Happy 10th Chicken Anniversary to us!!
Here is a recap on our chicken journey....
- Jan 2011 - chickens arrive from neighbours - Molly and Rosie
- July 2013 - while in the UK Rosie died and Holly arrived
- Sept 2013 - new chicken house built as neighbours returned from overseas and wanted their coop back
- May 2014 - Molly died and Lollipop Legs (Lolly) arrived
- March 2015 - chicken coop roof reno
- April 2017 - Midnight and Maggie chicks arrive
- Sept 2017 - Dreaded fox attack killed all the chickens
- Oct 2017 - New improved and reinforced chicken coop
- Oct 2017 - Maple, Jasmine, Willow, Clover, Rosemary and Mystery chicks arrive
- Feb 2018 - Basil (nee Rosemary) and Juniper (nee Jasmine) depart as they began to crow!!
- Oct 2018 - Clover died
- Sometime in 2019 - Mystery died
Given that our remaining chickens Maple and Willow spend a large proportion of their time either being broody or not laying and under the pressure of Katy to get more chickens we cracked! However I said that if we were to get more chickens, we needed to increase the size of the chicken house.
This led to our latest reno of the chicken coop. After much discussion with Andy over designs including whether to use the current house as well as placement of the house (inside or on the outside of the coop) we finally made a decision.
The new house was to be constructed using various parts of the old house but installed on to the inside of the fence with a door on the outside to access the eggs! As with previous improvements, we recycled as much as possible - thus this chicken coop has beautiful spotted gum hardware shelves as walls!
It was a full weekend of work with Indi as our foredog. By Sunday Willow and Maple were enjoying their new larger abode!
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