PEARL'S REACTION

The afternoon my husband brought home the ducks I wondered how our rooster and hen would react. After all they've had the place to themselves for three weeks now.
After a little splash in the pool we got them out so they could walk around and check out their new environment. Pearl the hen was at the back of the chicken coop and they were around front. As you will be able to hear in the video she had a reaction. I'd never heard her cluck before, she certainly made up for lost time.

CHICKEN COOP DESIGNER

This is my personal Chicken Coop Designer, my husband Danny. He built this from scratch with no plans, one of those create as you go projects. This has probably taken six weekends to complete. He's sweated over it and even bleed a little bit ( a screw injury) but through it all continued with great patience (LOL) as we ran into one problem after another.

IT'S ALMOST TIME

Here is a picture of the chicken coop framed up. My husband brought home a 4x8 crate that he used for the top and bottom. Then some used boards to frame up the sides and back. He added a piece of used plywood for the floor.

He then added this" used to be" kitchen cabinet that was given to us. All he had to do to it was cut off part of the side to make the nesting boxes. He later put two boards across the bottom of the sections and to the inside to keep the nesting materials in place. Each individual box will be 12X12. This worked out great. Thanks to our neighbor Terry.

This is how the coop looked a couple of weekends later. We added used plywood to the the sides. Pallet boards will be added later. Of course I had to have a window so I can peek in at them. The door was given to us by our neighbor. You can tell it's really old. It fit perfect. We then added the small pallet boards to each side of the door. Looking better with each additional step.