We've decided to get some chickens!
April 2nd 2017 - I am not sure who came up with the idea, me or my husband, but we are excited about acquiring chickens and having fresh eggs. (We eat tons of eggs) We have decided to start with just around 4 chickens, but like so many others not sure that we'll stay there! The hubby is already talking about adding ducks..we'll see. I am designing our coop with the idea that if we decide several years down the road that our chicken raising time is through, then we can turn it into a cute storage shed... Shed will be 8 X 10 with a cupola. In the front 4' will be food storage, cleaning items and we will be able to access the back of the nesting box from there without going into the "girls area". We are reusing as much wood as possible out of the shed that we recently tore down. We got the floor and one wall up this weekend, so were pleased with our progress April 15th ..Plugging along..hard to get much done with really only being able to wo...