The Chick Inn - Part 1

It seems that we are always up to something exciting and this year is no different. It took me a while to bring my husband around to the idea of having backyard chickens, once he agreed, we jumped into the project whole heartedly.

 

Full steam ahead!

 

 

You know I had to have something unique, no square coop would work for me...

We started designing/building over the winter. 

 

No standard nest box was going to do the trick either...

 I pondered a few design ideas and finally came up with this: 

~The Grand Entrance~

 

 

Enter Spring:

Time to figure out where it will go and how to make it sturdy.

We have a plethora of wildlife in our area so this needs to be a job well done. We placed hardware cloth under all pavers and fence areas to help prevent digging in.

~Working out the kinks~

 

 

 

Before we knew it our chicks had arrived and our coop was not complete :/

 

Time to crack the whip!

 

 

To be continued:

 

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