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This stigma against backyard chickens is unfortunate, and I think is fostered by people that just have not experienced how great these pets can be or are scared of the unknown.

I started out building the nesting boxes. Chickens like to have a safe place and a little privacy to lay their eggs. A good size box is about 12” wide 12” tall by 12” deep.

It is the end of May, and we are still having snowstorms. I am starting to miss the Oregon rain that I am accustomed to. Yeah, everybody complains about the rain, but as with most things, you don’t know how good you have it until it is gone.

I took this photo in our backyard when we lived in Portland, Oregon.  I love the backdrop of the pots stacked up from the fall clean-up.  T

For Mother’s Day, my kids wanted to build my wife a water garden, complete with a fountain and water plants. 

And let the chicken coop build begin!