As if I didn't have enough projects going on - I decided to build a rocketship for the chickens. The inspiration came from watching an episode of This Old House, and I decided to show Elon Musk that he's not the only one who can build rocketships. Overall the project...

Winterizing the Coop & Run for New England Winter - Part 1 Hard to believe it's that time already. I feel like I've been working on the chicken area since we got them in April. But the leaves are all fallen, frost is coming, and pretty soon there will be snow on...

EGGS! We haven't blogged in awhile, which is partially due to the fact that we're so dang busy collecting eggs and being chicken influencers. We have like a whole one hundred instagram followers, so I guess you can say we're pretty big deals, although Elan is really...

Whose the prettiest chick of them all!? If you haven't already, get a mirror for your chickens! Best $10 we spent at a yard sale. They love the mirror way more than the chicken swing (which they still haven't used. Curse you #BigChickenSwing). Here's some pictures...

Done? Maybe... If you've been following along, you know we built a 8'x16' enclosed run for the chickens. You can read part 1 and 2 here. We had paid someone to build the Meaty Cluckers their big girl coop which we planned on attaching to our existing run so they had...

How it started, vs How It's Going Well deliver day came quicker than we expected. The Meaty Cluckers big girl coop from Coops for a Cause arrived last week. We'll share more details about how we connected this all together, but the girls are loving all the extra...

Water Collection System Once we started building the chicken run, I got it in my head that I wanted to have a water collection system to provide the chickens with virtually unlimited water. Since I built a roof over half the run, it was simply an extra few steps of...

Another weekend role-playing a farmer. We were blessed with two beautiful weather days, after a few days of rain, giving me the opportunity to finish the coop and run build. Securing the Coop In my free time after work, I dug trenches between each post so that I could...

A Man, No Plan, A Run? Last year, during the height of the pandemic wood price gouging, I decided to finally build a secure fence around our garden using 2x4 cedar and 4x4 cedar posts. I effectively doubled the size of our garden to roughly 16' x 24'. This project...

But we know House is really a dinosaur. Open the door, get on the floor, Everybody walk the dinosaur!

My greatest fear with the Meaty Cluckers, aside from the obvious "eaten by something" concerns once they get older and are outside, is that one/some will turn out to be surprise roosters. I have nothing against roosters - they protect their flocks and help make...

It was a hot and busy weekend for the Meaty Cluckers. Friday afternoon the girls got their first outside time. A chaperoned hour to peck around the garden while Anne kept them protected from snooping hawks. They had a blast - and helped us fertilize the garden to...

A step up from Rubbermaid The chicks are quickly outgrowing their current Rubbermaid lodgings, so we spent the last week constructing their next step-up: a 5'x3'x4' cedar box where they can live in our garage for a few weeks. I should have taken more photos during the...

Carly is my favorite. She is content to fly outta the brooder and perch on my shoulder or or lap for as long as I'll let her. If she's a rooster I'm gonna be so mad.

House is by far the strangest looking chick we have. She's supposedly a Black Sex Link, but I'm not convinced she's not some weird turkey hybrid. She is significantly larger than the other chicks, and is already perching on things. I'm pretty sure she's older than the...