Hi Laura, If I may disagree just a bit, You are not back to the beginning. By getting the BF to take an interest you are 3/4 there. LOL. Especially if he is an engineer and you can use a hammer.
Ol' George
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, Laura Quick <qdesigninc@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Chickens101
>
> Okay so the online pre-fab coops arrived yesterday and man, they are CRAPPY.
> So poorly constructed (of balsa) that they look like a 7th grader made them
> for a school project. Seriously, even if they were not broken, split, bowed
> and falling apart, the materials are so poor that a determined cat and
> certainly a raccoon could claw their way inside. I'm going to have to return
> them.
>
> I was kind of going at this half-assed and with the half-hearted approval,
> but not backing, of my boyfriend.
>
> After the coops arrived and before we looked at them, we got surprisingly
> serious about keeping chickens—as a team.
>
> We scouted the best locations on the property, we looked into breeds, needs
> and how we could best provide for birds.
>
> I was close to ordering chicks —breeds and numbers we had agreed on when we
> decided to take a look at the coops we'd purchased.
>
> We immediately realized they would not do.
>
> So, back in the house we spent the afternoon pouring over coop designs and
> we finally have a plan. We will need to build our own coop and run to fit
> the space we have chosen to use. Kev is an engineer and has excellent
> building skills I'm thrilled he's on board, as I was worried I was going to
> be going this alone.
>
> So, we are back at the beginning, but together, and with a better plan. :)
> I'm sure there's still plenty of learning cuve ahead.
>
> Laura
>
> P.S. I have a couple of questions and will send them separately
>
CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
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