Coming Right Along...

We've been busy! The coop is almost finished. We have to plant the green roof on top and fill the bottom with wood chips. Oh...and we need some chickens. Other than that, we are pretty much done!!!

Here is the finished outside...the color looks a bit darker in person. Our options were limited. We bought the paint for $4 at the Habitat Re-Store...so we took what we could find.

Here you can see the perches which we made using some fallen branches from the woods behind our house. You can also see the feed and water containers and the ramp the chickens will use to get into the run.

We figured ventilation will be important once the coop is filled with chickens. It doesn't get as hot here in the summer as it does in Texas, but it still gets hot so this fold down window will help get some sun and air into the coop. You can also see the nesting boxes. There is a door above these for easy egg gathering.

We hooked a chain from the shed to the large door on the front so we can prop it open. 

We decided to make it a Texas coop for the North Carolina chickens. 

Speaking of Texas, we are headed that way on Monday!

Henry and I have had fun building the coop together but I have joked that next time I do pre-marital counseling, I am going to make them build a chicken coop and when they are done...if they can still communicate and still want to get married, we will go forward with it. Ha!

I hope you are all doing well. Grace and peace to you all. Love, Henry and Emily