Friday, March 23, 2012

Cooped up.

Last year I tried my hand at gardening.  I was pretty lazy, and it was a hot summer.  I didn't water it like I should have.  I let myself get overwhelmed when the cantaloupe and cucumbers started taking over everything.  It was a definite domestic fail for me.  I kept telling D (and plenty of others) that I dropped the ball with the garden and I'd understand if he didn't want to give the next "thing" a try.  What's the next thing you ask?

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CHICKENS!  That's right.  I've been wanting chickens ever since we moved into our house.  We eat plenty of eggs and would love to have homegrown eggs.  D is on board with the plan.  We have friends that have chickens and experience building coops.  

There's a nearby farm having a sale on chicks in April.  This means the race is on to build a coop.  I'm not sure if we can make it happen in time since D is traveling a bit this month and next.  I've already started searching for inspiration for kick ass coops though!


[There's a tractor coop that is moveable depending on the weather, sun, etc.]


I like this a lot.  It seems pretty in depth for us though.  I doubt we will make ours as "pretty."  It even has a tin roof!  We have a privacy fence as well, so the roof couldn't face in that direction.

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I think this one is perfect.  You don't have to get complicated by building a roof.  There's a large shaded/covered cooped area as well as the elevated coop for eggs.  I don't know that I necessarily need the window, but the hinged door would be a necessity for egg collecting.  

I'm really excited about embarking on our chicken adventure!  It should be easier to raise chickens than a garden, right?

5 comments:

Shannen Malutinok said...

So great! We're getting chickens too. We can swap notes.

M. Eileen said...

ahhh!!! I want chickens! but you aren't allowed to have any in the city of richmond! hopefully that will change!!!

Danielle said...

We had chickens for a while... until a creature of the wild (aka my crazy dog) got into the coup and well, bye bye chickens. Make sure you can protect your ladies from creatures of the wild ;) (we also had problems with fox, coyotes, raccoons...)

Mandee said...

oh my gosh! I would LOVE chickens! I will settle for my garden though...since I don't have a house. I use my balcony and my community garden plot!

meghan said...

Sometimes I just want to be you. I think the things you do are so cool. Your trip to Asheville...your love of craft beer...being vegetarian for a year...crocheting! And now?! Building a coop! You are so neat! Sorry that I'm having a small crush session here in your comments...I'll go back to being normal now. :) Have a good weekend! Are you headed to the Hunger Games?

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