Building a Chicken Coop with wood, garbage and love

Chicken Coop Design We spent a lot of time trying to figure out the best design for building a chicken coop.  We finally settled on a free plan we found online from E Fleming on YouTube. With plans downloadable from Flickr, it seemed like an easy plan to follow.  Of course, the Hubby had to do…

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When losing hope, look for the signs!

Losing Hope…. I will be honest. This is hard.  We knew the house would need work and the yard was overgrown and needed manicuring.  We never thought about the things that would impede us.  The biggest problem? As I’ve mentioned before… the mosquitoes!  Everyone agrees it has been an especially bad year and other years will…

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And then there were Five – Goodbye Dear Friend

A bittersweet goodbye to dear Mr. Maude Saturday we celebrated my father’s birthday with a Cajun fest….we made Shrimp cocktail, Cornbread, Crawfish Étouffée, Potato Salad, and Cajun Corn Maque Choux.  Pralines and Pecan Pie for dessert of course.  A little fishing in the pond in the afternoon and despite the temperatures in the mid 90’s,…

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An Almost Perfect Weekend…

The weather was ideal all weekend! Finally, no rain and the mosquitoes were not bad at all!! It was such a pleasure to spend time outside.  We built a temporary run for the chickens and my little ones cannot get enough of sitting in the run and giving the chickens treats.  I also did a…

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Free range chickens and beautiful Butterflies

With temperatures in the 90s, the Coop was hot Time to let the chickens free range in the yard to get some more air.  Since this is my first time with chickens, I never know what to expect.  I have heard they love meal worms and sometimes red worms.  I thought that if I had…

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Moving Day for the Chicks

Time to move up to the Outdoor Coop The new coop is finally ready and with the girls being over six weeks old, they were more than ready.  The smell from the mudroom was starting to permeate into the house.  The original brooder box was great, but very hard to keep dry around the waterer. …

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