Chooks....
Back in April we brought four chooks in the hope of having our own freshly laid eggs. In preparation of their impending arrival I built the chook house and Andrew finished it off by putting the roof on it for me.
The chook house came in a flat pack which was surprisingly easy to put together on my own. I had it all finished all but the roof when Andrew can home from work. Unfortunately we lost one of the chooks (Henny) who never seemed to thrive. The disappointment of losing one of the chooks quickly changed to happiness when Ruby laid her 1st egg. Ruby is now giving us an egg every second day while the other two are yet to lay an egg.
With the new chooks Charlie had a new hobby chasing the them up and down the fence and has spent many an hour trying to work out a way of climbing under the gate. The novelty has worn off a little but that's more because of the cold weather than any waning of desire to get into their patch!
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| the ramp to the nesting boxes |
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| On goes the roof! |
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| finished ready for the chooks! |
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| Ruby, Rose, Henny & Penny |
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| Charlie's new past time - trying to get in with the chooks! |
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| Our first egg! |
