The builder and his creation. All from recycled materials. Apart from the fasteners and a bit of paint. Base and walls are cement board.
Closer up view but not too close as I don't want anyone stealing the design!. The boxes have a flat roof. The sloping roof is a bit of core flute from a real estate advertising sign. The sole purpose being to stop the chickens landing and pooping on top
Installed note chicken doing the egg thing underneath. The egg below is in the second slot from the left.
That's what we want an egg in the box!
Hi Readers,
A glorious sunny day. Hard to believe the mercury did not break 10 degrees. It did seem warmer but then I did work all day with my jumper on too.
The first task of the day after removing the pesky varmints(the goats) was to clip the wing feathers of the chooks. The was accomplished without too much drama although "Lucky" our rooster can still jump the fence.
Everyone worked on outdoor projects today of the constructive variety. The chicken shed was raked out and the "Hilton" that I finished yesterday installed. Susan worked on terracing a garden bed and helped Fanfan with some tree planting. Whilst grabbing straw from the hay stack I came across 6 eggs which all passed the freshness test. The girls are really getting into the egg business. The chicks have increased in size and fingers crossed will continue to do so.
The highlight of the afternoon was when one of the "ladies" visited the hilton and laid an egg! I ventured in to take a photo and another was underneath the Hilton laying, so another 2 eggs.
Community dinner was potato and leek soup followed by roast lamb and vegetables and finished off with apple and raisin crumble. All cooked by Susan and bloody delicious. This was followed by further investigations of the intricacies of the English language with Morphine and Fan Fan. Plan, plant, plane and plate were the words in focus tonight with Fanfan trying to follow a sentence which Susan used them all in.
You had to be there.
night folks,
cheers Simon
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