Wednesday, May 13, 2009

A chicken coop to call our own


Last Saturday we (well, the Mister and our friend Mark) had themselves a good old fashioned barn raising. By which I mean they drank beer and almost finished a sweet little 3'x4' chicken coop.  
Here's the thing: despite what he thinks, The Mister is not all that handy.  And here's the other thing: despite what I think, I am not all that laid back.  I want to be what my friends and I call a "simple mellow"  You know the type: no makeup, enjoys mountain biking, owns lots of fleece, doesn't screech at her husband during parties, would be totally happy with any old coop.  Alas. Not me.
So, I was a little worried about the whole DIY coop thing.  I was a little worried about buying all this mismatched, salvaged wood at Building Resources and just letting the Mister go all commando on the coop design.  Because, well, I know myself well enough to know that I couldn't love an ugly coop.  Furthermore, an ugly coop might just ruin the whole chicken husbandry experiment for me altogether.
So you can imagine my relief when I saw this beaut.

The Mister's face is peeking though our egg collecting door 

Don't you just love its modern lines and clean design? I am so in love with our little coop I don't know what to do with myself. Now it just needs a roof and some paint. It's going to have a pink window.  Set at a jaunty angle.  A PINK window, people! Could life get any better than that?

A thing I like

This video of Maggie trying to catch a chicken.  Is it just me or is this effing hilarious? Oh, and please note the pink window in the background.

3 comments:

HBW said...

three things:
1. doesn't your husband have enough fleece to go around? i mean, i always thought the whole "simple mellow" thing was appealing because the SMs pair off with...you know what? you never told me what the NOT-SMs are called? you always just said, "there's the Simple Mellows...and then there's us." what are we? the Strung-Out-Emos? anyway, he's got the fleece. you screech when you get wine in you. sounds fair.

2. i can't enjoy this video whatsoever. i mean, sure maggie is adorable and the chicken doesn't even look too terrified. but i can't enjoy it because i watch you all there out in your garden with your veggies and coop and kids and chicks and i think of Woody. Woody confined to the basement, nose pressed up against the backdoor wanting so much to be out there and a part of the wholesome fun and i feel sad for him. his little splotch of garden is now dedicated to lettuce-and-poultry.

3. i couldn't love an ugly chicken coop either. i'm glad yours isn't.

wayne's mom said...

Too hilarious, too effing hilarious, love your chickens and your coop and kids....

Bob Banner said...

Hello, We are showing a film called MAD CITY CHICKENS all about the return of chickens to the urban backyard... aug 25th at the SB Public library. Please visit here for more details: http://tinyurl.com/m8ydzv
please spread the word... we have folks who will be speaking after the film!!

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