Archive for the ‘Farm - Chicken Coop’ Category
January 26, 2010 – Aftermath
The wind stopped blowing this evening. As usual, the ground was blown clear, or drifted.
We were lucky the chicken coop wasn’t drifted shut, but instead left this sculpted pathway to the coop.
Sundogs this morning towards the morning sun.
Finally, this 25 car and snowplow pileup near Mason City shows what can happen when you drive too ...Read more.
December 9, 2009 – Storm of the Century?
Word from the weather service is that the current blizzard is the 2nd biggest in recorded history in the state of Iowa – not able to beat an 1880’s storm. The criteria for “biggest” means the most snow over the widest area. We’ve had bigger storms here on the farm in the last 13 years, ...Read more.
January 30, 2009 – Repurposed Solar Landscpae Lights
Last fall I bought some of those cheesy solar landscape lights on super end-of-season closeout (you know the ones you see in some yards that never quite stay up straight – if you have some, I’m not talking about yours!)
I just mounted the small solar panel and the lights over the doors, instead of in ...Read more.
October 24, 2007 – Fall Leaves
It seems like the leaves are really reluctant to turn this season. I’m not sure if it is the warm, moist fall – we really still haven’t had the temperatures drop into the 20’s yet this season.
Today I got a dose of the legendary Menards customer service. My steel siding/roofing was in, so I went ...Read more.
May 5, 2007 – These Boots are Made for the Hen House
This afternoon’s main job was cleaning out a winter of “processed” chicken food and bedding from the chicken coop. Linda decided to splurge and get a new pair of boots. I can only imagine the tight advertising copywriting that led to the impulsive purchase of these beauties.
These boots boast the color of black patent leather made ...Read more.
September 10, 2005 – Game Day and Chicken Coop
Hawkeye faithful can go back to the store and return the “IS Who” t-shirts after mighty the Iowa Hawkeyes fell to the Iowa State Cyclones 23-3. Here are the girls with their game day attire.
But much more important than the game, was Grandpa Dave’s complete rewiring of the chicken coop, including complete tear-out of ...Read more.
May 18, 2005 – Coop Renovations!
We have almost completed renovations on the chicken coop. All that remains is to replace one more set of doors. Here is the coop before renovations:
Here is the coop after renovations:
It’s good to reflect on things that have been completed. The coop was re-roofed, re-stained, new doors, all the junk hauled out of one side, ...Read more.
April 3, 2005 – Light!
Now things can happen after dinner outside! Today 10 of the chestnut trees found a home but need to be mulched yet. We continue digging out Martin’s playground and moved the dirt to the chicken yard which has become denuded of grass, in part due to the trenching for new water a while ...Read more.
