Happy Harvest Blog
The wheels on the coop go round and round
Silkieland, the new coop, has optional wheels now. I'd been moving it along laterally to give them fresh turf every couple days. I could scoot it sideways by running back and forth, back and forth, end to end, shifting it a few inches at a time. Moving it longways was out of the question - it is not drag-able. I just ran out of room to move it sideways, moving it from one tree barrier to another. Just in time, a treasured friend swooped in,
First day in the new coop!
Moment of truth! The grand opening. I dropped the ramp and the birds on the threshold stared, taken aback. Oh, there's the Colonel pushing his way through. Coming through, coming through. I'll show you how it's done. And he did. Then the birds started pouring right out. The rapidity may have had something to do with the angle of descent. I wasn't sure about the steepness of the ramp if they could handle it, but it turns out, they handle it. They accelerate! - they're running by the bottom third, but they can hop and fly the runout,
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;
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