Preparing for Winter Chickens, Part 2

Reader Contribution by Becky And Andy
Published on September 25, 2008
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Where are we gonna park this thing?

After we sat in the driveway for about a half an hour, one of us suggested moving the brooder house into the ailing pumpkin patch. The thought was that the chickens would eat the cucumber beetles and squash bugs that are plaguing our pumpkins and gourds. Brilliant!

Dad pulled the wagon into the north end of the field and worked on securing the four corners of the chicken house. You see, though it is safely lying upon the reinforced wagon structure, the edges hang completely off. Anyone inside walking too far to the edge would possibly tip the whole thing off the wagon! A temporary solution was to drill four sturdy 2-by-4s at each corner and brace them into the ground. Next Steve found some old lath and a broad plank and created a run for the chickens; sort of a “wheelchair accessible” ramp to the little chicken door. Then the day was over.


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