Headaches, do they really need to rule your day? or are they more just a symptom of apathy or depression? Today mine is all about the weather drying out and my sinuses protesting the change. Looking back though I realize that just maybe “i’ve got a headache” has been my internal excuse for just veging out rather than getting to those projects that need to get done.
Just about my biggest “headache this past year has been attacks on my flock. If my recollection is correct my flock has been hit by no less than 3 dog attacks, 1 coyote attack, and one disease infection. This repeated building up and then having my flock decimated has taken it’s toll, while still maintaining that my chickens and ducks are livestock it is very disheartening to see their lives wasted.
To that end I have been working to build housing that is more secure for them at night and also more aesthetically pleasing (gotta keep Tuey happy now that we’re up on the hill).
Sample Design
Tuey saw this coop in Fernley last year when picking up some Crested Cream Legbars and liked it so much she took a picture and sent it to me. Since last summer I haver been supposed to build a prototype, but that damn headache kept interfering.
Escape Hatch?
Last weekend I finally got started by building the floor and run.
The Floor
Overgrown Nails?
The above pic shows what happens when you forget to flip off the repeater switch on your nail gun after sheathing your shed roof.
Today I started on the framing for the hen house.
Tomorrow I hope to get the sheathing on (I am not gonna turn that damn double tap back on!!) Then my Sweety, Karen, can start painting. Having a project going sure does push those pesky headaches into the background.
The Fruity Chicken 
I would be devastated by all those predator attacks on my flock. There is a downfall of too much security though. I’m up to 53 chickens and hope to have a hatch this spring. Some of mine are 5 years old, not laying much, but they’re kind of like old friends now. I keep hoping a few will die of natural causes……