Happy Harvest Blog
New coop for the Silkies
The chickens really come out of the woodwork whenever there's woodworking. They always have. All up in the middle of the Jobsite, every time. They don't turn out with such interest for, say, shoveling gravel. I finally finished the coop I imagined. I started it a few weeks ago, it seems, and I don't know why I always think Enh, that'll take a couple of hours. It takes ages! It takes, like, 6 hours. And there's still more to tune-up. You think it's a box, but no, there's a hinged lid to work out, the ramp, floor mesh;
Coop Management
I put clean grass into the nest boxes and throw dirty nest box grass onto the floor of the coop, covering the daily poop. Every week I put a serious thick layer of fresh weeds that really spruces it up in there. Monthly I remove the composting result to the garden.
Shady chickens
They are still in the first, big coop, but we moved them to the edge of the field to give them more shade. It's working. They are spending more of the day outside.
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