Rural Gardening: Welcome Newbie's introduce yourselves , 1 by terri_emory

terri_emory wrote:
This is what DH gave me for Christmas. I usually post on the rose forum but have been checking out this forum as I've always wanted chickens. DH promised my chickens as kind of a bonus for moving south so quickly after I finally finished fixing up our old house up north. I did quite a lot of the heavy work myself as DH used to travel alot on business and I was having fun. It nearly killed me but I was proud to finally finish almost everything up with only minimal subcontractors. Then came an opportunity to move and much less travel for DH. We could live out in the country and build a different house. Well, I'm always up for an adventure so here we are!

We're finally ready to start several projects outside and a chicken coop was one of the things I wanted first. I had building plans of exactly what I wanted and discussed building just what I wanted with DH. He was game but very busy with business. I kept at it and started amassing materials. Remember when I said that fixing up the old house almost killed me? Well, it really did so no heavy lifting for me anymore. DH tried to find someone to build a coop for me but anyone who was available wanted too much money so the next thing I knew the chicken coop people were calling to ask where to deliver the coop my husband just bought for me for Christmas. I'm so happy! I'm going to have to build a secure chicken run (myself) as there is a strong coyote presence on the property. Also various hawks, owls, one American Eagle sighting, field rats, bobcats, and (hopefully only) one skunk. Also, an American kestral couple just showed up on the back fence last week. We like them all, but the chickens must be safe. Well, I might be exagerating about liking them all. The skunk can go ;P.

Well, I guess that's enough about me exept that I've enjoyed lurking on this forum. There is a ton a valuable info here!

PS. I want some Welsummers now!