tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57897784945748788502024-03-19T03:52:51.087-07:00The Occasional ChickenThe happenings at the Wagner Home For Delicious ChickensJosh Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12739751876096070206noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789778494574878850.post-5057589593055785582010-04-17T19:08:00.000-07:002010-04-17T19:30:44.390-07:00The girls kickin' it free range style.<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xqgItUIRTyQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xqgItUIRTyQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Josh Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12739751876096070206noreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789778494574878850.post-11497070032125581712010-04-02T12:44:00.000-07:002010-04-02T13:25:32.697-07:003 Chicks 1 Year!Yesterday marked the one year Anniversary of the girls' arrival, so I threw them back in the "studio" to commemorate the occasion. (they're a little harder to handle in their full grown state).<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kZgr10YAQNZ3FHqQCF2ozDSxADaLVY2iuU-9AjXl5pKohyKulrmzMVW-uszQPrwXEXUMzacBL6NrffSvlAe28FLtCIfi1CsWci4BKm-bFX7OoSSfsN6uQkSDiDkrCjo0Juy9yo6tKjAX/s1600/3Chix1Year_web02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kZgr10YAQNZ3FHqQCF2ozDSxADaLVY2iuU-9AjXl5pKohyKulrmzMVW-uszQPrwXEXUMzacBL6NrffSvlAe28FLtCIfi1CsWci4BKm-bFX7OoSSfsN6uQkSDiDkrCjo0Juy9yo6tKjAX/s400/3Chix1Year_web02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455637632061371330" border="0" /></a><br />Noodle Soup<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocNJAD54wPPF_btIBOcT-7cQdsWSiU4oFlCo6Ukqhzb7k0wD6_8430gFdmekcCbJmBqbrAtEWdLcLrVl7UpnQIqbJML484C6KYMERvkJRTU1YSb9RdeeambpI9u8qfOmgnLKHvwRLwVhJ/s1600/3Chix1Year_web03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocNJAD54wPPF_btIBOcT-7cQdsWSiU4oFlCo6Ukqhzb7k0wD6_8430gFdmekcCbJmBqbrAtEWdLcLrVl7UpnQIqbJML484C6KYMERvkJRTU1YSb9RdeeambpI9u8qfOmgnLKHvwRLwVhJ/s400/3Chix1Year_web03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455638126107655202" border="0" /></a><br />Salad Sandwich<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstAIeo051nJY-Ykcx_cjcLi0iH_Ja_QVsM7y43MNaCSvS2ZIuZgVaP203WX4t9hSNQsg5pTZlIv2tFrY5OweJ7MokC-mxK6oOIQrySyQsPiAGr36EHpvXd0DdmQlAlZN6yYcnXcGDIcNk/s1600/3Chix1Year_web01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgstAIeo051nJY-Ykcx_cjcLi0iH_Ja_QVsM7y43MNaCSvS2ZIuZgVaP203WX4t9hSNQsg5pTZlIv2tFrY5OweJ7MokC-mxK6oOIQrySyQsPiAGr36EHpvXd0DdmQlAlZN6yYcnXcGDIcNk/s400/3Chix1Year_web01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455637534833119778" border="0" /></a><br />Pot Pie<br /><br />My little girls are ladies now.Josh Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12739751876096070206noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789778494574878850.post-55500193818716095202010-02-27T19:42:00.001-08:002010-02-27T19:57:52.466-08:00A Time of Change at le coop<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORA67hofenCRapK7KWoY-mR9CrkrymKg9wMXWvsQl7d8g2sGKSr0vVvJPg3SyAFoVwGvcS9jQh5xEHAV4s3Rz3EBSQAdJpNWBEW4B2aJNZdZf2E0WkiILNK3tkSu8lLiGL_rws9KU8T1y/s1600-h/CherryBlossomCoop2010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORA67hofenCRapK7KWoY-mR9CrkrymKg9wMXWvsQl7d8g2sGKSr0vVvJPg3SyAFoVwGvcS9jQh5xEHAV4s3Rz3EBSQAdJpNWBEW4B2aJNZdZf2E0WkiILNK3tkSu8lLiGL_rws9KU8T1y/s400/CherryBlossomCoop2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443134795847783346" border="0" /></a><br />Well, a little warm weather has tricked the flora into blooming around Portland, so I took the opportunity to get a picture of the coop with the cherry blossoms, um, blossoming.<br />I had to bribe the girls with cheerios to pose in front of the run.<br /><br />It's been a good winter for them, they're all healthy and laying. <br />There's still a lot of interest on their part to lay eggs where they want--outside of the next box. So I gave in and made a little pile from all the leaves that had collected at the bottom of the stairs to the basement, right outside my office. <br />This seems very pleasing to them--especially Noodle Soup--and now it's been 'nested'. I can just open the door, bend down and collect an egg or two.<br /><br />The big, <span style="font-style: italic;">and not very good news</span>, is that my landlord has put the house on the market, so the girls and I will be needing to move on in the next few months.<br />Whether my new, and yet to be determined, rental residence is chicken friendly--only time will tell. <br />I'm hoping to be able to move with them, but I may need to find a new home for them. <br />If any of you in the Portland area were thinking about getting chickens this year and have a nice free-rangeable yard, let me know.<br />Wow, that makes me sad to write.<br /><br />The timer light out in the coop just went out, so it's time to wrap this up.Josh Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12739751876096070206noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789778494574878850.post-77724513104889188542009-11-24T14:27:00.000-08:002009-11-24T14:35:08.242-08:00Thankful BirdsGuess what?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdRbgqblht3haLH230RjXrp0NiUmXimGnqXDdP7IN-lzyOWL1qSezvFSai16V6kzRxEEp2les8ckb6eYahb7lsf2thGDxCwuRBfLJFUBpCakUTRctzaHRAPpF6UjCjydj89lc8UEpIMHl/s1600/preThanksGirls-5246.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdRbgqblht3haLH230RjXrp0NiUmXimGnqXDdP7IN-lzyOWL1qSezvFSai16V6kzRxEEp2les8ckb6eYahb7lsf2thGDxCwuRBfLJFUBpCakUTRctzaHRAPpF6UjCjydj89lc8UEpIMHl/s400/preThanksGirls-5246.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407800808308061410" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Well, these girls aren't getting eaten on Thursday, so they should be thankful. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAb7x7t0zgkhyA3sQHS6UOaMAy8kFyPfG1gfYNggylTFJGJ9vQWBioL94W4I_F7GpgmOwsd9g2ffukA6bHSWVDs66XA2Huu4QDO8uEGNvnVbiW2cBQ1nY_KTvxf6dEbiCznDqs8L24rqY/s1600/preThanksGirls-5269.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAb7x7t0zgkhyA3sQHS6UOaMAy8kFyPfG1gfYNggylTFJGJ9vQWBioL94W4I_F7GpgmOwsd9g2ffukA6bHSWVDs66XA2Huu4QDO8uEGNvnVbiW2cBQ1nY_KTvxf6dEbiCznDqs8L24rqY/s400/preThanksGirls-5269.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407800741810922866" border="0" /></a>Noodle Soup.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZwE53baWGnccPRcrBrL-_LD_LD84huEbrdW7p6GJODMGT1Y6q0RL2aTDXBamfm-4TQlZ6HgBxwDSytEi65H4Y3u4d6pZvYjq6fA8FO33LrNVgPNmNaYYX-8obk-eJl4ZDL1hqVebxQmn/s1600/preThanksGirls-5270.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZwE53baWGnccPRcrBrL-_LD_LD84huEbrdW7p6GJODMGT1Y6q0RL2aTDXBamfm-4TQlZ6HgBxwDSytEi65H4Y3u4d6pZvYjq6fA8FO33LrNVgPNmNaYYX-8obk-eJl4ZDL1hqVebxQmn/s400/preThanksGirls-5270.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407800681625479730" border="0" /></a>Salad Sandwich.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUQZfkcHo_ttA0fKh_nyBFFf3VC6RdZFUuai9DyYHJpBF-c5WTfGJaoeRwvT8gzwcyFhfA6QOus0Msru124TXjvkT5m_pduU4I0kw2KiHui4UJuCpjBVGk3SpUB1l0ukbIeW1MuOcRRmc/s1600/preThanksGirls-5277.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUQZfkcHo_ttA0fKh_nyBFFf3VC6RdZFUuai9DyYHJpBF-c5WTfGJaoeRwvT8gzwcyFhfA6QOus0Msru124TXjvkT5m_pduU4I0kw2KiHui4UJuCpjBVGk3SpUB1l0ukbIeW1MuOcRRmc/s400/preThanksGirls-5277.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407800626756559522" border="0" /></a>Pot Pie. <br /><br />Things have been good for the girls. <br />They've had quite a few 3 egg days lately . . . though they've been coming up short the last couple days. I'm a little worried Saturday night's power outage, and it's affects on their lighting regiment, may have thrown them off schedule. We shall see. <br /><br />They eat a lot and hang out in the yard . . . they could leave if they wanted--and they don't so that must mean they're quite happy here.<br /><br />Happy Turkey Day, Y'all!Josh Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12739751876096070206noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789778494574878850.post-91583742608188542162009-09-16T10:35:00.000-07:002009-09-16T10:50:41.641-07:00Ya know . . . new chicken stuff<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DH7-TDI-o0QXaL1Ke2Ym7I_RVkOqd94PDJ9Qtg343HqU15qY5xTouVk1pxpA4EGHosbSsDvJCTlmVfiRss7v2kw19LejzFBXKlQgU1FUUqshHSlHrrbM8UJow10XT1CdZy4vYgbzTqKT/s1600-h/Pot_Pie_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DH7-TDI-o0QXaL1Ke2Ym7I_RVkOqd94PDJ9Qtg343HqU15qY5xTouVk1pxpA4EGHosbSsDvJCTlmVfiRss7v2kw19LejzFBXKlQgU1FUUqshHSlHrrbM8UJow10XT1CdZy4vYgbzTqKT/s400/Pot_Pie_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382121251879000226" /></a>Pot Pie in lock down.<div><br /><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AIz853BIgOTiOv8zasKOeQ955nmqCEFN2aGkw7GaYyGtybXru6IywR0m6Z_aNbntDYvPXZZaMfhpXMZtYN9ZU15RVbcAvo7WOIzINNQHJ-lqt0p8-KFE6UeYc5S5O7zW6ne4zNlZyS1R/s1600-h/Salad_Sandwich_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AIz853BIgOTiOv8zasKOeQ955nmqCEFN2aGkw7GaYyGtybXru6IywR0m6Z_aNbntDYvPXZZaMfhpXMZtYN9ZU15RVbcAvo7WOIzINNQHJ-lqt0p8-KFE6UeYc5S5O7zW6ne4zNlZyS1R/s400/Salad_Sandwich_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382121200192993170" /></a>Salad Sandwich with her new nose job. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQX5b2tPAgWSch42sKrJNLvySsFw8VKZ1Nq8LI2WCDjHN2cmOVEnsmZsXtwIk2pwACZjjnf9js66TWaBjQIQMJeQ64v_Izz_nxQQsU3nyMaCjmAgqUfO7AjJfk05p6AkWZa6-8xlqQ1_d/s1600-h/Noodle_Soup_3.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQX5b2tPAgWSch42sKrJNLvySsFw8VKZ1Nq8LI2WCDjHN2cmOVEnsmZsXtwIk2pwACZjjnf9js66TWaBjQIQMJeQ64v_Izz_nxQQsU3nyMaCjmAgqUfO7AjJfk05p6AkWZa6-8xlqQ1_d/s400/Noodle_Soup_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382121100660699218" /></a></div><div>Noodle Soup free ranging.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_t21dDkHOwwebZt3VBD5pGHftW0WKXvI7V5Jq72yivzora0t0q9e1encQdGmYD4-dVjdB3sbhtfd7CR9NjHJ3pNmXPSUhwgsPTlrg88jqRwjRHYnlie-bDruFH8gO_b9bWuLL-EBZXjQH/s1600-h/Pot_Pie_4.jpg"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_t21dDkHOwwebZt3VBD5pGHftW0WKXvI7V5Jq72yivzora0t0q9e1encQdGmYD4-dVjdB3sbhtfd7CR9NjHJ3pNmXPSUhwgsPTlrg88jqRwjRHYnlie-bDruFH8gO_b9bWuLL-EBZXjQH/s1600-h/Pot_Pie_4.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_t21dDkHOwwebZt3VBD5pGHftW0WKXvI7V5Jq72yivzora0t0q9e1encQdGmYD4-dVjdB3sbhtfd7CR9NjHJ3pNmXPSUhwgsPTlrg88jqRwjRHYnlie-bDruFH8gO_b9bWuLL-EBZXjQH/s400/Pot_Pie_4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382121026213032322" /></a><br />Pot Pie kickin' it old school.</div><div><br /></div><div>So over the weekend we had a traumatic experience with the girls. A visiting dog got a little excited right up against the run and freaked the girls the eff out. </div><div>Somehow Salad Sandwich and Noodle Soup ended up breaking the tips of their beaks off. I'm not sure how it exactly happened--We're just talking about 1/8-1/4 of an inch here--They should grow back. In the mean time eating has been a little sore for them. They've been getting back up to speed, but Saturday was rough for all of us. </div><div>So no more new dogs in the backyard.</div><div>And they seem happy--chickens are pretty stupid, which helps in situations like this. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>On other fronts I ran power out to the coop and rigged up the lights and the timer--we're ready for winter!</div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiA08IeCz7kOK0RATwghCr65yeIMkckixAv1PCHCyFx-bhi1TgSQ4dL4W98ozCTsFLWDI-U7tE42dl2M9ER9rwpOgDQhQU4HIDXxUQMloKxcpiGyTa9wvFqebwEHq-2dmHyQbQEiI6-347/s1600-h/lit+coop+1.jpg"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiA08IeCz7kOK0RATwghCr65yeIMkckixAv1PCHCyFx-bhi1TgSQ4dL4W98ozCTsFLWDI-U7tE42dl2M9ER9rwpOgDQhQU4HIDXxUQMloKxcpiGyTa9wvFqebwEHq-2dmHyQbQEiI6-347/s1600-h/lit+coop+1.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiA08IeCz7kOK0RATwghCr65yeIMkckixAv1PCHCyFx-bhi1TgSQ4dL4W98ozCTsFLWDI-U7tE42dl2M9ER9rwpOgDQhQU4HIDXxUQMloKxcpiGyTa9wvFqebwEHq-2dmHyQbQEiI6-347/s400/lit+coop+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382120787534455122" /></a>See the glow!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ApHzX4YaVTDj4_97RVxuXOZZDW2WBLCbI95F9yYl4FqrgdMkGKIkESGlsIJdjR-8SwwJ1FJBXSHMDYj7bAbnTVSItVvSP5iPPZtWQs603HZIy0tQmyDfZqG7z8JvBiqFZRLjsGmBCy_M/s1600-h/lit+coop+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ApHzX4YaVTDj4_97RVxuXOZZDW2WBLCbI95F9yYl4FqrgdMkGKIkESGlsIJdjR-8SwwJ1FJBXSHMDYj7bAbnTVSItVvSP5iPPZtWQs603HZIy0tQmyDfZqG7z8JvBiqFZRLjsGmBCy_M/s400/lit+coop+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382120679844903730" /></a>Late nite dining. </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-aINsDk5JNDrIDYpS0Ln7Jg1UJParwVMcQkjjgTQ8WYP98mb94nXeAmpEa9Cc2pou5g7isIBpanE7wh_qi9WZAsoqU1XvVnVc_1-8zt5GFtKu89mi71zuqFR7UFzmuLPc9dqySUx2btX/s1600-h/lit+coop+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-aINsDk5JNDrIDYpS0Ln7Jg1UJParwVMcQkjjgTQ8WYP98mb94nXeAmpEa9Cc2pou5g7isIBpanE7wh_qi9WZAsoqU1XvVnVc_1-8zt5GFtKu89mi71zuqFR7UFzmuLPc9dqySUx2btX/s400/lit+coop+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382120583545360258" /></a>Fake egg in the nest box there--Noodle Soup is sporadically laying, the others seem close . . . </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Josh Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12739751876096070206noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789778494574878850.post-8427618573738764442009-09-08T23:48:00.000-07:002009-09-08T23:55:31.803-07:00A Little Video of the GirlsCheck this out over on Youtube, to see it in all it's widescreen glory!<br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jWRbrd3sJko&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jWRbrd3sJko&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object>Josh Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12739751876096070206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789778494574878850.post-76432723376543474692009-08-30T18:16:00.000-07:002009-08-30T18:40:23.237-07:00The First Egg!Just shy of five months and Noodle Soup has laid her first egg! <br />OK, this is actually a picture of the second egg--the first one was smaller and soft and broken, with a big piece of poop on it, not laid in the nest box. That was yesterday . . .<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNA3B-9Ux9QX6KcP6fKxdnUc6qNEMo9lddA8cZOfTLnv96vSWaedwM970HXIyLgtFJB6Ct2eWS6zsBLP_q1ZxMyV1-5YDjtMbDWYYRzDqdjICESYxRqTJWT6qhWlsM8tTKEZ7tDrYhXMj5/s1600-h/first_egg_backyard_chicken_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNA3B-9Ux9QX6KcP6fKxdnUc6qNEMo9lddA8cZOfTLnv96vSWaedwM970HXIyLgtFJB6Ct2eWS6zsBLP_q1ZxMyV1-5YDjtMbDWYYRzDqdjICESYxRqTJWT6qhWlsM8tTKEZ7tDrYhXMj5/s400/first_egg_backyard_chicken_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375932785302092210" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Today she laid this one, which is a little oblong and smallish--both normal things for a first egg--but nice and firm, right in the nest box.<br />The only problem is that it isn't blue-green, it's tan. <br />But she's the first layer, so we'll over look that.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLkpHjjINfsRLV-UrMkF3oZxjgAUyG2l8Y7ygUciT9NMn-MVbGLeWgRkhQNl-wXVeusMi2hu7uFy6xy-z_ahVSfpQGknEzrAIENt28PNJPJkVMQDh1_GGUhiovg8W0WCWh1XHc20ABMd8/s1600-h/first_egg_backyard_Chicken_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLkpHjjINfsRLV-UrMkF3oZxjgAUyG2l8Y7ygUciT9NMn-MVbGLeWgRkhQNl-wXVeusMi2hu7uFy6xy-z_ahVSfpQGknEzrAIENt28PNJPJkVMQDh1_GGUhiovg8W0WCWh1XHc20ABMd8/s400/first_egg_backyard_Chicken_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375932726457639762" border="0" /></a><br />A few days ago she started acting different. She'd go into her getting-mounted-squat when we'd reach down to pet her. And she started hanging out in the coop. Before this week, none of the girls would spend any time at all in the coop while the sun was up. <br />The roof for the nest box had been one thing I'd put off finishing, so after yesterday's almost-egg, I put on a temporary roof, to make the box a little more cozy and inviting. <br />And today I stained the permanent roof so it can go on tomorrow. <br /><br /><br />What else has been going on?<br />Well, the girls are much bigger than the last photos on here . . . I'll have to get some new photos of them that aren't on my phone. <br /><br />There have been a couple escapes over the fence, the last one ending with Pot Pie crossing the street and not liking it.<br />We need to add a couple feet of netting around the top of the fence to keep them in.<br /><br />And they're all very good girls.Josh Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12739751876096070206noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789778494574878850.post-21192023072036986962009-06-19T20:06:00.001-07:002009-06-20T13:28:28.754-07:00chicks, huhOK, here's a brief catch up on the 3cAd girls since the first OC post a couple weeks ago . . .<br />(these are all snap shots and half of 'em are from my iPhone--which is a pretty sucky camera phone--so bare with me)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOqE3a1hfkmlxVUWhjTNqxgSzKZ9Y3WuvzSDr0p_ds02ak-JdvXJbvz0zYSQEjZcoDQOk_uIQQ5cDwjRdZhyphenhyphen0q1OIoSGtxmTDoe-icY2nDTZ6LrSgSIKtHLFUeJ7IOz61PGfRy2zTeY3M/s1600-h/IMG_0231.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXOqE3a1hfkmlxVUWhjTNqxgSzKZ9Y3WuvzSDr0p_ds02ak-JdvXJbvz0zYSQEjZcoDQOk_uIQQ5cDwjRdZhyphenhyphen0q1OIoSGtxmTDoe-icY2nDTZ6LrSgSIKtHLFUeJ7IOz61PGfRy2zTeY3M/s400/IMG_0231.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349243146349854226" border="0" /></a><br />The girls had their first tour of the coop--at this point I'm proud they can all stay up on the perch.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVfNEtBIDtjYGG548IXwkyc-8dVWsGWvmpq9q-hn-oHx9MM6-2-wKDNpOAh13b9KhErcSR_1aVgiJCtSSgqsEbMs8qU-hECpgXQm2U0aWinBjZgxUOw9lI15afNf49epyohoJBPknXYS5/s1600-h/IMG_0242.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVfNEtBIDtjYGG548IXwkyc-8dVWsGWvmpq9q-hn-oHx9MM6-2-wKDNpOAh13b9KhErcSR_1aVgiJCtSSgqsEbMs8qU-hECpgXQm2U0aWinBjZgxUOw9lI15afNf49epyohoJBPknXYS5/s400/IMG_0242.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349242414892670498" border="0" /></a><br />This is a common afternoon event, me reading a magazine with my legs propped up on a chair and all the girls deciding they want to come up and chill. I think you can make out some scratches on my shin, by Sallie's head.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPTwg8_5QXQbyFNZnhO67qimnVEDihat26IufEu4Ce7oNKrKuBPOS1v3drUmxCZwWJxEFqcYhuqbqMGtUr8_Kkj80Sx4uGDwwj9ngE0r9ePVJ7grx1IVJNtS70BzUefs_6Nc8HLNNi9DH/s1600-h/IMG_0246.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPTwg8_5QXQbyFNZnhO67qimnVEDihat26IufEu4Ce7oNKrKuBPOS1v3drUmxCZwWJxEFqcYhuqbqMGtUr8_Kkj80Sx4uGDwwj9ngE0r9ePVJ7grx1IVJNtS70BzUefs_6Nc8HLNNi9DH/s400/IMG_0246.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349242338254957922" border="0" /></a><br />Here the girls are peering in the basement window . . .<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilHjTS_N0Vzn7lcIHJ59nABzklPUTnQzSj0ksM842d4UDdbimzYH6iuSdoZOs_-aXSnGBk8Kb55i2qKsBVUJ8eX2I99vr6q6iYzTOkSeUmbWXeN-BIlZiCf3B8J8hWBydowW6fy84sVNc/s1600-h/IMG_0248.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilHjTS_N0Vzn7lcIHJ59nABzklPUTnQzSj0ksM842d4UDdbimzYH6iuSdoZOs_-aXSnGBk8Kb55i2qKsBVUJ8eX2I99vr6q6iYzTOkSeUmbWXeN-BIlZiCf3B8J8hWBydowW6fy84sVNc/s400/IMG_0248.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349242229146769922" border="0" /></a><br />. . . and here's their first visit to the kitchen--30 seconds in and already poop on the floor. This was not an encouraged visit, and we try to keep 'em out these days. They are very curious . . .<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsQR_dYd8-LlinwsVQ1zTVdfDnhngP_Nlppv1E-W0HhNJypzeEuYKrk56nh5iew2CCILIX7jVWOh3Nx58p02iSQiJ_k_XoyE-SVyhtsFQijBvRr9ehtKZ2iPVjZ0TjZIlGbdPAqimFCK4/s1600-h/IMG_0252.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsQR_dYd8-LlinwsVQ1zTVdfDnhngP_Nlppv1E-W0HhNJypzeEuYKrk56nh5iew2CCILIX7jVWOh3Nx58p02iSQiJ_k_XoyE-SVyhtsFQijBvRr9ehtKZ2iPVjZ0TjZIlGbdPAqimFCK4/s400/IMG_0252.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349242154343635666" border="0" /></a><br />This is the Day after the Open Coop bbq. I put Noodie up on the grill for the photo . . . she started pecking at all the chicken drippings on the grate, so I took her down.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJv2C12HhQSaEchE6QKp5T3jgh4XEhwMZw5DRE04GUlzXOlXa-evUkUDJI_FuENZNvnOJfnWyaENzbZyM-1l188sB2K5ct8nxKYSlqjTYh_nOfc5l9ONDOkYJRYa-4r3udywWz6mxk-kBS/s1600-h/IMG_0257.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJv2C12HhQSaEchE6QKp5T3jgh4XEhwMZw5DRE04GUlzXOlXa-evUkUDJI_FuENZNvnOJfnWyaENzbZyM-1l188sB2K5ct8nxKYSlqjTYh_nOfc5l9ONDOkYJRYa-4r3udywWz6mxk-kBS/s400/IMG_0257.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349242061054673490" border="0" /></a><br />You know that song "Surfing Bird" by the Trashmen?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXwuXQ_3MDX2EvVS4hA5WueiVVbTHGdVyX25gva_9xY1x_dlsxe0OPY-VJzgXmbFubZ12hHr58or68XCGEcbtj9T2uMLFCo6gsx0UxwSNpKprIjtpBFAN7VAIVhVU9GZcgqlikVFVvktB/s1600-h/IMG_0260.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXwuXQ_3MDX2EvVS4hA5WueiVVbTHGdVyX25gva_9xY1x_dlsxe0OPY-VJzgXmbFubZ12hHr58or68XCGEcbtj9T2uMLFCo6gsx0UxwSNpKprIjtpBFAN7VAIVhVU9GZcgqlikVFVvktB/s400/IMG_0260.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349242014330324418" border="0" /></a><br />Chillaxing on the table.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNrSJgVmAyhduWbsqIz9hIxFXe2vPiaEo-qiWsJeMkjj3_nVIMa2N9KEDAyJK2tau4dl_ReTpCLr4Ni2U8xXieGz-riV2MvoE2Fss6PEFBk20wHyQVBKTDg_b7ubw2tp2VyC5daN1uf-O/s1600-h/_MG_1357.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxNrSJgVmAyhduWbsqIz9hIxFXe2vPiaEo-qiWsJeMkjj3_nVIMa2N9KEDAyJK2tau4dl_ReTpCLr4Ni2U8xXieGz-riV2MvoE2Fss6PEFBk20wHyQVBKTDg_b7ubw2tp2VyC5daN1uf-O/s400/_MG_1357.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349241886817382962" border="0" /></a><br />Salad Sandwich.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYWtK-E6H4lq6-h6d0GDYZGSnYgGUt54YSUZgA8SWvdVamHc6RXji2pFEkWt88IgjDsG9L8bNly53YMC3OKHP9k2ooXnqgGJjUw3kJZEYcib_hOgD78T7TNUXqjBZAksoSS2k_k1bJmgI/s1600-h/_MG_1364.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYWtK-E6H4lq6-h6d0GDYZGSnYgGUt54YSUZgA8SWvdVamHc6RXji2pFEkWt88IgjDsG9L8bNly53YMC3OKHP9k2ooXnqgGJjUw3kJZEYcib_hOgD78T7TNUXqjBZAksoSS2k_k1bJmgI/s400/_MG_1364.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349241818115005634" border="0" /></a><br />Free rangin'.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUKgFSJLSaoafUM1ah1bzcuYxaLsCxIpGPRdNbr9Qlfz62jf1nZDtUjGkIPTuexDll3SYlAk68DGE3UrIQhC0s3CK86b6FJAUPZGhWC-94xNWOEGwrafre7hB_dw68eVCFc-1C5K5i8h6/s1600-h/_MG_1373.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSUKgFSJLSaoafUM1ah1bzcuYxaLsCxIpGPRdNbr9Qlfz62jf1nZDtUjGkIPTuexDll3SYlAk68DGE3UrIQhC0s3CK86b6FJAUPZGhWC-94xNWOEGwrafre7hB_dw68eVCFc-1C5K5i8h6/s400/_MG_1373.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349241729099548690" border="0" /></a><br />A little table top photography.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2h_ZH3c8BPqUQM-ikoDq3o5HDTufI2pMnkd_teozbrUPvTNEhyphenhyphenPRGLnFckAyeJHDQ8WGbSHiSiaM4O4LGWn9oUpkBpevSwciNtdXVDQEaO98D00sYN6vHg6m2CI-e6d2R2_lXNMsaKRg/s1600-h/_MG_1382.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr2h_ZH3c8BPqUQM-ikoDq3o5HDTufI2pMnkd_teozbrUPvTNEhyphenhyphenPRGLnFckAyeJHDQ8WGbSHiSiaM4O4LGWn9oUpkBpevSwciNtdXVDQEaO98D00sYN6vHg6m2CI-e6d2R2_lXNMsaKRg/s400/_MG_1382.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349241647915174786" border="0" /></a><br />A little discussion . . .<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDMvXSc4wP8hjOqGaVHEwgMxzBD_hpHyqm4LsNhUinUZ9-W29_Ozd0Vlswp4gbeCaEmX6tVSrjMCsEPp4GU-IXWjdPNCpNysEQUf7iHRzT8_v3kUM3jV5VY44uJVNdrXfpr9cU-BdYlb8/s1600-h/_MG_1385.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDMvXSc4wP8hjOqGaVHEwgMxzBD_hpHyqm4LsNhUinUZ9-W29_Ozd0Vlswp4gbeCaEmX6tVSrjMCsEPp4GU-IXWjdPNCpNysEQUf7iHRzT8_v3kUM3jV5VY44uJVNdrXfpr9cU-BdYlb8/s400/_MG_1385.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349241585292430882" border="0" /></a>What I didn't capture between these two shots was Sallie flying up and landing right on Noodie.<br />I'm not sure how the pecking order is going to unfold.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETrCIFKVUImv8FCqE5K7Gz6rFk9AJEbCeBA2UihjVBvnlsj49RYppZ07u6G94T6JJ1Hgzh8IZbsoA7eHA1yH4x7maKLxjcOI-jgPv5W8F627C1M0yD1WoYF-RzS-vpiA1uK_0TbVB2Acw/s1600-h/_MG_1389.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETrCIFKVUImv8FCqE5K7Gz6rFk9AJEbCeBA2UihjVBvnlsj49RYppZ07u6G94T6JJ1Hgzh8IZbsoA7eHA1yH4x7maKLxjcOI-jgPv5W8F627C1M0yD1WoYF-RzS-vpiA1uK_0TbVB2Acw/s400/_MG_1389.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349241528421138018" border="0" /><br /></a><br />Pie. When she puts on six more pounds I don't think she's going to be able to sit on the back of that chair anymore . . .<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoFFdhp6PdzHQR9gWsdNrHeiV1Oxeo3aCJ-3QFePBSPma46d06hk6lhgC68sYV_Ggu3yzD0ylAKBpCTowoEGj3G8po-Kns-GhhcjQca2fwFJCCuClWM8T-T0kLx-E3fyb-Xt67rDRUuyy/s1600-h/_MG_1412.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoFFdhp6PdzHQR9gWsdNrHeiV1Oxeo3aCJ-3QFePBSPma46d06hk6lhgC68sYV_Ggu3yzD0ylAKBpCTowoEGj3G8po-Kns-GhhcjQca2fwFJCCuClWM8T-T0kLx-E3fyb-Xt67rDRUuyy/s400/_MG_1412.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349241361008468610" border="0" /></a><br />In case you were worried about the grill picture, do you really think I'm going to eat them?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASuYyfbCxRjoGgZQ5f5dpWVLZ6rdCLf1rod4CFPKJTjJNQ7Fc-PO7Q-xcoBc2EkER4er1k41MzXgF1Pmk63HCyvH-JZqiaWP2xSEKxR9-jw7MfxTZE2uVS-Wa_Kcjc0ZmJX0wj-a26vV6/s1600-h/_MG_1400.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgASuYyfbCxRjoGgZQ5f5dpWVLZ6rdCLf1rod4CFPKJTjJNQ7Fc-PO7Q-xcoBc2EkER4er1k41MzXgF1Pmk63HCyvH-JZqiaWP2xSEKxR9-jw7MfxTZE2uVS-Wa_Kcjc0ZmJX0wj-a26vV6/s400/_MG_1400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349241241693081266" border="0" /></a>Sid the dog coming to say hello. He's totally fine with them now, and everyone can hangout in the yard unsupervised.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6IGfstwclAuKZGB2KWtQ1udR_wUdW5656EtNLknKOP-NhTP7fen7Vvgvc0pT7jaK-r-6tfHG9agYJsxUcfiZnADHl9AcvLeCZ49_LI6K-gCBs9ph1WHnC1B44_9jL_pt_avXh2U312Wn/s1600-h/_MG_1429.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6IGfstwclAuKZGB2KWtQ1udR_wUdW5656EtNLknKOP-NhTP7fen7Vvgvc0pT7jaK-r-6tfHG9agYJsxUcfiZnADHl9AcvLeCZ49_LI6K-gCBs9ph1WHnC1B44_9jL_pt_avXh2U312Wn/s400/_MG_1429.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349241033874682882" border="0" /></a><br />I got a little bored with the chickens and figured the coop could hold one more, so I ordered one of these little china girls everyone has here (probably the coolest status symbol in Portland after a Prius and backyard chickens).<br />No, that's my neighbor Annie--she comes over quite often to hangout with the girls. She probably handles them more than any of my roommates, actually.<br /><br />OK, that's pretty much what I haven't been blogging about.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.joshuajayelliott.com/">www.JoshuaJayElliott.com</a>Josh Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12739751876096070206noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789778494574878850.post-13687803499048715362009-06-17T19:44:00.000-07:002009-06-17T20:16:24.834-07:00The Complex is done! (well, 99% done)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQs64ts7mt6ns2yx1q8Nm6mytMk7WpLkCImBCecyPHdxjGkhz47L81uPlTQNUDdf0aY3H4iQkwViLvIEEsvHCe3rQbf1KvuO-nUD49iJmkajfbjGAnIkwKp-T4r8w4R3nXB3SAaauK5VG/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_18.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQs64ts7mt6ns2yx1q8Nm6mytMk7WpLkCImBCecyPHdxjGkhz47L81uPlTQNUDdf0aY3H4iQkwViLvIEEsvHCe3rQbf1KvuO-nUD49iJmkajfbjGAnIkwKp-T4r8w4R3nXB3SAaauK5VG/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348495503738446818" border="0" /></a><br />Living is good at the Wagner Home for Delicious Chickens . . .<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-O55PN6bJNqtRgAsE9AIR1i7bmVQ6HnvRyFueAOahueadu0LcIlh2tVA5lMyngzut3XXMEGa8Gb9TZcXg-C3d8kkTrDrPpw0XAYsV-f_NBx_i1Cy2q-vbb93EP3qFPFVFQjJHSA1BOAt/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx-O55PN6bJNqtRgAsE9AIR1i7bmVQ6HnvRyFueAOahueadu0LcIlh2tVA5lMyngzut3XXMEGa8Gb9TZcXg-C3d8kkTrDrPpw0XAYsV-f_NBx_i1Cy2q-vbb93EP3qFPFVFQjJHSA1BOAt/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348495431750262370" border="0" /></a><br />Everything is in place now, The run is attached to the coop and base (I will henceforth refer to the whole unit as The Complex) and the hardware cloth is attached all around. Tomorrow I'll fill in the corners and stake it down .<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6FrI3ONdiJHdyBCRrzokJpa3fi9fM3vnDiYUXDj9h2AeFD5YhQ24ClhXvBMeP0Ahe67eQAb1Q5qSiPux9RsvT_wiXTLUAznsvjjCfDDknTO13_fj2Rc2UxF9PiMtBaoAws5OEMVei0hV/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6FrI3ONdiJHdyBCRrzokJpa3fi9fM3vnDiYUXDj9h2AeFD5YhQ24ClhXvBMeP0Ahe67eQAb1Q5qSiPux9RsvT_wiXTLUAznsvjjCfDDknTO13_fj2Rc2UxF9PiMtBaoAws5OEMVei0hV/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348495367965576514" border="0" /></a><br />The girls inside . . . perhaps the last time we'll see grass here.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKc6m585qA70po0sXCrtRcV_CQ1OzFMS-a1O8WOFnOmAwjNY-LCBcX7qmVaovcZy97vPJSxNL8BBB1B3TsNHsSkm3i1w98_Igi0uA2bF91Y3DROR3bl61Gbh1Ot_Nj4zSBTyJSrH5go1BF/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_22.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKc6m585qA70po0sXCrtRcV_CQ1OzFMS-a1O8WOFnOmAwjNY-LCBcX7qmVaovcZy97vPJSxNL8BBB1B3TsNHsSkm3i1w98_Igi0uA2bF91Y3DROR3bl61Gbh1Ot_Nj4zSBTyJSrH5go1BF/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348495279400249458" border="0" /></a><br />Eating from their new feeder . . . so big . . .<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgS0OJ59FCRqHPA5zadBu0z-o2cEiLDoB7o-13VSjKQUCIdOueXc2HJYgI1xyUWuUZhC1cC__r2xJywKhIx8ls0pbfbXrPggb7vI8DH_zQEvMdHDVLcEo-QxeiLDXuL1iJdp5yVYcLBb28/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_17.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgS0OJ59FCRqHPA5zadBu0z-o2cEiLDoB7o-13VSjKQUCIdOueXc2HJYgI1xyUWuUZhC1cC__r2xJywKhIx8ls0pbfbXrPggb7vI8DH_zQEvMdHDVLcEo-QxeiLDXuL1iJdp5yVYcLBb28/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348495222257722658" border="0" /></a><br />You can see the waterer next the to the feeder . . . I now realize once they're full grown the waterer will have to move, but for now I'm just very proud it's all worked out.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTtUmCShNQjzWkhIHs8IYUvkGhI6-DyNkJqxDUFbjpWg1B9glnSFmnjfb3nQ4x4EZOTX9X4yZLiEPRwtOEkpvwylr8aEnGJaC5-Qm1yiCeK_t52jlTknrsGhY7VosrgWyS6AD0pr9yhM8/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqTtUmCShNQjzWkhIHs8IYUvkGhI6-DyNkJqxDUFbjpWg1B9glnSFmnjfb3nQ4x4EZOTX9X4yZLiEPRwtOEkpvwylr8aEnGJaC5-Qm1yiCeK_t52jlTknrsGhY7VosrgWyS6AD0pr9yhM8/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348495160468507826" border="0" /></a><br />Another view with the little ladies out in the run.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwO0StEpZMZPmSnH6NHBeg5_8WgWUNdiUam6RhBMbdE2foj1SnpMjA2A1iYUOXagWpOm19gwiqHXrUSYTjl6s83GWashZayhiUtmX4IvLPJ1kLydmRGBVWFGJDx24qp0d80u9FG8xxAvc/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwO0StEpZMZPmSnH6NHBeg5_8WgWUNdiUam6RhBMbdE2foj1SnpMjA2A1iYUOXagWpOm19gwiqHXrUSYTjl6s83GWashZayhiUtmX4IvLPJ1kLydmRGBVWFGJDx24qp0d80u9FG8xxAvc/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348495096960279554" border="0" /></a><br />So many stories with the girls since the first post here . . . we had an Open Coop BBQ here two weekends ago, and the next morning I slept in (after letting the girls out to free range--this was pre-enclosed run) to be woken up to my room mate saying "Josh, I can't find Noodle Soup" [note of dread in her voice].<br />I groggily walk outside and immediately hear the somebody's-missing-peep going on. I peer over the fence to my left, and Noodie is walking around on the neighbor's deck. While usually not the most adventurous, she certainly is the best flyer--that was a 6 foot fence. I called her, and she hopped back up on the fence (it's not as high from the other side), so I grabbed her and put her back with the others, who immediately stopped their yapping. That has been the only trip over the fence . . . so far.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9o_mBontPZSMLu92iIYq_HJNsKUW1fu87v527DdoDAKGffcoO4r5OPCENvN7oB2DuTZ9qa_0icSil88BjsSon845R5H4e-aMTQz6tfZeJsjpKuaxprLHuWW5DVkEWpKM_bViFsLzVFUt/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9o_mBontPZSMLu92iIYq_HJNsKUW1fu87v527DdoDAKGffcoO4r5OPCENvN7oB2DuTZ9qa_0icSil88BjsSon845R5H4e-aMTQz6tfZeJsjpKuaxprLHuWW5DVkEWpKM_bViFsLzVFUt/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348494942221882274" border="0" /></a><br />Now I know some of you experienced coop'ers are saying my run is too short--how am I gonna clean it out.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdb7Gy1wGTdM82f-Z15vQg0kcTaL_bpX6t4Eaps9urH2OdRaVZJvs91YsnT6pM-MoicjyFpAWoJsqRwb8z4jOYgYf5anl551vZgLtluuJt1VEHAKoROb-E7VrlH3dAema9oMzWBoWURcB/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdb7Gy1wGTdM82f-Z15vQg0kcTaL_bpX6t4Eaps9urH2OdRaVZJvs91YsnT6pM-MoicjyFpAWoJsqRwb8z4jOYgYf5anl551vZgLtluuJt1VEHAKoROb-E7VrlH3dAema9oMzWBoWURcB/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348494869171766130" border="0" /></a><br />By opening the lid! Full standing height, with only half the fencing cost.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3YiGkcQDNqZpzd6dl243-lzJBDBZMKMpo2vYgQ7KHJdqxUGGs-lpaIZ38DrqTFeph4u00Z6DtEi0AwvknePifTn7GV3PLdLQvV6-S3kzGzlwRQDbe8J0MkHDzpj6SWttCGtjTcPFoa6G/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3YiGkcQDNqZpzd6dl243-lzJBDBZMKMpo2vYgQ7KHJdqxUGGs-lpaIZ38DrqTFeph4u00Z6DtEi0AwvknePifTn7GV3PLdLQvV6-S3kzGzlwRQDbe8J0MkHDzpj6SWttCGtjTcPFoa6G/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348494781302976626" border="0" /></a><br />The egg door with dual latches--no raccoon can open both at the same time.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhrsrD-RnfvAkmc5p_E18NIUPEGrTUaxHESBZGjaMxWdFDWCmGcKc7Aj_xzUCEJokumfiSD5FzdvBFcYMhcHqxFrSBDam6K6fm-M1tbp76I5p3pun5264eHI-2ll3mv58Tlj9OmCPof9M/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhrsrD-RnfvAkmc5p_E18NIUPEGrTUaxHESBZGjaMxWdFDWCmGcKc7Aj_xzUCEJokumfiSD5FzdvBFcYMhcHqxFrSBDam6K6fm-M1tbp76I5p3pun5264eHI-2ll3mv58Tlj9OmCPof9M/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348493931940555458" border="0" /></a>Someday this is where the goodness will be . . .<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.joshuajayelliott.com/">www.JoshuaJayElliott.com</a>Josh Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12739751876096070206noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789778494574878850.post-3299163213464855902009-05-26T23:39:00.001-07:002009-05-27T22:18:01.591-07:00Welcome to the OC . . . .Welcome to the less frequent continuation of Three Chicks A day.<br />Without the whiteness.<br />We'll show the coop and run take their final form, the chickens doing chicken stuff in their 'natural' setting, and maybe some foodie stuff when the eggs start popping out.<br />Just some nice laid back chicken blogging, without the ridiculous commitment of daily photo sessions and entries.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcu3BSB8wMjA5xSkrPy3CdeWKuIFnJV8eNQPiq6RHEUk6468ObRTvtVPaHZA2pGeRwGUHgdYowhRbbUWeXNahoJvQPkIYqLOMvxUmcY-DD3KXXT4OsLZnRt5grVH_1R9YuDp4ctl_hoRS/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJcu3BSB8wMjA5xSkrPy3CdeWKuIFnJV8eNQPiq6RHEUk6468ObRTvtVPaHZA2pGeRwGUHgdYowhRbbUWeXNahoJvQPkIYqLOMvxUmcY-DD3KXXT4OsLZnRt5grVH_1R9YuDp4ctl_hoRS/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340682580171185682" border="0" /></a><br />So this is the Coop. The run isn't complete, so I'll just focus on the coop itself.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTh1BmkCs2W6D-8ryAy3SCesP90XbNtruuD0KX48cRnH_hvGbDvEw4SBx3Lf0IX6NuPEVzN7A4YdhcxFEHhagsXSBP3BKpg2QH2L8PVUgPZIqCqo7zR63YtazbdGhHgru-9TNAo5ptYVIO/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTh1BmkCs2W6D-8ryAy3SCesP90XbNtruuD0KX48cRnH_hvGbDvEw4SBx3Lf0IX6NuPEVzN7A4YdhcxFEHhagsXSBP3BKpg2QH2L8PVUgPZIqCqo7zR63YtazbdGhHgru-9TNAo5ptYVIO/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340682185150579890" border="0" /></a><br />Cedar exterior, with a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">translucent</span> fiberglass roof.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKoBhALDTxnHnrIfVOOL9unqvK5YwOr9ZXk5XH4doLToC2Wy5X4IDmnVGJDEQWgFHQS3BUW4LUmTE1IJ2-KWunrqduMCgDzjmhMnax2ktbAdOWvwgCJ_CdHB7soZoNAzukEBpQD0_l8zi/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKoBhALDTxnHnrIfVOOL9unqvK5YwOr9ZXk5XH4doLToC2Wy5X4IDmnVGJDEQWgFHQS3BUW4LUmTE1IJ2-KWunrqduMCgDzjmhMnax2ktbAdOWvwgCJ_CdHB7soZoNAzukEBpQD0_l8zi/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340682098721567858" border="0" /></a><br />Egg door.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaOBXajV6W_BvO2KVl8Gq_ocENR8YWf6wxkt4L58gpFFH49WzDSDYbLbfRHXlE8fqrroGzSAklwAdQu_e8catLD-f3nRDZe1F5B4w0p9nyK_Wzh9TCBKo9_YfmdHGewn9Ng8LNuLn1ni3/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaOBXajV6W_BvO2KVl8Gq_ocENR8YWf6wxkt4L58gpFFH49WzDSDYbLbfRHXlE8fqrroGzSAklwAdQu_e8catLD-f3nRDZe1F5B4w0p9nyK_Wzh9TCBKo9_YfmdHGewn9Ng8LNuLn1ni3/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340682009328085586" border="0" /></a><br />Here you can see the vent window.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaUUcjzMh7kENHt4tay83Vau2N1cgUfb9RLU9MS8VFYsjiFfSLUv0s6X7C4XMkjC9_eecAhqgt7p1opNk11DDaemaO1DQnamG-CgFZ8yAjz_wG4F4VkxKZzcYW8nJzG_pnEzEz1I35Rl_/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAaUUcjzMh7kENHt4tay83Vau2N1cgUfb9RLU9MS8VFYsjiFfSLUv0s6X7C4XMkjC9_eecAhqgt7p1opNk11DDaemaO1DQnamG-CgFZ8yAjz_wG4F4VkxKZzcYW8nJzG_pnEzEz1I35Rl_/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340681914290212290" border="0" /></a><br />Plywood interior--door mounted nest box (still to be roofed) and perch.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0kGyGZVActlUQ9gEqYqSmNUsSZUARcTCmJgVSF6G_e1ieEqHwhpk7Xgzul-P5TBbU2SLeO1JN09Cl3vu33jURfKEF7JKZ_kTq_5grYRBrWDpyZ_f4P2uiwHr_C76YqwZMaRwJKsTFQYj/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW0kGyGZVActlUQ9gEqYqSmNUsSZUARcTCmJgVSF6G_e1ieEqHwhpk7Xgzul-P5TBbU2SLeO1JN09Cl3vu33jURfKEF7JKZ_kTq_5grYRBrWDpyZ_f4P2uiwHr_C76YqwZMaRwJKsTFQYj/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340681810186334722" border="0" /></a><br />Screened and fenced vents with plexiglass windows for the winter.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kzo0v1t68e7OqfF9IdZAKG8SI0k4JgK44OuCFVd64KEw3EXbvK1JcYFpeXu4oMMwxvJOUleBIUgtUMOIeptRq3VGniv9En7Lro8BVCokpsvvBNygLGfVn9rR2PmSu0YaBO7N7jalQMdX/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9kzo0v1t68e7OqfF9IdZAKG8SI0k4JgK44OuCFVd64KEw3EXbvK1JcYFpeXu4oMMwxvJOUleBIUgtUMOIeptRq3VGniv9En7Lro8BVCokpsvvBNygLGfVn9rR2PmSu0YaBO7N7jalQMdX/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340681688593935698" border="0" /></a><br />The windows stay closed with magnets.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtZqpKU0WRTy-vKgMmd94C5SGG3gAXrYZH-CyR-n4qCURZIPcIHG4Lg05NyiTCQ4u4FpVPXJBDRhArHW8WPWuxqKfj5tcb19B9vkK5tKMN9LBXQrr6xjGFXJgBXAaHmbpNRTRDOby7Jo-/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtZqpKU0WRTy-vKgMmd94C5SGG3gAXrYZH-CyR-n4qCURZIPcIHG4Lg05NyiTCQ4u4FpVPXJBDRhArHW8WPWuxqKfj5tcb19B9vkK5tKMN9LBXQrr6xjGFXJgBXAaHmbpNRTRDOby7Jo-/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340681594827393778" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Look at the floor . . .<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGUPjdslVTcI6m72Xq-ni8dMzvw6qKY7lG2zxrBoOItdffAtr1f3D8BO_d2YjqHnMWHotaaN7pcs65lVdrDW6mcMspqbVYnyn-KjqywzugTQGqyczXG2ghlEFqJ7gPNfLCIYSv74fPN_S/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGUPjdslVTcI6m72Xq-ni8dMzvw6qKY7lG2zxrBoOItdffAtr1f3D8BO_d2YjqHnMWHotaaN7pcs65lVdrDW6mcMspqbVYnyn-KjqywzugTQGqyczXG2ghlEFqJ7gPNfLCIYSv74fPN_S/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340681492787402290" border="0" /></a><br />whoa, it opens up . . .<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-viZZOUl8ZnbbM7Vl_YxhDOKwgqKdJ6Cb33220HxiBRJMMCUIRxEhOozVblSfLHi9g2rPI6UKRaRNf54CHDkEpf4L0wtyBPO3ciFk5pBSk6BSCS_G_6EqydlJ28xmEK_AWTNQk4mOkal/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-viZZOUl8ZnbbM7Vl_YxhDOKwgqKdJ6Cb33220HxiBRJMMCUIRxEhOozVblSfLHi9g2rPI6UKRaRNf54CHDkEpf4L0wtyBPO3ciFk5pBSk6BSCS_G_6EqydlJ28xmEK_AWTNQk4mOkal/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340681423651958034" border="0" /></a>this will be the standard open chicken hatch position. Oh man, I should have stamped 4815162342 on hatch door . . .<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnD1cZ2IlTB6L1j0mJU6VYHcbB49Fy2WcKQ-HFsCN-qoRJD50XREFxdluTkQyxuk1FlbSp2fklT1fbjyz2rFTcWaahkyNrOM4YEtmvEWQhwnzPqUHLAj5EKg0v4aF8xIrfmMEYjdxvKvvq/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnD1cZ2IlTB6L1j0mJU6VYHcbB49Fy2WcKQ-HFsCN-qoRJD50XREFxdluTkQyxuk1FlbSp2fklT1fbjyz2rFTcWaahkyNrOM4YEtmvEWQhwnzPqUHLAj5EKg0v4aF8xIrfmMEYjdxvKvvq/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340681322331775954" border="0" /></a><br />Ramp view of the chicken hatch, with the under coop hooks for the feeder and waterer.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihf05r4Co80bmG0ID_UnCo6bmOx3IRsLIDLk1tTjJXkh4I0rG4pK-gFKxPiO9b-9hwO0a9oGo2p0oHryrG3CZlouQW-EIthxptLV7Z3KOgqDkYE8AmflwXSGUvo-rCn5c99e0rggGfm2U-/s1600-h/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihf05r4Co80bmG0ID_UnCo6bmOx3IRsLIDLk1tTjJXkh4I0rG4pK-gFKxPiO9b-9hwO0a9oGo2p0oHryrG3CZlouQW-EIthxptLV7Z3KOgqDkYE8AmflwXSGUvo-rCn5c99e0rggGfm2U-/s400/JoshElliott_theOccasionalChicken_13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340676752957850754" border="0" /></a>And of course, a picture of the girls--Noodle Soup, Salad Sandwich & Pot Pie running towards their new home.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.joshuajayelliott.com/">www.JoshuaJayElliott.com</a>Josh Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12739751876096070206noreply@blogger.com18