With our garden growing away Charlie decided to build a chicken coop himself (he loves his DIY). We got the plans from ebay but Charlie pretty much ignored them and did his own thing. It was really good fun watching the coop take shape and Minions 1 and 3 got involved with the process with the varying levels of enthusiasm that can be expected from teenage boys. As I was pregnant with Minion 6 I was the official chronicler of the event and kept the team motivated by shouting encouragement from the shade of the apple tree. Here's how the coop took shape:
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| Charlie says a prayer to the gods of DIY |
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| Minion 1 gets on board but soon loses interest and goes off to play xbox |
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| This, apparently, was the hardest part of the whole project. |
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| Cricket (aka Minion 3) doing some sterling work. |
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| Cricket didn't realise what Charlie was up to until it was too late :-) |
So by the end we had the most beautiful chicken house ever. Charlie was very pleased with the results. He erected a fence around the coop to keep the hens off our veg. It kept the hens in but, sadly, didn't keep the foxes out :-(. More about that later.
Meanwhile our seeds were all growing. The runner beans and broccoli were going great guns and we ended up with a pumpkin the size of a small dog. We had some sweetcorn and would have had more if the sun had come out a bit more often. The courgettes were disappointing though and the Aubergines never appeared. Not bad for a first try though.
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