2009 was a good year for me which saw some major changes, things were a little slow with the videos and blog post but things have been happening and I hope to get into the routine of sharing these new changes with you in 2010. Giving It a Go is still going strong and we even got mentioned on the YouTube official blog.
This year I hope to bring you some more videos including some on keeping bees which I have been experimenting with.
Starting with Bees
When we were thinking about how to build a chicken coop we did not have any detailed plans. I just drew a rough scetch and we constructed it from whatever materials we could find. The end result did the job but was a bit rough. If I was doing it again I would follow some instructions to make sure I built a good design which gave the chickens all that they needed for a happy life. I would like to do this again one day so that is why I just bought this e book.
It has several plans to choose from which explain how to build a chicken coop, ranging from chicken arks for just a few hens to much larger chicken sheds with runs for many birds. It also has clear coop construction instructions to follow which will ensure that the end result is high quality and will last a long time.
There is nothing like the satisfaction of creating something yourself and I can’t wait to get the opportunity to do it again. So if you want to know how to build a chicken coop, I recomend this book.
The authors have allowed me to post this extract for you to look at before you buy it for yourself. Click here for the extract.
This design is pretty similar to ours but kind of like a deluxe version.
This is a round up of some of the best moments so far. It is great to look back and see all that we have achieved.
After discovering that one of our chickens is broody, we have been making plans to get some fertilized eggs.
So we got some eggs and are going to give them to the hen. They are all pure breeds and we got a mix of breeds so we don;t know what we will end up with when/if they hatch.
Click here for plans and instructions on how to build a coop like ours.
One of our chickens is showing signs of broodiness.
Click here for plans and instructions on how to build a coop like ours.
Some of the best cake I have ever had has been made by our friend Jenni. We decided to share her wonders with the world by make a video of her using our chickens eggs to make cake.
Jenni makes a cake. You need…
225g Butter
225g Castor Sugar
A little Vanilla
4 Eggs
175g Self raising Flour
25g Corn Flour
25g Coco
A Little Milk
A friend of ours came around to see our progress and tell us some anecdotes of how he missed his destiny to become a farmer.
We don’t own our house so we had to ask permission from our landlords before we started this project. They are great people so there was not problem. They were aware of the condition of the garden and knew that any effort was probably a positive thing. Even so they were keen to come and have a look at what we had done.
We thought it might be nice to video the reaction.
Here is a quick update on all the progress we have made so far in the first couple of months of our project.
It has been ages since I last wrote anything for the blog and for that I apologize. I meant the next post to be about the first egg that was laid but that seems like ages ago now and we have had many more. We have been posting videos to YouTube and have several more ready to go up in the coming weeks as well as some plans for more videos.
It was very exciting to come home from a weekend away and find the first eggs waiting for us. It was very small but perfectly formed. We ate it boiled and I will never forget how different it tasted to the eggs you get at the super market. The yolks are a deep dark yellow and the whites have a rich flavor and texture most unlike the bland tasteless gunk from battery farmed eggs.
Here is the video.
Click here for plans and instructions on how to build a coop like ours.
