HAZAHHH!!!
After a snowy, rainy indoor day yesterday we were hoping for better weather and some outside work today. The sun came up briefly in the morning but disappeared behind rolling clouds in the afternoon making outdoor working conditions frightfully frigid. By the time we finished for the night, it was in the 30's.
We began erecting a new chicken coop because the old chicken coop is the new home for the pigs. The pigs are tentatively named Chop and Wurst, but there is a naming competition for CSA members. The new chicken coop will be adjacent to the pigsty and in addition to the two current chicken residents, 10 baby chicks are due to arrive next week.
Building this chicken coop is quite different than building the one in North Carolina. Although both relied on vastly recycled materials for construction, the attitude about its perfection is much more lax here. Laurie just wants a simple home for the chickens so no animals steal them in the night. She is sort of winging it...and we're helping. In North Carolina, the chickens were in immediate danger and being eaten at a rate of one per night, so their chicken coop had to be more permanent and fortress-like as a result. This coop is more of a temporary structure, although Laurie imagines them living in the new coop for at least a few seasons. We finished most of the framing last night and we hope to put up the chicken wire tomorrow.
Hi Aaron and Jen! I'm recovering from knee replacement surgery and am having so much fun living vicariously through your blog! I especially enjoy reading about your food choices. Let us know when you get close to Ohio - we'd love to see you!
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Look at that...Jen holding a chicken. The next thing you know, she'll be eating it.
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