Yes that's right! We got chickens. We have been talking about taking the plunge for quite some time now. We had been looking at used coops and visiting the baby chicks at the local feed store. Dave and his Uncle David built a coop for us this week and now the adventure begins.
The guys work so hard building this thing and it looks so good. These chickens will be living in luxury! They placed the coop and run in our side yard and completely incased in chicken wire. AFTER we went to get our chicks we were informed that chicken wire won't really do the job in protecting our hens from raccoons. I guess they can just rip through it like paper! So, poor Dave and Uncle David had to take the whole thing apart and cover it with a more heavy duty material. The even lined the floor with the heavy duty wire. Hopefully this hen house will be predator proof!!!
We just went to get our chicks yesterday. We got 5 baby chicks; 2 Rhode Island Reds, 1 Buff Orington, 1 Plymouth Rock, and 1 Bantam. The kids named them Sleepy Head, Scooby Doo, Buttercup, Blackie, and Mary Peckins. They are 2 weeks old so it will be another 4-6 weeks before these little gals are living in their luxury digs. Right now they are living in a plastic tub under a heat lamp. The kids LOVE them. Gracyn will play with them for hours if you let her. We will keep you posted on our urban chicken farming project!
The kids a pretending they are chickens playing in the coop.
Nesting Boxes
The finished product
Play Time
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