Over the years the back of the garage has become the dumping ground for anything we don't want to throw out but want to keep out of sight. Now that we are back we decided to put this space to some good use. This weekend we got working on fixing up the area and putting it to some good use.
Here is the mess we started with and below is what it looked like two hours later.
No, it is not the site that Fred intends hiding my body when he takes a shovel to the back of my head. Although if I do go missing, it might be a good place to look.We were inspired to get chickens after a visit to Charles and Biz's very productive poultry farm in downtown San Jose. Here is the welcoming committee in his back yard.
As we live in a semi rural area, just about every pest can be found here including foxes, coyotes, red tailed hawks, possums and raccoons. Therefore the trench is to bury a wire cage to protect the chucks from vermin.
Fred found an excuse to use just about every tool in his man cave.
By Sunday afternoon, the frame was in place and the coop was taking shape. Here is Mrs Tweety giving orders to Fred.
The chicken coop is engineered to withstand a 9.0 earthquake
and it is probably the most level coop in the world, so no fear that our girls will be laying eggs with the yolk off center.
