Guillotine door
This will be the feed storage room and part of the hen-house.
The south end of the coop is for William and Bill (and whatever animals are in our future!)
Bill is overseeing his new home.
Coop Progress
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Coop Raising
The coop de ville crew arrived this morning at 7! Our contractor is QSI out of Haven, KS.
Sticks were up by 8.
Lunch break
Framed in and concrete floor poured by 5.
Hopefully This Week
The weather has been so unusual, and it has caused some delays in the building schedule. We are hopeful that the Coop de Ville will be built this week.
We butchered the meat birds last weekend, it was amazing how fast they grew compared to the little laying hens. The WhizBang Chicken plucker made the job so much easier, if you want to know more about it they have a video on YouTube.
I haven’t ate chicken in years, and I must say ours are delicious.
The afternoon was beautiful and everyone enjoyed being out.
Wylie keeping watch over his Bantams
William enjoys being out. I would of had Bill out too, but I can’t catch him, he isn’t as easy to catch as fainting William.
Cold Weather So I Made ToteMs
It was such a cool Saturday and Sunday morning, and I didn’t want to be outside so I decided to make a few ToteMs. Be sure to check out the page where most of them are featured. They can be “purchased” for a donation of $20.00. It can either be to a charity of your choice or I will donate to our Animal Shelter.
Feathered Friend – Woodpecker
Meatbird
Chicken Herder
Wylie is practicing his herding skills on the little Bantams, but I really wonder who is herding who?!? The construction material is the coop de ville, hopefully the weather will cooperate this week and they can get the coop built!
Coop de ville
The coop de ville material arrived during our late spring snow storm
Construction was to begin tomorrow, but it has been postponed for a few days.
It Won’t Last Long
This is what we woke up to in Kansas this morning.
If you look really close you will see a Robin, looking for Spring!
Getting Ready to Start
This is the inspiration for our new coop de ville. This coop is located in Missouri, on a beautiful old abandoned farmstead.
This is the location for our coop. The building material will be delivered Tuesday and the crew is planning to start Wednesday. Hope the weather cooperates!
Wylie showing a couple of the Bantams their new home.
Chicken Update
These are our meat birds. I can’t believe how fast they grow. Husband is busy gettingtheWhizBangchickenplucker finished up. I hope they get the coop built soon so they can enjoy a few days/weeks in their new home, before they take a ride intheWhizBang.
- Our Reds are the same age as the meat birds, 5 weeks old. They are a very docile breed and like attention.
This is one of the 6 Bantams. They are 2 weeks old now. Such a big attitude for a little bird. We also have 7 Buffs that are the same age.
Thawing Out
Although it was a beautiful sight this morning, it is probably not going to be very pretty without all the trees and early flowers that were just starting to bloom. Hopefully the ice provided much needed insulation and protected some of the plants. I’m hoping my newly planted peas, beets, kale and rhubarb will be okay.
Farmer Days 