Vince has spent most of the day working on the second coop, after I pushed his lazy butt out of bed at 6 a.m. on a Saturday morning. It was so nice and cool outside right around daylight. I love that time of morning. Too bad I love to sleep late too.
He’s still telling me the chickens can be moved into the new coop by Sunday night . . same thing he’s told me the past three weekends so I’ll believe it when we move them in there.
This picture shows the proximity of the coop to the rail fence.
Before you ask, the rail fence is not our property line. There’s a bit less than 1/4 mile (but I’m a terrible judge of distance) between that fence and the highway and our property goes to the highway. Just because I have to say it . . isn’t it just so pretty out here? The pile of rock there is what is on the outside of our house so if ever we want to add something else, we have extra rock. There are several other piles here and there.
Vince is busy working. These are the laying/nesting boxes on the back side.
Vince is showing how nice the nesting boxes are that he built.
Vince: How did you get on that side of the fence?
Me: I crawled through.
Vince: You crawled through the rails? I always walk around to the gate.
Me: I have on flip flops . . I’m not walking through all those weeds to get here.
Vince: You really crawled through the rails?
Me: Yes! I did.
Vince: I don’t believe you .. crawl back through.
Me: In your whole life, you have never spent ONE day on a farm, have you?
I was cracking up. He didn’t think I had crawled through the rails. When we were kids on the farm, the first thing we learned to do was climb the fence . . over, under, through . . however you had to do it because gates were never where we needed them to be.
Then, Vince’s favorite cow came up to the fence. Can you see her in the distance. She’s been here four times begging for treats today. They know he’s so easy!
Vince thinks the new coop looks like a little tiny church! It’s so cute! I sure hope the chickens love it as much as we do.
Instead of back yard chickens, the ones living in this coop are going to be front yard chickens. I guess when you live out here, it doesn’t really matter . . back yard or front yard . . no one is looking and no one cares.
Sharon Spingler says
Fabulous! I want to move back to a farm. You think Vince would build me a chicken coop if I did?
Shirley Albertson Owens (sao) says
You are living the good life! You grandangel will love to come visit you one day!
sao in Midlothian, VA
AnnieO says
You two are hilarious!
There are no animals that you don’t have a soft spot for…well, except the scaled sort or the buggy type 🙂
The coop looks great.
Sandy in IL says
Is all the work time cutting into Vince’s shopping time? lol. Your chickens are going to love their new home!
Liz says
Most fences that we crawled through was made of bob-wire (don’t know if that’s how you spell it 🙂
carol fun says
That coop is looking fine! It does look like a little church- a tiny chicken cathedral! LOL
Karen says
isn’t it great in the country – you can put your chicken coops and anything else where you want it and not have a city council group tell you that you have to move it!!
Karen
Dar in MO says
I love your chicken coop! It is the cutest little chicken house I’ve ever seen. If I’m ever in your area, I’m going to call and see if I can collect your eggs for you. Haven’t done that for 50 years. Such fun. You are so blessed to be where you are. Life is good.
Carol says
Always love to read the coop updates. Love your comment about kids and fences. When we were kids we only used the gate if we had to.
Linda in NE says
The coop will be so nice….the chickens are gonna love it. Vince is such a well brought up city boy…only use the gate! I grew up on a farm so I never even think of looking for a gate….it’s always through or over. I’m not sure I’d fit between the rails of your fence but it sure would be easy to go over the top….no barbed wire to snag on.
Brenda B. says
Wow – very nice! It looks like it is twice as big as the last one. Good Job Vince!
happy quilter says
Vince did a beautiful job on the coop and he should feel very proud of himself. That’s a lot of work, but then you both love the chickens and we enjoy hearing about them.
KatieQ says
My brother-in-law put a steeple on top of his coop and painted the whole thing white. It looks like a little church on a mini golf course. It’s the closest he’ll get to a church until they bury him.
Linda Steller says
A chicken church. That sounds heavenly! It does look really cute. I’ll bet the chickens will realize they’re living in the lap of luxury.