Coop Construction and Busy Time

Coop Construction: 
The Chicken Coop is under way and is taking shape nicely.  It is going to have a skinny human door, two chicken doors (there will be two outside runs) and a little front porch to get out of the weather. 

In general fully grown chickens need about 3 feet of coop space provided there is an outside run.  7 feet each for the outside run.  Our required max is 4 laying hens. The inside part of the coop has 30 square feet so we're good.  The outside space for birds is something like 8 feet per bird.  We will be WAY beyond the 32 feet minimum. I am ahead of myself.

The Chicks

Our chicks continue to grow and continue to feather out.  As you can see they are all doing well.  The new arrival seems to have found its place amongst the rest.  They grow even when it rains - and that means I have to get this coop done in the next day or so to take advantage of the sunny weather.
A Busy Time:

It is a busy and challenging time here in our home.  Some of the news is difficult.  I have a friend who has fought breast cancer for 14 years and is coming to the end of her war.  Obie, our beloved golden retriever will be having surgery to amputate his tail soon.  He has developed a series of abscesses need to be tended too.  One is on his tail and there isn't enough skin to close it back up.  He is nearly 14 and this makes the surgery, while still needed, more risky.  I have more work both on our little urban homestead and for customers than I ever intended to have.  All of this is to say that I intend to keep posting at least once a week, I may miss a bit.