The chickens time!
Hey people! No surprise here, I am building something else!
Actually, I started to build something else, as rarely finish what I start
(Damn, I should change myself :P). Anyway, I decided to become an all-in farmer, and as I am a happy meat eater, (Vegans, don't even start. Nobody beats me in arguments. You've been warned :D ) I thought is time to get some chickens in my yard. Growing the veggies and the meat sounds like the right combo for me. Oh, and next year I plan to get at least two beehives.
Say hello to homemade honey babe!
So, chickens. Yep, about ten of them for start and I need a special yard for that. We have loads of stray dogs around, also foxes and other predators. Said and done, let's get to work!
After I negotiated with my better half (She might be some really good disguised demon though) the perfect spot for our future grills, I got to work.
Nothing fancy, just a few poles fixed in some holes I dug. Next thing it was some metal wire from which I hung up the chickenwire.
Eh, that was the easy part. The fun part just begins :). I need to make sure that no dog or any unwanted four-legged animal get to those spicy wings before me. Luckily I still have some wire left, and loads of those roof tiles, easy peasy :) !
However, in order to make them sit still, I have to compress the soil somehow. Oh, come on, just call me Flinstone MacGyver, please :))) !
How it works? Glad you ask, like a charm :D!
And here is one taken by my wife after full fifteen minutes of hysterical laughter. Do I look that bad? I mean, she was still laughing when taken the pictures, lol!
Finally, I made it to almost an end. Left to make the gate, I wonder when that will be done :)))!
Of course, I have to build a cotineata chicken house or whatever that is called in English. It might be tomorrow or next month, who knows? I will let you know when the time comes.
What I can be sure of, the next post is about medicinal plants. Gathering and processing them, all in-house.
This is it for now! Have a great day, evening, whatever time is for you when reading this ;)!
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What kind of chickens are you getting?
We were working on our chicken run today too. You have to really make the bottom parts secure because the chickens dig a big hole and get out.
Those red ones for now, just like in the picture.
True :).
Hi greenlover. This is my first reply on your post. You have great job at me. Ilike your job.
Cheers man :). Thank you for passing by.
I love that "cotineata" :)
Mulțam fain, cotineața este încă în lucru 😂. Urmează să postez și procesul creației. Teaser: o sa fie ceva românesc, cu multă sârmă 😁.
Nu face romanul orice cu o sarma si un patent? :)
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