More to do Before the Family Arrives

Because I’d ordered the coop from Melbourne and we live in Sydney, we had to wait almost two weeks for it to be delivered. I think it was the longest two weeks of my life. I kept checking the shipment details and it kept reading ‘in transit’, which I’m assuming meant it was somewhere between there and here.

Finally the coop arrived safely with the help of a friendly delivery man who told us all about his chickens. It didn't look much like a chicken coop at this stage and we still had to decide where to set it up.

I guess we had more choices than some people because we live on an acre, so I spent ages looking at the different options. I decided to put it close to the shed so that when we sectioned off an extra area of the garden for them, we could use the shed as part of the wall. I wasn’t sure how Lovely Hubby would feel about losing what we called ‘the orchard’ because of the lone orange tree, but luckily he thought it was a good spot for them.  

I didn’t want them too close to the house (council regs forbid that anyway) nor did I want them too far away from the house because that seem unfriendly, and I really wanted to be able to see them easily from inside the house as I think they enhance a garden.

It was only after we’d had the chickens for a while that it dawned on me that it had been a good idea to put the coop near the shed as it was handy to where we stored the buckets, food and all things chooky, but being a chicken beginner, I didn't even think about that at the time.

So, the coop had arrived and the spot chosen. Now all we had to do was to put the plan together.