{"id":1359,"date":"2016-12-04T09:12:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T14:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2016-12-04T09:12:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T14:12:55","slug":"a-big-day-for-the-little-half-acre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/a-big-day-for-the-little-half-acre\/","title":{"rendered":"A Big Day for The Little Half Acre!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s raining again outside.\u00a0 But thank goodness for that because we’re still down close to eleven inches in average rainfall here in the mountains of western North Carolina.\u00a0 The entire area is in a severe drought so we’re thankful for close to two inches of rain that will fall today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n

But something exciting happened a few short weeks ago on a really gorgeous (and dry) fall day here on The Little Half Acre.\u00a0 Our new chicken coop arrived!\u00a0 Yay!<\/p>\n

No chickens yet and, at the rate we’re going, there probably won’t be any until spring.\u00a0 While the coop only needs a couple of minor adjustments to hold the nine or ten hens I plan to put in there, the attached run we need to build is going to be a bit more complicated.\u00a0 Because of the North to South slope where the run will attach to the coop, as well as the East to West slope toward the dry (or mostly dry) branch next to the coop, the Innocent Bystander (hubbie) is going to have to construct a polygonal shaped chicken run.\u00a0 Just another complication from homesteading on a hillside.\u00a0 No problem, we’ll handle it because we can just taste all those lovely eggs!<\/p>\n

Here’s the delivery and set up in photos:<\/p>\n