Time to show you our backyard chicken coop and the six hens who live there! That’s right, we are officially chicken farmers (words I never thought I would say).
We love it! And the chickens have been a lot of fun so far.
Ben and his business partner, John, built the coop from scratch over the course of a few weekends.
We painted it Benjamin Moore’s Amherst Gray and the trim is Behr Premium in Ultra White.
It was a test run to see if we liked the color (we did), so now our house is in the process of getting painted that color too!
We planted that Arborvitae bush on the left and some climbing clematis on the right to provide some shade for them.
There are three total windows that open and close so they can get a nice breeze in there.
Here are the nesting boxes, so you just lift up the lid to collect your eggs.
We even hung a little welcome sign outside of the door.
Here’s Ben inside the coop giving them food and water.
And then there are the chickens!
We have three Rhode Island Reds and three Barred Rocks. The big black and white one in the middle is Edna and she is the only one laying right now. She is a few weeks older than the others.
The chickens have a door so they can go between the coop and the run whenever they want. Every so often we let them out of the run and into the open yard. They LOVE grass.. and dandelion leaves!
Did I mention how amazing the eggs taste? SO much better than the store bought ones. We only get about 1 egg a day right now, but are looking forward to when all 6 hens start laying and we have a ton of fresh eggs each day!
