In Oklahoma, my chicken coop was huge; I did it that way on purpose to keep the chickens from being able to kill all of the grass with their scratching. So when Jae recently suggested expanding our current coop, I didn’t really need a lot of convincing to agree to it, especially now that the turkey is starting to get big. So last week, Chekhov came over and we set up posts for another gate on the opposite side of the coop from the existing one, plus T-posts to hold up the fence (it only needs to be strong enough to contain chickens on the inside and withstand pig scratching from the outside). I’m not sure I have enough spare fencing lying around, so I may need to get some more welded wire to finish up. Then in August I’m going to put a new roof on the henhouse, and we should be good for another few years unless I decide I really like raising larger fowl (which, to be honest, seems unlikely at this time).
Diary #783
July 1, 2025 by Maggie McNeill

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