06 March 2011

Cozy Coop

Hard to believe two months have passed since I last posted. While it’s been cold outside, we’ve been busy at One Prairie Outpost tackling indoor projects – both in our house and in the chicken coop. We’ve made significant progress on the second floor renovations in our home – more to come on that in the future. In the chicken coop, one important update we made to help the chickens weather the winter was insulation. On a Sunday in late January, Ben and I worked together to insulate the coop ceiling. Keeping the same eye on reusing available materials that we held in constructing the coop, we used our leftover polywoven chicken feed sacks to cover the insulation. Not only do they provide a protective barrier for the insulation, but they also lend a funky chicken-themed ceiling décor to the coop.