Mama Cave (continued)

Here's another pic of the other side.

Chicken Food Barrels

Here is the other side of the coop. Chicken food in the barrels and oyster shell in the tin bucket.

My time to brag...see that little brownish bench to the left? I made that because I saw one just like it in a catalog. It was easy to make. I used deck screws to hold it together. It's not going to break any time soon. I'll be making a few more of these to keep on hand for company around the fire pits.

New Coop!

Well, it's not really new. It was actually a storage shed we made into a coop / potting shed. I like to call my side my 'Mama Cave'. : ) We've lost a few hens and all of our roos so we're only going to keep a dozen or so instead of the 40+ we had. Downsizing is everywhere!

Front View

Back View

We do have wire over the top because of hawks. A hawk got one of them last year and it wasn't pretty. Funny thing is, we had chicken wire on top of the last one and the darned hawk pulled up a loose end and crawled in, we think. This one is tied in really well. I have the muscles to prove it!

Perches



New Nest Boxes

Yes, that's linoleum on the floor. I wanted to make it easy to clean so we went out and got remnants.

BTW, I found the setting to make more than one pic fit into a post.

I spoke too soon. I may need a better ethernet card. I replaced a blown one and didn't realize 'good price' meant 'slow moving'. I'll need GBs instead of mbps.

Anyhow, I've cleaned it and it works like a dream!