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Tag Archives: Chicken
Rooster redux
We’ve got another rooster. I’m 90% sure it’s “Amber”, the very pretty Rhode Island Red (or is it the Buckeye?). I’ve been admiring those green tail feathers for several weeks now, and over the weekend, I finally heard the fateful … Continue reading
Dinner
We came home from Clearwater last weekend to hear one of the chickens crowing. As I suspected, it was the one we’ve been calling “Dinner” for the past month or so. Hilltop is in unincorporated King County, and there is … Continue reading
Chicken coop update
I’m caring for the chickens while Kristi is out of town. I set an alarm for myself so I don’t forget. Today was the first full day in the coop for the bigger birds. The first thing I noticed is … Continue reading
Chicken coop build, day 5 and 6 – enmeshed
Getting the hardware cloth on was a two-session process. If we’d had a whole day to spend on it, we’d have completed it in one, but we snuck in an after-work session during the week, and were able to get … Continue reading
Chicken coop build, day 4 – various openings
Today we needed to get the plywood ends put on, as well as getting the side door framed in. An aside; it’s interesting to me how adding one tool to the shop can turn what used to be an impossible … Continue reading
Chicken coop, day 3 – Bring me your huddled chickens
We only got an afternoon worth of work in on the coop today, because I spent the morning at Maker Faire Seattle. Fun. Much smaller than the Bay Area one. I hope they do it again next year. Back to … Continue reading
Coop Build, day 2 – raise the roof
Our build team reverted to Kristi and I, as Cliff and Nikki headed home today after a nice Memorial Day weekend visit. I headed back to Home Depot to pick up some tar paper and roofing nails, and picked up … Continue reading
Chicken coop in progress
After much deliberating, we finally settled on a plan for the chicken coop. It’s a pretty big structure, 4’x8′, but should handily contain our 8 birds. We picked up lumber at Home Depot last night; 4 sheets of ply, 13 … Continue reading
Peep redeployment
Well, the rest of the breeds of chickens that we wanted finally came in at the store, so we picked up 4 new baby chicks today. It’s amazing how much larger Porkchop and the gang are than these little guys. … Continue reading
Half a wing
I swear that there are times when I don’t understand scientists. I mean, these are learned individuals, making observations of the world, and hypothesizing things which can be tested by experiment. OK, so, fine. The “big news” in paleontology lately … Continue reading