On September 9th we finally got chickens! This chicken project took us most of the summer! It started in May when I thought it would be a great idea to convert an old dog kennel on our property into a chicken run.
Here is a picture of the old dog kennel,the tarp on top was almost the death of our project!
We spent the entire month of June converting the dog kennel into a chicken run.
Raking up pine needles is hard work!
By the end of June we were ready for chickens! But unfortunately Mother Nature had other plans and blessed us with two days of heavy rain the last week of June!
Remember that tarp....
Our dog kennel after the rain!The rain pooled up on the tarp and the weight of the water bent the metal frame! We now had to fix the metal frame and come up with a new plan for the roof. We had no idea how much of a setback this would be but in the process we realized that our original hen house was much too small so we were able to sell it and found a local guy who built us a new one.
We had to get the metal frame welded and found a local guy to do that and then Darrin found a pitched roof at Tractor Supply that was designed for a dog kennel.
After all was said and done we finished our chicken project shortly after Labor Day and on September 9th a local friend of mine brought us 8 chickens. (We actually traded a baby carrier for the chickens!)
Our New Hen House (Darrin's Aunt gave us the sign)
Here are some of the ladies in their new home 
Here is our first egg!
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