It's pretty much done...I just need to put the chicken netting around the bottom and one of the young hens laid her first egg in it this afternoon. That's what I call perfect timing!
The side flap is to make cleaning it out easier and the end flap (pictured above) is where we can get the eggs out of the laying boxes.
I made the laying boxes out of scrap lumber and they look as if they'll work perfectly. Michael can't wait to decorate the outside of it, I'm kind of partial to the plain white myself. But I told him I would help him come up with a design! I did have a bit of a problem tonight. I put the chicken's pvc pipe pen over it hoping they would go in there, it didn't happen. So Michael and I were out there after dark rounding up the hens. I managed to get them all in the coop and shut in tight for the night. I'm hoping they'll figure it out soon as chasing chickens after dark is not one of my favorite things to do but then chickens have a brain the size of a pea so this may take a few nights, ekk!
The best part was I was able to move the coop by myself, yeah!! I love that!
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If you didn't get them in there secure some old coyote would be right there for dinner. Can't wait to see how you two decorate the "uptown" chicken coop.
That's why I had to get them in the coop tonight...with this drought lots of critters lately at night around the house. If Michael had is way we'd be seeing a tank and army men on that "uptown" coop!! Ekkk....
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