The last two weeks Lee has been puttering on and off trying to get the chicken coop ready to move. Saturday came and it got too dark by the time Lee had completed installing the last skid. We got ready … Continue reading
Before we can move our chickens into the garden, we need a proper garden gate for the 4′ north entrance. Thus far, our temporary gates have been lengths of cattle panels wire tied together and either tied (south gate) or … Continue reading
The hens are getting their coop pimped out some more. Okay not really, but I say that to make them feel more special. We have needed to get the hens into another part of our property for a while now … Continue reading
We’ve been using a chicken feeder we made from scrap parts ever since the chickens were two months old. Lately it’s been driving Robin a little crazy. Our eleven laying hens eat about 100 lbs of feed a month, which … Continue reading
Lee made an update to the chicken coop. After I put straw in the nesting boxes all the hens decided that it was a perfectly lovely place to lay their eggs. (Here I was thinking that it was going to … Continue reading
We finished installing the woven wire in the new chicken pen, but first I have some pictures of the brace wires. This first picture shows the only instance where we installed two brace wires in an X pattern. One wire … Continue reading
On Saturday Lee finished putting in all the fence posts in the chicken pen area. I’m excited as we are getting that much closer to having the pen finished. The chickens are having fun chilling in the small temporary fence … Continue reading
A variation of Murphy’s law often favored by geeks is: The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum. Today, this proved true of our fencing endeavors. The task was pretty simple: add a brace post and cross brace to … Continue reading
Slow progress is being made in the future chicken lot area. Lee installed the 6th corner post today and has one more to do before going on to the H-braces. The hot weather, Lee hurting his foot again, and me … Continue reading
Tonight we set up the fence charger temporarily using a 1″ galvanized pipe as the ground rod and a really long extension cord. I added apple-scented baits to the hot wire, and connected it all up. On dry earth at … Continue reading
