Our friend Rob arrived to continue with the coop building - and in no time at all the best laid plans were cast aside in favour of "another style". One that is more sturdy and solid than the directions were indicating .... and two minutes later the sound of drilling, sawing, hammering and debating alerted me to the fact that my day had well and truly begun.
As temperatures dropped more coffee was needed and sausage rolls at lunch time hit the right spot to stop the stomachs growling. By mid afternoon the sky looked like it might snow but it rained instead - cold, wet and windy and much like the British weather I'm all too familiar with!
So 7 hours later and the said structure has been ceremoniously placed in the assigned area of the garden - a few feet from the house and behind existing sheds - but not too near my rhubarb patch! The nesting boxes are built, the perch for roosting and the ramp to descend from the penthouse suite to the lower decks is in place.
All that's left now is the metal run to build, the roof to cover and tarp and the red paint to the walls. I'm so excited to be welcoming the girls home very soon. Let me tell you how I found the chickens ....
Christen rescues chickens at Cobble Hill Farm Sanctuary, she rehabilitates them for a few months with the help of some very special children between 8 and 13 years of age and she re-homes the chickens to adoptive parents like us! Here is her website: http://www.cobblehillsfarmsanctuary.com/
Here are the coop pictures from todays efforts:
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| constructing the penthouse pieces |
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| The roosting perch |
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| Coop in place |
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| The roof going on |
1 comment:
It's all coming together! can't wait to see the finished hotel!
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