Well we've had a couple more eggs, but they have all been of the sad shmooshed variety. One was laid in the box, one out on the wire and one on the roof which fell off. I hope we don't have an egg pecking problem. It's hard to tell what's going on. I've blocked off the roof of the nests now, so they can't sit up there anymore. I feel a little bad about that, since they seem so happy and cozy up there, but hopefully they will transfer over to the roosts.

I finally fixed the door, with a pretty low key solution. Just a hook which attaches to the wire on the yard, plus a piece of coat hanger to lower it and raise it. Having the bar in the corner was warping the plywood and making it really difficult to close. We'll see what this does.

My last problem to solve is how to get the water off the floor. I now wish we would have put the hole for the stair over the door rather than the back wall. It would have given me more options in placing other attachments.

I have added a section to the feeder for the oyster shells, so they can self feed on that too. Plus we got some of the laying feed, which I just mixed in with the chick feed we still have left. I figure some of them are laying and some aren't, so no need to waste it. I also decided to get pellets rather than more crumble because they do seem to drop a lot of that and it's hard to pick up. The pellets are easier for the chickens to grab and should be easier for me to scoop up after we move the coop. I try to get as much of the waste crumbles as possible and use it for scratch in the yard.

The peas have come out and pole beans have gone in in their place to reuse the trellis. It's a little late, but hopefully we'll have a cooperative fall and get a good harvest. I plan on interplanting with bush beans where ever the poles don't come up since they have a much shorter harvest time. We've pulled some garlic, which is super hot and the lettuce is definately getting to its end with the hot weather. The heads are bolting and will need to be picked today or tomorrow or they'll be chicken feed, which isn't all bad.