Category Archives: baby chickens

The First Egg!

Posted on April 1, 2009 by jkmcintyre

Of course it should happen that on April 1st, the coldest most miserable day this spring, I discover that Baracka has been laying eggs in a remote corner under the front porch. I’d looked in there a few days ago when Mike suggested they might be checking it out as a laying spot, but it was too dark and cornery to see anything. Continue reading →

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A Place of Their Own: Part II

Posted on October 23, 2008 by jkmcintyre

OMG we finally finished the coop! Today we put up the rest of the siding, framed and installed the door, nailed down the plywood roof, stapled in the hardware cloth vents, and secured the plastic tarp which acts as our … Continue reading →

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A Place of Their Own

Posted on October 20, 2008 by jkmcintyre

It is time. Inspired by Michael Pollan’s ‘Education of an Amateur Builder’, as well as the Money Pit experience of new home ownership, we are building our own chicken coop. After MUCH deliberation, we decided on 20 sqft (3.5’x5.5’ ) … Continue reading →

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3 little chickens 3 weeks old

Posted on October 17, 2008 by jkmcintyre

The chickens are 3.5 weeks old, I figure. Their food and water, continually moved up to back height, now sit 4” above the floor. We had to raise the walls of their condo box by taping up the flaps, but … Continue reading →

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