This should be interesting

[bill_schubert]

I've been talking about getting some chickens for a long time.  We have the perfect space for them and I love eggs.

The available coops are either absolutely beautiful and very expensive or made of wood slightly more sturdy than balsa.  One piece of advice I read over and over is to have a coop bigger than you need.  I'm thinking about getting maybe 3 chicks.  What I found that I could buy outright was over $1K.  So I found a build yourself set of plans put together by a woman on the Home Depot site.  The plans are clear, complete and look pretty straightforward.  It does require me to buy a couple of tools.  Damn.

I intend to add covered runs but we've got a fenced in area that they can free range in most of the time.  The runs for when we're not around.

And a bonus.  We're replacing the forward dropcam in our building with an exterior real time camera.  Which frees up a dropcam soon to be renamed "Chickencam".

And, by the way.  I've never even had a conversation with a chicken since overhandling the green one that I got for Easter at probably 4 years old (how things have changed).  I know absolutely nothing about raising them.  So, yeah, the perfect situation.

I'll likely get the chicks soon.  Motivation to get moving on their home.

Comments

[susandennis]

omg CHICKENCAM!!!!! Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday to me!! I'm so exited.

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

Chickencam sounds like an interesting idea. Which reminds me of someone who put a xylophone in their chicken house and they played it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKKN0lAlATQ

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

I'm on that one. Absolutely.

[egg-shell.livejournal.com]

We just recently got 6 baby chicks. They are living in the bathroom at the moment. Which is okay for now in our cold climate. We will get around to assembling the coop eventually that we bought - hopefully by the time they are 6 weeks old and ready to go outside! They are so much fun! Looking forward to reading about your adventures with your chicks.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Say hello to them yourself:

https://video.nest.com/live/outside