The Coop!

May 13th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

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A whopping two days before leaving for Amsterdam, we finished the coop! “We” meaning 80 percent Delia, 20 percent Eric, with huge assists from Dave and Peter.

The chix seem really happy. I’m loving just chucking cooking scraps and watching them go nuts.

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And the view from above:

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Any other urban chicken farmers out there? I can’t wait for the eggs, which should start coming, to the tune of 4 or 5 per chicken per week (we have four chickens), sometime in July.

More updates from Europe, so stay tuned!

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  1. 15 Responses to “The Coop!”

  2. By artlife on May 13, 2009

    love this!

  3. By Eric on May 13, 2009

    We’ll save you some eggs, Stella!

  4. By Kevin Williams on May 13, 2009

    Yep! chickens east almost every thing!
    Enjoy your trip :)

  5. By Karena on May 13, 2009

    I love that you get to turn cooking scraps into eggs!

  6. By Eric on May 13, 2009

    That’s my favorite part too! Screw composting.

  7. By Ellen Daly on May 13, 2009

    Wow, those chicks do grow fast – seems like just last week, they were tiny peepers … and what a luxury condominium they have!

  8. By Thy Tran on May 13, 2009

    Love the shaded chicken run! My mom’s been raising chickens since she was five years old (there’re 94 at last count in her hen house) and was mildly amused to learn about this new trend, the urban backyard coop. Her chickens go nuts whenever she walks toward them with rice noodles or vegetable trimmings.

    Golden rich chawanmushi….yummm….

  9. By Maria on May 13, 2009

    The chicken coups remind me of the days I lived with my grandparents in the country and how wonderful it was to eat food without hormones y preservatives! Kudos! FYI, I’ve perfected one recipe out of your cookbook and love it. Keep ‘em coming.

  10. By Eric on May 13, 2009

    94, lordy Thy. It does indeed seem to be a trend with legs, ha! I may be calling ma up for advice, please!

  11. By Wakeford on May 13, 2009

    Those ain’t no chicks. Thems full-fledged chickens. No seriously, wow!

  12. By Bryan on May 13, 2009

    omg! i love that you have chickens now!

    and three cheers for resolved blog-updates via email!

    so, outrageous request #1: later this summer, how about a breakaway dessert made with eggs?

  13. By Em on May 14, 2009

    Wow, great job! Looking forward to more updates on your chickens. Have a great time in Europe. :)

  14. By Stuart on May 15, 2009

    Hey Delia, want to come to HMB and build another coop? I’ll cook dinner. Eric can come too, and play with the kids.

  15. By annabelle on May 23, 2009

    That ain’t no coop! It’s a Palace for your queens. Lucky girls to have such a glamor pad.

    Great job! What are their names again?

  16. By Alisa@Foodista on May 24, 2009

    It’s my first visit to your blog and Ive enjoyed reading your posts!I would love to raise some chickens too.What a wonderful coop!

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