Coop

Ten Little Entertainers

December 30, 2009

It doesn’t take much to entertain us but those 10 chickens are so funny. We still have almost all the snow on the ground . . that would be about 8 – 10″.  This was yesterday evening.  Last night we got more.  I’ll never complain about summer again . . maybe. We never forget that [...]

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Life in the New Coop

July 29, 2009

Moving day had arrived.  The coop had been inspected by a few chickens but when it was time to actually get in the coop for the night, it just wasn’t happening.  By 10 p.m., we were sure the chickens weren’t going in on their own.  We tried leading them in with the flashlight.  Sometimes they’ll [...]

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Moving Day

July 28, 2009

The screens were on the windows.  The “tunnel” was built.  Moving day had finally arrived.  Excitement was building.  I’d been outside a dozen times saying “Is it time yet?”  Chad had helped.  The chickens  . . I’m sure they were excited too!  Sunday afternoon, Vince announced that it was time move the chickens! The gates [...]

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Moving Day for the Chicken Castle

July 3, 2009

And . . things didn’t go quite as expected.  Well, I suppose it depends on who was expecting what!  I thought we were going to get a friend with a tractor or skid mover or something to come over and do it.  But . . no!  Vince had it all figured out.  He and Jerry [...]

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