On a cool rainy May day, what do you suppose the other 3 million Chicago residents did?
Who knows! But whatever I doubt it was as immensely satisfying as ushering eight robust Rhode Island Reds from their brooder upstairs at Bruce's...
...to their gorgeous new digs, replete with deep coffee bean chaff bedding from Intelligentsia.
Bruce with his beautiful handiwork,
including pieces of reclaimed lumber oiled to a smart finish
Perches with feeder in position
Hi Art, Leah, and Ala
The move crew:
Leah, Rob, Brad, Art, Bruce, Ala, and Blake
First chicken honors go to Bruce
Blake and his bird
These chickens kept us smiling for portraits
Me too
Raw food guy Blake
knows what they want
Getting the waterer up.
Plus, early adopter finds food
Carl had fun exploring...
...and we finished with a St Germaine-fresh lemon-fizzy water toast
to chickens come home to roost
What an excellent day. To watch all the chicken-lovin' action, click here (thanks, Rob!)...
6 comments:
Bruce, Congrats on building your new chicken coup and raising 8 fine hens. It's been fun watching them grow up. Sorry to have missed the official ceremonies but Little Green Girl and I will be by to say hello soon.
This is incredible! I am so happy for y'all! Loved reading about the building of it, and to see it completed, makes me happy.
Well done, it's a good lookin coop
Hope you're thinking about a new feeder and waterer though. Those ladies will knock over the feeder and/or poop in it very quickly. Also, the waterer should be way bigger. I use a 5 gallon bucket and with three hens it needs to be filled about every 3-4 weeks
Hi BMD,
The waterer you see in the photo is the one they used in their brooder. I thought a little continuity would do them good and I don't mind filling it up for a while longer.
I'm going to install a larger 5 gallon bucket with poultry watering nipples out in the run in the next few days.
Also the feeder, which is missing the loose top that keeps them from sitting on top of it, will likewise be replaced with a larger version that will hang in the run.
I don't know who is the luckiest, the chickens or the people that have them :o)
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