Pardon Our Mess! Chicken Coop Under Construction!

It's been a busy week for us building the bigger chicken coop for our hens. We have experienced some extensive delays with all the (much needed) rain that's fallen. So... we have had to run out and accomplish as much as we can get done anytime during the day(s). It's been a mix of fun, interesting, frustrating, refreshing, and enjoyable. The cool autumn days that have been less humid have felt so good, especially while working.

Building this coop as a family has been fun. It's also been an especially good experience for Jewel as she's learning a great deal about basic construction.

Framing


Hammering


Measuring Twice & Marking


Cutting with the miter saw


Nailing with the air compressed nailing gun


Building the coop is so much fun!


Building continues in between days & periods of rain!


Interior coop floor framing


Building progress


Break time to hug Patch!


Jewel & Patch having a mind-melding moment. Ahhh... a little girl & her puppy - adorable!

More Baby Chicks!

This post is a bit delayed as this actually occured August 17th of 2010.

On the 17th of August we got more baby chicks. 2 more Welsummers, 2 Barred Plymouth Rocks, and 2 Golden Laced Wyandottes. Unfortunately a couple of weeks ago though we lost of the golden laced wyandottes. One was super spunky - (think chick on drugs) and was always advancing faster than the others. One evening while we were asleep she tried to escape her brooder box and it didn't go well. We found her in in the morning. Boo. The rest are doing great though and are getting ready to soon be transferred from the brooder box into the yard!

Our Garden

This year we were feeling inspired and ambitious and began our gardening adventures. Needless to say, we are LOVING it. I had experienced garden a lot growing up, but to have my own on a larger scale than a small corner in the backyard has been incredible.