With a little help from daughter number 2, we ventured into our first farm project sans Farmer Brown. He was on his way with two howling felines to a butcher of a different kind. The kind that ends with no deep howling kitties in the middle of the night or yucky smell around the house from cat spray! Yes, the last two are off to get fixed bringing our barn cat number to the lowest ever, the fab four. And that is the END of our cat collection at Pemberley.
At any rate, the coop is not done yet and I did not want to keep ten pullets in the brooder so I had the idea to take some wire and place it around the brooder with some zip ties. Function, people. Think function.
We fashioned the super temporary pen so they could get out of the brooder a bit while the coop is nearing completion. We did not want to put our original three in with them quite yet so those three got the 5 star treatment on our back porch for the night!
We have a bunch of extra wire on the property that at first I balked at. MORE junk on the property...
...but now I know what treasure we have since it will be used for everything!
These boots right here belong to daughter number two who got a good laugh when one of our original three flew up onto my back while fashioning the pen, as if on attack! He flapped his uncut wings to beat the band and I was running around like a chicken without her head trying to escape him! Finally dislodging him, I exclaim without thought obviously, what the HE**!!!! Daughter got SUCH a laugh at of this, I see my expletive did not cause her any harm but she is in no way used to seeing me doing a farm project, let alone even seeing me in the yard much so I can see how she was probably in shock and uber curious when I recruited her help for this in the first place.
I am finding very quickly that the idea in your head and the product in reality can be two very different things on a farm! The new coop also needs a small run built and painting, let alone accessorizing with watering devices and feeders. Sigh. This project definitely took (is taking) too long. I must say though there is something oddly comforting about there always being an outdoor project needing handling.
Farming musts to think about in the future: Efficiency-Frugality-Function
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