Today we finished up our chicken/duck coop!
The kids are going to add some finishing touches by painting the ugly plywood.
Madalyn wants to paint a barn mural on it and Jameson wants "Barnyard Coop" across the top.
What is really exciting is that the only thing that isn't repurposed is the chicken wire!
Mad was great at helping find the treasures in the barn.
The Farmer and Jameson built some walls using leftover plywood from when we were working on our house and 2x4's from Johnny's stash in the barn.
Roofing tin up on the ceiling to keep out the mink, coons and whatever else tries to wiggle their way in.
We have found many uses for the stacks of tin we have!
An old wooden ladder for roosting was found in the old cow stalls.
Wood gutters from our house for a feeder trough.
The back of our house still has wooden gutters and we probably need to get those changed out this summer.
Old drawers from a cabinet in the barn and wooden crates from Grandma Moo for nesting boxes.
The cabinet door that matches the drawers to let them out into the pasture during the day.
The sign above the door was painted on barn wood by my Grandpa Don long before painted signs were cool.
The screen door is from Grammi Julie.
No coop would be complete without a chandelier!
This was in the dining room of our house when we bought it and is just one more reason I love The Farmer.
He humors me and does things like this for me even though I know he thinks it's silly.
The Linder girls love sparkly things so I am certain our hens do too.
The Farmer bribed some of hens to go in and they scratched around and ate some food.
Tonight when the birds roost up on their old chicken tractor behind our house we will move them to their new home. We will keep them locked in tight for three days so that they can learn were they need to lay their eggs as well as where they need to go when dusk comes.
Soon the little Linders will be open for business selling free range organic chicken and duck eggs!
Blessed is me...
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