We have keep chicken for five years in a small urban Ithiel Town in Rhode Island . Our inspiration ? A sojourn to Hawaii , where we bask fresh bollock every day .
We started with purchase a used coop in preparation of getting chicks the next spring . But to our surprisal , the chicken coop came with a hen named Sunshine . And our flock of chicken ( not to mention our chicken coop and engineering ) has only mature since then !
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Growing Flock
We had two hens for a few years , then added to our family . This also started the coop developmentfor the girls .
The expanding upon include three cage , a underwrite run and a chunnel through our greenhouse to arecreational area for the girls to scrounge during the day . Even though we are surrounded by concrete on three side of our property , we have experienced many marauder onslaught , therefore they are n’t capable to free - chain of mountains through the yard anymore . Andrea & David Rollin
We have a tidy sum of Mille Fleur d’Uccle , Polish Frizzle , Blue Cochin , Ameraucana , Cream Legbar , PlymouthRock , Brahma , French Copper Marans and a Silkie . They provide a variety of egg ( when they want to ): blue , chocolate , white-hot and brown .
Andrea & David Rollin
Our chicken are very friendly and have even visited after - schoolhouse programs in the past .
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Modern Birds
We utilize engineering to like for our chickens . Wyzecameras show us their activity , and we sharethe links with friend to see them . Amazon ’s Alexaplays euphony for them and also turns on the greenhouse lights .
A Wi - Fi enable door is depart in the chunnel that will close off the recreational arena each night to keep the daughter dependable .
It ’s not all engineering here , though , and our chicken enjoy plenty of nature . We shack along thePawtuxet Riverwith a tree - lined view that overlooks a falls . We keep the girl entertained with Japanese knotweed , hang lettuce and a crybaby swing .
The coop has been repurposed with various fabric and retrofitted with Brazilian cherry tree walls , Gallic doors and teal puritanic speech pattern . An old sink make it easy to lave our hands when we ’re land up playing with the chickens . Andrea & David Rollin
The hen have been a great gain to our urban homestead , where we originate our vegetables , set 250 garlic bulbs a year and have more than 100 different variety of plant life ! — Andrea & David Rollin , West Warwick , Rhode Island
This clause originally appeared in the March / April 2021 issue ofChickensmagazine .
Andrea & David Rollin
