Surprise!

[mattcantwin]

My wife and I got home early this morning (about 1:30am) from a week of babysitting our granddaughter in Florida.

We had a great time with Devon and enjoyed a break from the never-ending winter.


Soon after we got home from the airport, my son asked us to come out to the backyard to "see something".


We had no idea what he could possibly want to show us.


It was quite the surprise!





A chicken coop, with chickens!




Pretty cool, since my wife has wanted chickens (and goats) for the longest time.


Looks like we'll be eating eggs more often.

[r.palace]

Never thought I'd say this to anyone but congrats on the chicken coop!

[moishlashen]

Awesome-best eggs ever!

Remember to bribe your neighbors with eggs all the time

[toxicavenger]

Awesome Matt!!! We are thinking of doing the same thing soon. So are you guys going to put a chicken run in there also? Here is some good info on backyard chickens http://www.backyardchickens.com/

[mattcantwin]

So are you guys going to put a chicken run in there also?

Here is some good info on backyard chickens http://www.backyardchickens.com/

Chicken run?

This is all new to me.


Thanks for the link, it will be used.

[jimyritz]

Will they be "free range".... ....

I guess Congrats Matt

[streetracer101]

I hear banjos.

[carlodwc]

Cool Matt!

[mattcantwin]

I may be starting a new WEYE thread each day.


(whose eggs you eating)

[Terpits]

Nice. You can tell your wife you were able to buy watches by selling eggs.

[CGSshorty]

That's awesome. Your neighbors are going to hate you.

[mattcantwin]

Nice. You can tell your wife you were able to buy watches by selling eggs.

All that matters is that she's happy.

[kfalk]

That's awesome. Cool move by your son. Enjoy Now you can make some feather straps.

[Terpits]

Nice. You can tell your wife you were able to buy watches by selling eggs.

All that matters is that she's happy.

Yes. The chickens will distract her from FedEx boxes and prevent this from happening.



Lol@featherstraps.kel

[marchone]

Far out, Matt. Really cool. Let me know when you're ready to eat one of the laying hens. I'll come out and do the rest!

[kfalk]

Nice. You can tell your wife you were able to buy watches by selling eggs.

All that matters is that she's happy.

Yes. The chickens will distract her from FedEx boxes and prevent this from happening.



Lol@featherstraps.kel

You are so good.

[matt.wu]

Some real winners in this thread. Loll

Congrats, Matt.

[hoppyjr]

Congrats!

Be sure you don't choke those chickens......

[toxicavenger]

Matt you have decide at sometime what to do with them when they stop producing. You can harvest them yourself but some people don't have what it takes to do that.

Chicken run https://saltboxdesigns.wordpress.com/pr ... cken-runs/

It wouldn't hurt also to see if you have a homestead store somewhere around you or a feed store that sells good chicken feed. You won't believe how many of the sell junk.

[marchone]

Old fowl make great stock.

[rockmastermike]

Have to admit, when I woke up this morning, this was not something in the range of outcomes I expected to see.
Happy wife, Happy life!

[mattcantwin]

Nice. You can tell your wife you were able to buy watches by selling eggs.

All that matters is that she's happy.

Yes. The chickens will distract her from FedEx boxes and prevent this from happening.



Lol@featherstraps.kel

Great shot!

[aikiman44]

Congratulations!?

[HapaHapa]

Wtf, I thought it was a kid clubhouse when I saw the pic.

There's a guy at work who keeps chickens. The ones that lay blue eggs. Ameraucanas chickens.

[hoppyjr]

I predict this will be chickenshit very soon.