Life in Tee Harbor, Alaska

It is Spring, isn't it?

Just checking, since it started snowing a couple minutes ago - and it is sticking.  Guess I won't be doing much outside today!  That's okay though.  We worked outside yesterday for quite a bit.  Raked up leaves and got them into the compost pile and just straightened up all the things we didn't get to last fall.  I started cleaning up the garden area, but no digging yet as the ground is frozen right now. 

We spent yesterday morning visiting garage sales - I got 2 books on gardening and a new chair for my desk and Rod found a new salmon pole.  It is still early in the season for garage sales - there weren't too many yet.  We did our errands too.  Got a quote on materials from Home Depot for the chicken coop I'm planning - it came to $650.  I can deduct about $100 because I already have some of the materials.  I will take the materials list to the other two hardware stores and get quotes from them too.  But Home Depot said that if the other quotes come in cheaper that they will match the price and add a 10% discount.  I can use all the savings I can get.

The chicken coop is 10' x 12' with a shed roof.  It is a neat design.  You walk in the door and enter the storage area first which is 3' x 10' so I will have a dry place to keep the food and supplies.  Then there is a door into the coop.  I will be using a free door I picked up that has 2 sections - the top can open separately from the bottom.  So I have a bunch of lumber to buy, and I need to find an exterior door.  I have been collecting windows, so I'm set there too.  I will need to build a feeder, waterer, nesting boxes and roosts.  I want to have a way to collect the eggs from the outside of the coop I think...we will see.  Here is the basic plan I'm using:  Poultry House.  I have just a couple weeks to get things setup since that is when the feed store will get their chicks in.  I don't think I can keep them in the house at all with the dog and cat here, so I will keep them in the coop with heat.  Wish me luck!

My friends 5 year old is coming over this afternoon and we will be baking so that will be fun!  Putting the aprons to good use that I bought from Brenda (haflinger) over at The C Farm!  Thanks again Brenda!

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9:17 PM, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 .. Posted by smmagers

Your chicken house sound nice. The chickens will be nice and warm in that house and safe too You are getting snow, wow. Here we are feeling like an early summer. My youngest daughter gets a kick of hearing how it is where other people live.
God Bless. mj