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This is what things looked like for awhile after 16 set the posts.

The chicken house is positioned near the house, with steps down from the porch to access the chickens and plenty of room on the porch to watch them. That side window over the steps is one of the windows in my bedroom, so I can check on the chickens from inside, too.
Then, just when the-chicken-house-will-never-get-built despair was setting in, 52 took the day off to build!



Up it went, fairly quickly. The screen door is the “people” access to the chicken house. There will be another access over the nesting boxes to gather eggs without even going inside. (The screen door will be reinforced with more wire.) Isn’t the rustic old barn wood on the sides cool?

I love the old barn wood.
The chickens heard about all the activity and got excited.
“Did you say chicken house?”

“I deserve a chicken house.”

“I need a chicken house all to myself.”

“What chicken house? They’ve been talking about a chicken house for weeks. Whatever.”

Then they fell asleep.

Before they saw this.

The chicken house and chicken yard should be done soon! We made so much progress yesterday!
Okay, that was “we” in the royal way…..
Posted by Suzanne McMinn on May 8, 2008
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The chicks are so cute…!
Amelia in Oklahoma
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WTG, 15 and 52!
I absolutely love those chick pics! :thumbsup:
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Totally love your captions! the 3rd one seriously does look like she is saying humph…I need one to MYSELF! ahahaha I just love your blog..
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Love your site – It’s one of the first things I do in the morning before starting work
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I have 8 chicky-babies. I am in the process of finishing their chicken house. The building was old and orginally a chicken house 75 years ago. I live on my Grandparent’s farm. The yard is finished and the girls have moved in. I am using a nest that belonged to Grandparents on the other side of my family. I think that is pretty neat. I have my own 52 that is helping me finish the inside. I feel your joy!!
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PLEEZE what are you shooting with? I need to purchase a new camera and the choices are toooooo manyy!!!!!
Thank you for making my everyday better!
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I featured your amazingly simple croissant dough on my blog today; hope you have time to pay a visit and see what I did with it!
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Congratulations!
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The sleeping chicks are too cute.
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LOL on the royal “we”….pretty much how we do things around here. :thumbsup:
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That chicken house is looking marvelous. WOW! How handy can one man be? I love the old barn wood too. Lucky chickens!
On a side note. One of my coworkers at work called me over the radio to find out where I was, cause she had something to show me. I told her I was upstairs. She came up with a duckling cradled in her hands. One of our customers had come in with it nestled in his jacket pocket! I love this job sometimes. Our customers really know how to cheer us up. They bring in a sorts of babies, to “socialize” them!
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