A New Coop

Happy Independence Day! I'm spending a low key holiday at home. Strangely enough it's one of the few holidays my family doesn't have a get together. So, I'll be home enjoying my freedoms.
Because it's Friday, I have another chicken update for you.
We have integrated all of our chicks, chickens, and ducklings together in a new space. They are loving the extra room to roam around and the new shady location is perfect for them to beat the heat.

 David did all the renovations. He converted part of our old detached garage into the coop and enclosed the run with garden netting (which is very similar to the chicken wire, but half the price!)

 This awning was made from the roof of our first coop. The original coop was repurposed in several areas of this new space.

 The little pool is for the ducks and gets this dirty looking within about an hour of changing the water. The branches were conveniently cut last year and since our chainsaw was stolen, we never got around to turning them into firewood.

 Here's a view from just inside the coop. If you look closely, you can see all of the elements we added.

These 5 gallon buckets are the nesting boxes. The large pole at the bottom and the two diagonal poles are for roosting.

So far no one has spent much time on the upper level. A couple of them hang out in the far corner, but most of them pile together in the corner in front of the door. This means that part of them are sleeping on the ramp, but they don't seem to mind. Hopefully as everyone gets bigger, they'll start using the boxes and roosting sticks.

How are you spending your holiday weekend?