They are beautiful things and we shared this dolled-up version with our neighbors. We finally finished laying the brick and flagstone (all five tons of it) but there is still plenty of work to finish the raised beds. Soon we will have a small garden to accompany the coop along with flowers to brighten things up a bit.
Our girls are now providing 5 eggs almost everyday.
They follow me around the yard and come running when I call them "Heeerrre chicky, chicky, chicky".
The coop has worked wonderfully and is easy to clean. Berg did a fantastic job (Thanks Berg! http://www.seattlechickencoops.com/). We affectionately call it "The Palace". If only the chickens knew how lucky they are!
As tenderfoots we are learning new things everyday. This past week we had a mystery unfolding. In the evening we went out to change the water and noticed an egg broken on the concrete near the door...no shell at all...we wondered if the hens had eaten the shell and not the egg? So, we cleaned it up and kept our eyes out for any signs of egg eating hens. Nothing happened until Mother's Day when my son went out to inspect for eggs. On the litter in the run was a very light colored egg. When he picked it up he discovered that it had no hard shell.
It was all squishy within a thin tough "skin" layer.
Apparently, while pullets are still beginning their egg laying cycle they can lay these "shell-less" eggs. Very strange things indeed! I'm hoping this is our only one. Mystery solved by a lengthy Google search.
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