tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24681615471670879832024-03-08T00:46:06.286-08:00Hens and Chicksmaria fraiettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079971989776604600noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468161547167087983.post-90836570917830563372011-07-06T15:15:00.000-07:002011-07-06T15:15:36.580-07:00Finished Coop!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eOTxAzGcfSo/ThTMunO-siI/AAAAAAAADX4/ej7eYXe65GM/s1600/DSCF5626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" i$="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eOTxAzGcfSo/ThTMunO-siI/AAAAAAAADX4/ej7eYXe65GM/s400/DSCF5626.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>maria fraiettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079971989776604600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468161547167087983.post-23898889631378988032011-05-28T06:20:00.000-07:002011-05-28T06:20:32.505-07:00Chick Playground<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HX2B0foSww0/TeD2kxRfJzI/AAAAAAAADNg/yw_cR7MyZpw/s1600/maria+building+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HX2B0foSww0/TeD2kxRfJzI/AAAAAAAADNg/yw_cR7MyZpw/s320/maria+building+2.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--Ym1vpirRO8/TeD2dvu0D0I/AAAAAAAADNc/LWwYJ95vjbw/s1600/chicken+run.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--Ym1vpirRO8/TeD2dvu0D0I/AAAAAAAADNc/LWwYJ95vjbw/s320/chicken+run.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div>The girls are getting bigger and it's time for them to get to play outside a bit each day when it's warm enough. My friend Rebecca and I built this cute little run for them to get to safely explore the great outdoors! It even has a working, locking door on the top. Later, I'll attach this to the larger run as a bonus room :).<br />
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After building this, I realized I've made a great decision to pay someone else to build the chicken coop...maria fraiettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079971989776604600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468161547167087983.post-55709569841257841002011-05-20T06:01:00.000-07:002011-05-20T06:01:53.757-07:00Coop PlansHere is the space for my chicken coop/run. In four short weeks this will be a chicken haven, hopefully!<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Lydia</strong>, the Welsummer</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Charlotte & I picked up the chicks today, making it through an hour-long drive with the car heater cranked up to 95 degrees. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-65ikC9JzMrg/Tc69Do8PLbI/AAAAAAAADNE/0Zxm4UvNObE/s1600/chicks+first+meal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-65ikC9JzMrg/Tc69Do8PLbI/AAAAAAAADNE/0Zxm4UvNObE/s320/chicks+first+meal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The babies are safe & sound in their brooder, and have discovered food and water. Let the fun begin!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qyeI1xK4FPc/Tc6-v6gqQfI/AAAAAAAADNQ/n5QEsl-nml4/s1600/char+with+chicks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" j8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qyeI1xK4FPc/Tc6-v6gqQfI/AAAAAAAADNQ/n5QEsl-nml4/s200/char+with+chicks.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>maria fraiettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079971989776604600noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2468161547167087983.post-77645251860624089042011-05-13T19:29:00.000-07:002011-05-13T20:01:09.180-07:00Chick EveOnce upon a time, an ambitious new mother was inspired by Barbara Kingsolver's <em>Animal, Vegetable, Miracle</em> and firmly made the decision that, by golly, little kids should understand food and the cycle of life and in order to do this properly should raise chickens, collect their eggs each day, and sell them at a stand on the corner. As this mother held her tiny infant in her arms, she whispered "Charlotte, when you are...oh, let's say...four years old, we will get you some chickens." Charlotte agreed wholeheartedly with a sigh, a gurgle, and a few ounces of vomit spewn upon her mother for final confirmation that this was, obviously, a fabulous idea.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-32tJdmsQWoU/Tc3oupRdPrI/AAAAAAAADM8/KuG2liXwE_I/s1600/brooder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-32tJdmsQWoU/Tc3oupRdPrI/AAAAAAAADM8/KuG2liXwE_I/s320/brooder.jpg" width="240" /></a>Fast forward four years to the spring of 2011, to Chick Eve, to the night before our journey to <a href="http://www.wildfirefarmsllc.com/">Wildfire Farms</a> in Erie to collect our one-day old, Craigslist procured, online-reserved baby chicks. Time to put their new home in order and our home in order and to read everything online about baby chicks one last time. First thing on the list according to mypetchicken.com (seriously): put together a brooder.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>No problem. $39.81 at Murdoch's for a heat lamp, chick food, and a waterer & feeder. $14.52 at Petco for pine shavings, a thermometer, and dog treats for the dog that will surely gobble up one of these baby chicks before May is out. One plastic storage bin. One kitchen table. One outlet, one plug, one hell of a red glow throughout my kitchen. Ready, set...glow. I mean go. I mean grow?maria fraiettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079971989776604600noreply@blogger.com0