Saturday, May 19, 2012

Mysterious Eerie Light…

This picture of the coop was sent to us by our next door neighbors (Jen and Sam).  This is what they see at night!

Image by: Sam and Jen

Image by: Sam and Jen

Friday, May 18, 2012

Highlands Ranch Coop - 95% Finished

We are not quite done with the coop details but the chickens have moved in! All we have left to do is paint the outside, add the nesting box, and add a vent to the roof. I am so happy with the way it turned out. My husband did an awesome job!!

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Locked in by little Miss Shelby!
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Thanks to our neighbors who helped us move the chickens in!!
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Highlands Ranch Coop cont....

We are getting closer and closer to finishing our chicken coop. We have some minor details yet to complete but we're closer than ever to finishing.  See pictures below for latest progress.

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The Cowardly Cock

Image Taken In Kauai by: Back Yard Farming 

We found out the hard way that our HOA and  the County Zoning Commission are not on the same page!!  So this is where the cock comes in.  Our awesome neighbor (the cock) decided that they had a problem with chicks!  They called the cops two times complaining of chick noise!? We either live next to a super hero or this person has super sonic hearing, the birds outside make more noise than our chicks! The first time the cops came out they just laughed and the second time one of the cops decided she wanted chickens after seeing ours.  They decided to put a note in the system that says the next time the neighbor calls (anonymously), to ignore it!  The funny thing is that it's obvious who it was that called. Since they didn't get anywhere with the cops they decided to call the County Zoning Commission.

Our HOA allows 4 chickens but the Zoning Commission considers chickens "household pets".  Therefore since we had a dog, we had one too many "pets", so now we have to get rid of one chick. Lucky for us we found someone that will take one of them.

It's unfortunate that this person cannot be an adult and come over like a normal adult person and express their concerns! 

Monday, April 30, 2012

Highlands Ranch Coop Cont.....

Our chicken coop is coming along and should be ready for the chickens to move in by the second week of May.  We live within an HOA so our coop needs to somewhat look like our house, although I don't think we would have done anything different.

I can't wait to post the finished coop pictures!

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Ready For Coop

All my chickens are ready for their new coop!  They are getting so big and can come and go from their brooder as they please.  They seem to like staying in one place so we're not worried about them roaming around the garage.  Although they now all look the same, they have different personalities and you can tell them apart.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Highlands Ranch Chicken Coop

All framed out!! I've had so many requests for information on our Highlands Ranch Chicken Coop that we will soon be selling the plans. For more information on how to purchase the plans please send me an e-mail backyardfarming411@gmail.com .

Plans will be available for sale May 7, 2012.

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