I haven’t been doing a ton of sewing and blogging because we were sidetracked. Yes, by this cute little lady. It started off innocently enough. One of my twins had baby chicks in her classroom they hatched from eggs. We took them home for one weekend. That’s all it took. Now I’m the owner of seven chickens.
The original four came from the classroom. Some of these (half? ish?) will be roosters and they will be enchiladas. Yum!
Then we bough three more hens that are the same age. We figure that five total will be perfect and with the enchilada-eating, we hope to end up with five.
So because of the feathery friends, we had to build a coop. It’s 4’ x 4’ x 4’ and insulated for the Alaska winter. When it gets really cold, we’ll put a heat lamp in it to keep them cozy. The run is 4’ x 12’ but they have free rein of our fenced yard during the day.
So far the ladies and enchiladas gents love their little house.
And I think I may be in trouble at enchilada time. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. These girls are in love.
The inside has two cozy nest boxes and two nice roosting bars. They don’t roost yet, but I’m thinking they will soon. The chickens are about six weeks old. There’s a door at the back of the nesting boxes so I can gather eggs from the outside.
Are any of you ladies chicken farmers also? It’ll be interesting to see how this all works once they are laying eggs. I can’t wait!!!
