Hey folks! We've been very busy
outdoors, so don't be surprised if you see another one of these posts
next week! More than likely it will be to brag about getting our fall
garden planted without the aid of a tiller. You've been forewarned.
;) Who says you can't garden on a budget?!
If this is the first “Making a
Homestead” post you're reading, I'll catch you up quickly by saying
that our “new” house came with a good sized chicken
coop...Unfortunately, it's not been used for its intended purpose for
quite awhile and time has not been kind to parts of it. Needless to
say, it needs some predator proofing before we get any chickies
residing in it.
With all of the spare “crap” we've
been finding left behind in the garages and barn, we've not spent
anything on the work we have done to the chicken coop so far. (And by
“we” I mean John. Lol) Technically, I think the boards he used
were ours from another project as well as the hardware cloth, but for
all intents and purposes we'll say everything has been free. ;) We
did find the chicken wire in the barn!
So far we've been trying to cover the
obvious areas that needed some attention, such as the gaps along the
bottom and the open windows...
As far as obvious things go, we still
need to make a door out of any of the numerous leftover pieces of
plywood, old doors, or table we have laying around. John also plans on putting chicken wire along the cracks on the outside. (top left) Then we should be
able to start on the actual “chicken needs”, like roosting bars
and nesting boxes. It shouldn't be too
much work, but I have to admit I'm kind of sad we probably won't be
getting any chickies this year. At least that gives us time to pimp
their coop out, right? Ha ha
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