Colorado Spring in Full Bloom

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Spring is in full bloom here in Colorado. The tulips, daffodils and hyacinths are proudly standing tall. The grass is turning green, the trees are flowering. Even the dreaded dandelions are showing their pretty colors. The 70 and 80 degree weather has been such a welcomed visitor. We all (the chicks, chicken, dog, cat and people) have been enjoying spending time in the backyard. We haven’t moved the chicks or the chicken out to the new chicken coop yet, but we have started to feed the chicken there and will have to move her there soon. Anyone know how to transition a chicken from one coop to another if the original will still be around?

Two tulips

Two Red Tulips

Chick in Kitchen
Chick in our kitchen

on-step-of-chicken-coop
Showing the chicks (see chick on step) around their new home (soon)

Chick in Coop on roost
Chick on roost in coop with hay

Hanging out under the laundry basket
Chick hanging out in yard under laundry basket

Hyacinth
Pretty Pink Hyacinth

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Building a Chicken Coop

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Well, we are finally done building our chicken coop for the most part. Britton woke up early on Saturday and put the shingles on the top and built the nesting boxes. He had the basic layout of the chicken coop already done, but with the crazy rainy/snowy weather we had put off moving it to the backyard until today.

We used the lawnmower as a dolly to transport it from the garage to our backyard because I am a wuss and couldn’t carry it. Then we needed to paint the plywood white to help protect it from the elements including the sprinkler system. So we went for a bike ride down to Ace and picked up a little can of exterior paint. We sat down to paint and were done in about 15 minutes. When I saw the white blank canvas, I decided to make it a cuter chicken coop with a custom paint job. Voila! Not bad for a day’s work. What do you think? We can’t wait till the baby chicks are old enough to live there with the Leghorn.

Lawnmower dolly and chicken coop
Britton with the chicken coop that we transported on the lawnmower dolly

Chicken coop painted white
Chicken coop painted white

Colorful chicken coop with chicken
After I painted it. Now it has a painted window with curtains and a window box of flowers.


Full Video Demonstration of chicken house functionality


Future inhabitants

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Shipload of Coffee from Puerto Rico and Colombia

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The other day we came home to a pretty big package at our doorstep. When we opened it we were pleasantly surprised to see that Diosdado, the man we had met in Puerto Rico, had sent us a BUNCH of coffee and other things like chocolate and he even made us picture with frame that he took of us when we was showing us around Puerto Rico.

I put it all on the kitchen table and was amazed at how much stuff there was! He is such a nice man, I can’t believe how lucky we were to have sat next to him on our flight from Miami to Puerto Rico. He recently went on a trip to Colombia and so packed a bunch of Colombian coffee as well. Britton and I don’t usually drink coffee at home. I think Britton drinks it at work, but I only drink it if someone offers it to me, so pretty rarely really. So this shipload of coffee from Colombia and Puerto Rico will probably last us a good long time.

table-full-of-coffee

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