An Early Christmas Gift, a Covered Coop

These cute little birds, perched atop this tree were becoming a menace to our little flock of chickens.

Earlier this fall, Hayman built new feeders that really helped to keep the wild birds at bay.

But then the snow came and with it I swear every wild bird within a hundred miles showed up!

We had chickadees, starlings and dove!

They would swoop in and and clean out the feeders in a jiffy!

Those little suckers worked in groups and pairs to get the cleaning out job done!

Smart little suckers! 

So Hayman came up with a new covered coop plan.

We bought the supplies last week and spent two days working on it in very cold temps!

The coop is now covered with a more bird friendly top so they can't get hung up in the netting when they try to get in. And try they do, but they don't usually succeed!

The gate is now covered with a "net door" which has really helped a lot!

No more wilds tormenting and eating all of the chicken food!

This covered coop project was my Christmas present from Hayman.

Even though I was out there helping him, he did all of the hard work and I was just more like moral support. 

I love this man to the moon and back!

And this project is the perfect present because it will keep on giving all year long!