Check out this email Sydney from Tacoma sent in about her chicken coop. My favorite is the hand washing station they included. I’m totally going to have to steal that idea. Here’s what she had to say:
Hi Mavis! I stumbled across your blog right before Christmas (shamelessly did a Google search for what to give your chickens for Christmas). We are still weathering our first year as chicken newbies (other adjectives would be obsessed, hoarders, chick mama, etc.) and I was looking to see what others did, and admittedly to see if I was crazy. I giggled when I saw that you were also from the Puget Sound area, and did have treat ideas!
I had only wanted 3 [chickens], and my husband told me he wanted nothing to do with them, but loved me so he helped me out anyway. Our 3 girls quickly grew from just Brahmas and an Orpington, to Silkies, an EE and a Bantam something or other, and we reached our allowed limit. Needless to say, we love them. They are crazy and silly and give me the stink eye when I haven’t talked to them at least a dozen times during the day!
We built our coop this year using cedar siding. We made the mistake, however, of not having real plans and just winging it, so there may have been an easier way to do things. But the girls are happy and safe now, and that’s all that matters.
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- Your Garden Pictures and Tips – I’d especially like to see your garden set ups, growing areas, and know if you are starting seeds indoors this year. If so, show me some picture of how you are going about it.
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- Cool Arts & Crafts – Made from your very own hands with detailed {and well photographed} pictures and instructions.
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Wendy Steele says
This has got to be the most beautiful chicken coop yet!! I love that it looks like a trellis, or like an ornamental garden feature!!! You can hardly even realize its a chicken coop!!! And of course, the hand washing station is to die for!!!-even if you don’t have chickens-what a neat idea for muddy garden hands!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Sydney says
:). Thanks. We love it. Check out your local habitat for humanity store, that is where we found the sink. :). Took the whole thing to a local Ace Hardware, and we pieced it together to fit right on our exterior hose (for under $7). The sink was a must with having our garden and chickens out back, and with a kiddo. I didn’t want to find dirt smeared in my downstairs bathroom anymore. Nice place to rinse off dirty produce too. Thanks Mavis for sharing (and editing)!