It's been on my bucket list to have my own flock of chickens for years now, but with so many other things going on and money being spent elsewhere, we just never made it a point to take that step.
So you can imagine my surprise and delight when our neighbor, Ted, decided he wanted to retire from chicken care and gift us his flock! I was speechless and ohhhhh so thankful!! Only problem was we definitely weren't set up to accept chickens!
So Sam, being the amazing handy man that he is, got to work! Over the course of a month or so, we steadily worked on the fencing for the run and the coop itself. We placed it next to the garden....one side of fencing was already preexisting, there were trees that would offer shade for the run, and there was already an electrical hookup nearby. It literally was the perfect spot to build.
Fencing was done, concrete was poured, our gravel path was widened and updated, and the coop was built. This coop is perfection. Seriously. It far exceeds any expectations I had and I am beyond amazed and thankful for Sam's building skills! Come Spring/Summer I'd like to perhaps paint the coop and make name signs for my chickens.
Meet the flock!! I was gifted a rooster and 6 hens.
Our sweet and caring rooster, Sal-Monella
Chikira
Eggwina
Eggatha
Hennifer
Henrietta
Lorhen
I am greatly looking forward to spending time with my flock. It's been so much fun running down there each morning to feed them their scratch and dried worms, fruit and veggie scraps, and check for eggs! I love that as soon as I lift the metal lid, I hear them start to make noise and they come out of the coop to see what I have for them that morning!
We started getting eggs right away and I am just over the moon!
It feels so so good to check off another goal from my bucket list.
With love,
Mama Hauck
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