My new chookies...

Well, for quite some time I have wanted chooks and to that end (and also as a way to learn building skills from Dad) I have been hasseling Dad into helping me ( = doing all the hard bits) convert our old play house into a super mansion of a chook house. The chook house itself has been completed for weeks now, but the pen was only erected a couple of Saturdays ago. We used only recycled wood and constuction supplies so the project cost us basically nothing and we used as many power tools and building methods as we could so that I would get some experience in all of them.

The awesomest chookhouse ever (formally the awesomest playhouse ever)

The nest box made out of wood recycled from old pallets.

So on Saturday, we checked out the newspaper for chook ads. We found an ad for Isa Browns and headed out to somewhere near Pipers River to go and get 4 chookies. Meet Sophie, Ruby, Sally, and Penny.

Left to Right: Penny, Sophie, Sally, and Ruby

They are only 22 weeks old so they havent started laying yet and they might not lay until spring. I dont really mind if they never start laying - I'm just loving having them around.

So, two projects officially completed: the frog pond and the chook shed.