Another Chicken Post!
This is the day I was able to complete the addition to the Chicken coop. Added a second door on the back and installed the new nesting boxes. And cleaned the old bedding out and put in new.
With the 10 I got yesterday and 9 more today, That makes 447 Eggs so far!
God I love my Chickens!
Tom
This is the day I was able to complete the addition to the Chicken coop. Added a second door on the back and installed the new nesting boxes. And cleaned the old bedding out and put in new.
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| OK, so it's not pretty. But it works. All made from recycled wood! |
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| Both doors opened and one of the "Comets" checking out the new space. |
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| The new Nesting Boxes. 3 milk crates and 2 office boxes on top. Lined with a sheet of cardboard to help ho;d the bedding in. |
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| And installed in in the coop. New bedding in place. |
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| All cleaned out and new bedding in place. |
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| One of the "GC's and "RIR's doing an inspection! The area to the right is where they have been laying Eggs, If they decide to lay in the coop. |
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| And the fruits of their labors. |
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| Small, Medium, Large and ..... |
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| HOLLY CRAP! I have gotten one of the Extra Large Eggs every day! Bet they are Double Yokes! |
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| A surprise in each one! |
God I love my Chickens!
Tom
Looks like you made a pretty nice little hen house there Tom. They don't care if it's fancy. To keep our chickens from flying over the fence (didn't want to clip their wings) we used baling string. It's orange colored so they can see it and lasts a really long time. We just tied each string separately so we can untie them to get in there and weed eat their area around the edges. You get a big roll of it and it was inexpensive too. We use it to tie up our raspberry bushes too. Our chickens are now three years old and are in their molt so we are down to one egg every other day. Guess we'll have to get some little chicks here pretty soon!
ReplyDeleteDenise,
DeleteThe best part is I made it all out of recycled wood! No cost for lumber. And when I increase the size of the flock next year, another addition is easy to add on the other end.
The bailing string is a good idea. I was thinking about using Chicken wire over the top, but that's a lot of wire.
My girls are 7 months old and still laying strong! Anther 9 Eggs today, for a total of 464 so far. I'm sure I can reach 600 by the end of the year!
Tom
Great job!!! And congrats on all those eggs! It really is amazing how many they produce once they get going!
ReplyDeleteBee Girl,
DeleteThanks! The numbers are so great. I wanted Chickens for so long and now that I have them, I know I will never go hungry.
And they are so funny! The "Golden Comets" really put out the Eggs and I will increase the flock next year with them (another 6 at least!) and start selling eggs.
Can you tell I LOVE MY CHICKENS?????
Tom
Tom - the coop looks great! So do the lovely eggs you are getting
ReplyDeleteEmily,
ReplyDeleteThanks! Today is Thanksgiving and the totals are up to 549! I do not think I will have a problem getting to 600 by years end!
Tom
Hey, where you been?!
ReplyDeleteCarolyn,
DeleteRight here!
Life gets in the way of posting, But I have wanted to do an update. Maybe in the next few days!
Tom
I need your mailing address for that Pay-It-Forward Handmade Gift challenge that Susan started!! Email me at carolynrenee at centurytel dot net.
ReplyDeleteHope everyone is ok :)
Carolyn,
DeleteI will e-mail you the address, But you became one of "MY FIVE" way back when. So it is I who have to send you a gift! I have been working on it and hope to have it done soon!
Want to get it to you before Christmas!
Tom
Ok, we'll just call it a gift "swap"....and be over with the damned thing!! Remind me to give Susan the what-for for starting this :)
ReplyDeleteCarolyn,
DeleteLOL! Little did we know that this whole thing was going to confuse as this much!
The work on all 5 of the gifts has been hit and miss. And trying to decide if I wanted to make something new or send what I already had.
I thing Susan knew just what she was doing! I can just hear her now, "Why not make five others as confused as I was?!!
Tom