One of the first commonalities we discovered when Emily & I started dating is that we both like chickens, and wanted to have some one day. That day is fast approaching. A lady in town has some extra young ones she is willing to sell us, so I built my gallinera (chicken coop) this weekend. And, yes, i used a machete to do it. And an axe, as well as more traditional stuff like hammer and saw.

It’s connected to the stilts that hold up our house, and it is big enough for two, maybe three chunk-chunk-chickens. We are hoping for free eggs in a month or two. BRAAAWK! This is mostly for our personal enjoyment, though we lie to ourselves and say it’s a good idea economically… eggs are up to about .80q each (about 11 cents) and that’s getting to be a pretty expensive habit at our income bracket. But the chickens cost about 75q each, so that’s a hundred eggs just to break even. Not including feed, which isn’t that necessary because there are a lot of bugs to snack on in our cornfield. I’ll keep you posted on the Chicken Project.