Let the coopening begin!

My coop has POWER!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Greatest husband ever, with lots of help from the greatest dad ever.

Here is the greatest husband ever doing the trenching


Kitten thinks this is awesome. Kitten is kind of a douche.


Took the cupolas off the roof for repair and painting. Tin for the roof arrives on Thursday, so maybe I'll have a shiny new roof next weekend! Also, look, giant linear hole!


Look! A light!! This is the "storage" side of the coop. Now that I have electrical, I can work on it after the kids go to bed and get my shelving and stuff done. It will be glorious!

Yee ha! Aren't we lucky that the good weather keeps coming? The cat has "devil ears" - looks put out - something like "why are you ruining my lawn?" or "since when did chickens need electricity? - not like they read at night".


You are almost done!

Helper dogs: Trixie (aka Puggy) and Murphy. Murphy says I should pet Murphy.


Ungrateful chickens, hiding under the roost.


Chantecler pullets think everything going on is ERMAHGERD SO SCARY. Twits.


My one White Cornish does not think everything is scary. He poses instead.

Electricity in a coop takes it to the next level of awesomeness!

AAAAND....

I think your Cornish is a boy....  

Yes. And he is named Sue. ABoyNamedSue.

Everybody sing it now!

https://youtu.be/WOHPuY88Ry4

 

"My name is Sue! How do you do!"

I chant that at the poor chicken every time I see him.

that's a think of beauty Authentic - power to your coop and also your cornish - look at those leggies. got cornish on the brain right now. Your cat looks like he/she is planning the next toilet session, mine looked a little like that when they saw me turn the garlic bed over - as if just for their convenience! 

wow, very exciting, power, I am in awe....

I never thought I would be so happy about electricity. Lol

I really am, though. I am so excited about it, you'd think I invented it.

And it only cost me materials, three suppers and two lunches.

It is a great thing, electricity. It is amazing how many uses you find for it once you have it in a shed.

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I have so many plans for my shiny new electricity. Lol

Soft music, dimmer lights, automatic door openers, heated floors, 24 hour CCTV....

Bucket de-icers, eco glow brooders, heat lamps ... lol

A heated massage couch for Sue...

A fridge, for key lime pies ...

Things are certainly coming along for you! The building is probably as old as the one we have for the coop. Seeing as the house we are in is about 55 years old and the now coop was the homestead after the original homestead burned down however many years before that. I should really find out as one of our neighbours that is a range road over actually grew up here.

Interested to see how things progress even further!

authenticfarm wrote:A fridge, for key lime pies ...

and beer, don't forget the beer......

Love following this thread Authentic but really your posh little birds are making mine seem like they be a slumming it   This year we are doing the extension cords and zip ties no dimmer switches or beer coolers in my coop. lol.

coopslave wrote:

authenticfarm wrote:A fridge, for key lime pies ...

and beer, don't forget the beer......

GENIUS.

Ruffledfeathers wrote:Love following this thread Authentic but really your posh little birds are making mine seem like they be a slumming it   This year we are doing the extension cords and zip ties no dimmer switches or beer coolers in my coop. lol.

The coop is more for my comfort than theirs. Lol my breeds are pretty tough and could do fine with a lot less!

heda gobbler wrote:It is a great thing, electricity. It is amazing how many uses you find for it once you have it in a shed.

Schipperkesue wrote:A heated massage couch for Sue...

coopslave wrote:

authenticfarm wrote:A fridge, for key lime pies ...

and beer, don't forget the beer......

authenticfarm wrote:

coopslave wrote:

authenticfarm wrote:A fridge, for key lime pies ...

and beer, don't forget the beer......

GENIUS.

 

Finished up some odd jobs today, including putting the exterior pop doors in the pop door holes.

I saved the drop siding from when we cut the holes, and put them back together and trimmed them with 1x2.

God is in the details.