It only took about two months of work but I can finally exclaim, " It is done"!!!!! Karsten has worked his bottom off and grown in ways he is quite proud of. We drew a few plans in the beginning of planning but did most of the work without a plan. The coop has turned out better than perfect and I am just so proud of my husband! He used his whole "staycation" to finish the coop and my mom came for a visit for that same week. It meant Beppe time with the kids and Kar & Erika time sprinting to finish the coop. All went well.
The very best part of the experience has been how rewarded Karsten has been for his diligence. The girls settled into their new home with an array of new cluckings that sounded remarkably like full grown chicken clucks. The next day more of the same. Then, the clouds parted, and wham our first egg! I even called Karsten at work to let him know the great news. For Karsten it was like the ribbon on the whole project that the chickens waited until they had a proper home to lay their first eggs. So, for the past three days our one hen has been laying an egg every morning around ten. Today however, a different hen laid her first egg so the egg count now stands at four. What an amazing experience this has been for my family but mostly for my husband and I banding together to accomplish a task together!
Since it has been awhile since I wrote this post I must update the data. Three chickens are laying each day now. We have been able to consume the eggs so as not to have any extras yet. The very coolest part is that our one hen regularly lays the golden egg, a double yoker, can it get any better than that?
