onions and all the herbs. I'll add pictures as it all grows. 

  The beginning of our garden.

2 of our hens, the third was being camera shy. We have one Dominique, and 2 reds.