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April 28, 2010 Posted by jennifer in Chickens

The Brooder Coop

Soon we will have 25 balls of fuzz running around. Of course when we ordered the new chicks there was nothing ready. The plan was to convert Beauty, our dog's old shed onto a brooder coop. This was started last week with the impression "it shouldn't take that long" .

If there is one thing we have learned while living here it is that it always takes longer than we think it will. So the brooder coop isn't quite finished and we are desperately trying to get it finished. It will be done in time for chicks, the work done today assures that. At least we know our chicks will be warm and happy.

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April 21, 2010 Posted by jennifer in Chickens

ASA Aark 1.0

In preparation for our balls of fuzzy that will be arriving in a couple of weeks we must build the brooding coop. This has, until recently been the home of our two silkies, Hall and Oates. It is a big shed for Hall and Oates so they have been turfed. Now we haven't just put them in with the big girls yet, that doesn't seem quite right as they are a nervous couple. So we have made our first chicken ark. We got the plans on-line with the intention of following them exactly. But, like so many well laid plans the plans weren't all that good. Small details didn't seem thought through on the plans we were following making it not make a lot of sense. It may have been us too, or the fact that the original coop would never have to stand up to snow. In the end none of it mattered though. We got through it and made something that works quite well. Of course while building it one always sees better ways of doing things, so the next one will take all of these into consideration.