Life in Tee Harbor, Alaska

Chicken Fence, Roost, and Onion Pics

So, after I moved the chicks to their section of the coop, I had gone to check on them.  They decided that the roost I installed was not good enough and here is where they decided to sleep:

I have since fixed that dilemma and they stay in their section - mostly...  I also raised up their roost to about 18" off the floor and they like that much better.  It was quite cold and rainy yesterday, so I cooked them all some oatmeal and they gobbled it up - hope it warmed them up a bit!

The onion plants are doing fantastic.  No root maggots - yet - cross my fingers...  I have been using the thinnings for green onions and will try to finish thinning them all by this weekend.  I need to make sure the remaining plants have plenty of room to make us some big onions this year. 

The rain held off a bit tonight and I got a chance to work on the chicken fence.  I started cutting the posts to length and getting them all level/plumb and screwing them to the brackets in the pier blocks.  I really wanted to see how the fence would look, so I opened up a roll of chicken wire and started attaching it to the posts.  I actually only got it attached to the building and stretched to the other posts.  It is going to take two people to get that stuff good and tight.  So, just in time, Rod will be home for a couple days - he gets in tomorrow night and leaves Sunday!  I'm hoping he has some thoughts on what will make the fence look nice.  I have 2 x 6 boards that will go between the posts at the top and at the bottom, which should give it a finished look - I hope, cuz this is the first thing you see when you drive up to our house.  Here is the section I worked on - to the right of the coop.  It is about 10 feet from the coop and is 22 feet long.  The chickens were watching me intently, wondering what that lady is up to now!

I really hope I can get this fence done by winter!!  :o)

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5:34 AM, Thursday, July 10, 2008 .. Posted by haflinger

Great pictures... They sure do look like what is going on.. The onions look great.. By the way how are you doing selling soap?
Blessings SIster Brenda