Two projects have been at the top of my list lately: chickens & the wood stove alcove.
Heritage breed mutt chicks, hatched from a neighbor’s flock! In this pic, they’re one week old.
This year (finally!) I have all my garden beds, so I don’t have to build more. Now I have time for my newest yard project: chickens! Our HOA allows 6 hens. It’s looking like 3-4 of the 9 chicks will be roosters, but a neighbor outside the HOA can take the guys. As the chicks spend their first several weeks inside a pen in the temporary shed with Jasper and I, I’m finishing up their chicken tractor coop and have ordered the electric poultry fence to keep them safe from predators.
In progress! I try to do an hour or so a day placing large rock facades sourced from a neighbor, interwoven with smaller rocks sourced from the beach.
I should have all the alcove rocks placed in a few more days, and can then cut the wood trim surround in a neighbor’s woodshop when he returns from vacation, do the final grouting, place the wood stove and fire it up!
My bathtub arrives tomorrow on the water taxi. It’ll be a joy to heat the space while I’m working on the plumbing!