Alphabe-Thursday

P is for Poultry

I know I showed you a lot pictures of the chicks last week so I have given you all a break for a few days.  But it is Alphabe-Thursday time and I just have to use Poultry for my P this week.  I'll start off first showing the Poultry House, I actually call it the hen house, hubs built it last fall.  He has just spent the last two weeks finishing the inside and putting up a run off the back.  The only thing left to do is put in the little doors for the hens to move in and out off.

Pretty fancy digs aren't they?  As you can see hubs built a loft and that is where the hens laying boxes are.  The boxes are in front of a door that we can open from the outside to collect the eggs.  You can see the door for collecting eggs in one of the previous pictures.  Under the ramp is a walkway that will lead to the door that goes out to the run, and the other area under the loft has boards for them to roost on at night.  We are hoping that area with also help them stay warm in the winter.  There is quite a few more square feet in front of this area where we walk through the people door that we can place food and water.  Speaking of people door, it is still just the gray primer, as is the trim.  The trim we are painting white but hubs thinks I should paint the people door the same red as the rest of the hen house.  What is your opinion?  The side that has no windows, is to help keep the hens warmer in the winter.  I am planning on adding a shelf of some sort with some potted plants to dress it up a little.

Day 6.

 Day 7.

 

Day 8.  The fluffy brown girl toward the center decided to fly out of the rubber maid tub today.  We had to make some changes to that set up.

Day 9.  The tall girl is Esther, she is a Black Jersey Giant and growing like crazy.
P is also for pillow case.  This is the sixth one I have made in the last month.  This one is for my nine year old grandson.  He had particular requests for his so it took me a while to find just the right fabrics.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all go over to Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday to check out what the rest of the participants are sharing this week.  I always learn something new and/or see something really interesting each week.

I have been out in the yard this week catching up on the gardening and I have a lot going on over the next couple of days but I will be back soon!  Enjoy the rest of your week!