Do you see something wrong here?

On the 4th of July I went to lock up the chickens and was happy to see that none of them were on the ground or trying to sit on the nest boxes.  But there's definitely something wrong in this picture.

Chickens are finally free range

They got their first taste of freedom!

16 birds, 2 are males.  

And we finally have nest boxes

We still have another two months before our birds start to lay, but I'm about a month late getting nest boxes installed in the coop. I decided to go with the bucket idea this time.  They are right above the chicken door so if I ever install an automatic opener, I hope these aren't in the way.

The new coop

I just found the pictures of the new coop that was built a couple months ago.  Apparently I never posted them.

I was pretty proud of my nest boxes this time.  I will probably add some curtains just to make things cute.

The roost bars are three bars that are each about 8 feet long.  I think this is plenty of space for them to roost.  I got smarter and have them spaced a little further apart so they won't poop on each other.  :)

I've noticed some birds have trouble getting up to the higher two bars, so I'll probably add a ladder to the lower bar at some point.

My first sewing adventure

Despite my great intentions, I still haven't made anything, until now.  The coop has been very cold and the wind hasn't been making the chickens very happy so I bought some material to liven things up and I made curtains.