Backyard Chickens at the City Cottage



The foundation.



 Where do I begin my tale of the city hen house? With the foundation I guess but in reality it started long before the foundation was set. As I have written I was off and on about doing backyard chickens until this last September. When I was on about the idea I played with many different locations for the hen's cottage. I purchased the 4 concrete blocks long ago and measured and placed them in two or three places trying to imagine how the hens would like the location. Would they get some morning sun? Would they get enough shade in the summer? Would the winter wind give them a chill? And then I got "chicken" and put the idea of backyard chickens to bed and used the cinder blocks for another project. One thing you must know about this city cottager she is never without an outside project!

As it turned out all of my procrastination paid off in finding a good location for the hen house. This site in the picture is located at the back of my lot. I never gave it a thought in my earlier exploits don't know why. It will receive morning sun all year round and shade in summer from the hot afternoon sun. It is close to my new vegtable garden and my compost bins. So on September 9, 2012 the foundation was started! I am on my way to raising some city chickens....well I am on the way of having a coop for some city chickens!

The City Cottager's journey continues!