This is our hen house and coop that we built. We did it as cost affective as possible. It was a bigger undertaking than I thought it would be but it looks great and will be a great home for our egg laying hens. The handled door allows us to get the eggs from their nesting boxes from the outside. This other pic is of the inside nest boxes soon our hens will be in there laying eggs for us!! It has been quite cold here so this took more weekends than I wanted it to take but it is 95% done and I can say Im very proud of Jared and his many talents. Our bro in law Ian helped with it as well. Props to the men for the manly digging and building... I have props for making it look somewhat "cute." Rabbit wire had to be dug down 12" around the whole perimeter to make our hens safe from animals digging in and eating the birds. We really wanted the hen house to be safe and work long term. Im sure we will learn things the hard way but for our first build we know this will suffice.
In February we were happy to adopt our furry friend named Jack Black. He is a dwarf bunny and is very well behaved. The boys handle him all the time. He bit Zoa once when Zoa put on a bunny vest that pinched his fur and skin. I would say the bunny was justified and Zoa held no resentment. He loves his veggies and his hay. Im his favorite and he comes to me when I call him by name. He has been a great addition to our family.
Here is a pic of our chicks. They are just the cutest lil things when you first get them. We got 10 of them in February. Now they are gangly "teenagers" they have their full wings and fly around here and there. They just look a little awkward, pics coming soon of how silly they look. We purchased 4 different breeds and named them all. As they grow up to they are harder to tell apart and know who is who but we still know when we look closely. The different breeds all have their own unique personalities. I hope they start laying eggs for us in late July...but it could be much later. It has been fun adding pets to our family. The boys are gaining so much knowledge and that is priceless. :) 
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Love the pic of your bunny! Our bunny died a couple of weeks ago. He was a great guy. He was a black and white dwarf and loved to be outside, we had him for over 8 years and he was getting pretty old. One night he had enough. We were very sad to see him go.
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