Yesterday was a full day. By the time the sun set I was as tired as I can ever remember being but, it was a good tired. I spent the whole day working outside. Dre' did a few things inside and she had to run some errands but she spent most of her day with me working, too. We finished the hen house. I have include photos to show our work.
When you look at the photos, hopefully you will be able to see what we have done. The top "story" is the laying room. This is where we will put the nesting boxes. I designed it to hold up to 16 boxes and if you look at the pictures you can see we have built two wide doors for accessing the boxes and the eggs. On the opposite side is the door for the chickens to enter the house. At the end there is a door below and a hinged access door for cleaning. The door below is for Scooter. He will have a piggy palace down there. It is lined with tin roofing for strength and warmth. He will be in hog heaven down there. He will be the proprietor of his own little "chicken ranch" which of course means our first chicken will have to be named Dolly in honor of the movie The Best Little Whore House in Texas.
Next weekend I will try and build the small yard for the hens and put up the poultry netting around the open area below laying room. When that is done I will be looking for about eight or ten mature laying hens. I am thinking about getting a variety of hens that will include Araucanas Barred Rocks, Golden Sex Links and may some New Hampshire Reds. I am looking for breeds that are not aggressive and maybe even want to be around our family. The boys want to get some chicks but since I don't have electricity to the hen house yet I can't get any really young chicks because they need to be warm for the first five weeks of their life. Of course Logan's and Holden's answer to that was "they can stay in the house until they are big enough to go outside." That is not happening.
Logan had school baseball practice and Holden had Soccer practice. Now, the day is winding down and I am sitting on the porch, listening to a local country music station waiting for the sun to set. It is about 75 degrees here and a stiff breeze is blowing out of the south west. I am sipping on a cold glass of iced tea and enjoying the good life. Tomorrow I have to return to work after my brief vacation. The guys and Dre' will be back in school on the down hill slope toward the end of the school year.
I am about to go in the house and wait on The Bible to come on TV. Then after that The Vikings will be on. For a person that watches very little TV, I sure am enjoying these shows.
I think it is about time to call it a day so I am going to end this post now. I hope everyone had as good a weekend as I have had.
Until next time...John
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