| The Chicken Project |
| Spring & Summer, 2004 My friends bought about 25 chicks to raise for meat, and I helped them build a coop. The idea is for the coop to be easy to disassemble for storage until next summer. |
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| The chicks on June 5, one week after their arrival, living in their temporary quarters (a wading pool). |
| Rebecca nailing hardware cloth to the bottom of the coop. |
| < The back |
| The front > |
| Sheila, Rebecca & Adelle holding up 3 completed sides balanced on the mesh floor. 1 side and a roof left to go! |
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| The coop in its pen. It just needs a roof. > |
| Adelle putting the finishing touches on the roof. |
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| Finished! Basking in the glory - Rebecca, Adelle and me. |
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| < June 16 |
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| < June 26, in the coop ^ |
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| Adelle's unique stakes for the surrounding pen > |
| < August 4, almost fully grown. |