Homestead update. Hens and chicken coop

Even though I've been a homesteader for 4 years (I lived in the city before), I didn't had any pets, except for the dog.

So my wife and I decided to have chickens. From an economic point of view, it is not very profitable action, because according to our calculations, one chicken at the current cost of eggs and feed in stores will pay off no earlier than a year later, but we still decided to take the risk.

As I said, I have no experience in this case at all, but that rarely stops me. Having estimated our needs, we decided to buy no more than 3 chickens for start. It is desirable that at least one of them has laid eggs. Budget - no more than $5 per chicken (which is very cheap in our area)

While my wife began to study the ads for the sale of chickens, I took up the chicken coop.

I decided to stop on a small A-frame option. As a material , as usual, garbage.

Because the material was quite heterogeneous and not the best quality, it turned out a little crooked, but for the chicken coop will go.

I haven't had time to paint the frame as ....

Voila and we already have 3 hens

I think for now I became a real homesteader :) Four kids, three hens, two ponds, two houses, one wife, one dog and one acre of land. Not much, but it's just a beginning :)