Chicken Taj Mahal

The school holidays well under way and it has been a hive of industry around here.
I have been decluttering, starting with the dreaded bathroom cupboard and doing lots of little jobs like framing family portraits etc.
Mr M has been busy building a nesting/roosting box for our chooks.  
If you read this blog you will know our chooks have started laying beautiful eggs for us.  Unfortunately they have been laying them in a compost bin that is very hard to get to.
so without further ado.

I give you, 
the chicken Taj Mahal......

This is honey (dark silkie) and Pepper, (light silkie) discussing their new home.

The 3 isa browns enjoying scratching in the dirt.

Honey testing a perch.

I think they are discussing wall colour and flooring choices!

Porridge the dark Isa brown, checking out the nesting boxes.

Let's hope the girls are snug and happy in there and reward us with more eggs.

New chook pen

In our house, up until now, the big jobs, making and renovating have been pretty much carried out by Mr M.

That is until now.

Our big boy is following in his father's footsteps and proving to be a talented handyteen.

Over the recent school holidays he made this portable chicken coup from old pallets.

Master B. was called in to help.

His job was to sit on the lengths of timber to hold them down whilst Big boy sawed them to length.

Look away mother!

The chooks just go in it for a few hours and we have had it where we can see it.

A certain fluffy Lulu dog was fascinated by the chooks and frustrated by the wire.