A little coop progress
Apr. 19th, 2025 11:55![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bill_schubertNot much to see but I put hardware on the the three doors that needed it. And got the thing up on blocks. I actually did try to life it myself but it weighs 150+ I'm guessing. So I got the jack out of Dana's car and used it to raise up oen end and put bricks under it.
Next is some trim and painting and then chicken wire and some flashing and tin roof and .. oh, yeah, chickens.
Earlier this morning, Zoe was on the porch with me and spotted a squirrel on the fence. Zoe is not too long for this world. She is deaf and about half blind and has arthritis so bad that she can hardly get her back end off the floor sometimes and I think she is in pain more than I realize. But she still eats and processes the food and can spot a damn squirrel from a mile away:
Her life was once all about chasing the damn things back up their tree. She used to lay in wait for them like a cat. When they would creep down the tree she'd take off. Never once got close but everyone got some exercise.
Now she only does it in her head. Still the hunter though.
Next is some trim and painting and then chicken wire and some flashing and tin roof and .. oh, yeah, chickens.
Earlier this morning, Zoe was on the porch with me and spotted a squirrel on the fence. Zoe is not too long for this world. She is deaf and about half blind and has arthritis so bad that she can hardly get her back end off the floor sometimes and I think she is in pain more than I realize. But she still eats and processes the food and can spot a damn squirrel from a mile away:
Her life was once all about chasing the damn things back up their tree. She used to lay in wait for them like a cat. When they would creep down the tree she'd take off. Never once got close but everyone got some exercise.
Now she only does it in her head. Still the hunter though.