E6GCOOP

Making the coop:

Here are some pictures that we took in the proccess of first making our coop. We will be adding more and more pictures as we progress in our project. This page is mostly documenting for more **recent photos** and information __not for grading__ click the link //below// :) More Photos



5/11 maybe- So far we've gotten the base down and we've nailed in 6 of the supports. Now we have to add the chicken wire, base, door, and hay. Here are some pictures of us creating the coop so far. We are hoping the coop will be finished before the eggs hatch. 5/12- liz and amanda; today we continued building the coop. we are going to start documenting on here so we can identify whos post is whos while we are working. We are trying to get more materials. We also painted the top of the coop today. We stapled chicken waire to 4 of the 6 sopprts making a screen that the chickens could not break. Just in case the chickens can break throuhg the wire, we only put it on the second level of the coop. This will also bring fresh air into the coop. 5/14- liz and amanda ; we continued building the coop and the goal for friday is to complete at least another side of it and bring in the materials we need. we reached our goal today, but we also in a way went backwards because one of the boards was not hammered in well enough and the entire thing fell off. This is one of the many obstacles that stand in our way in completion of the coop. Friday we hope to get the door COMPLETELY in and get rid of all the holes and unneccessary gaps that can be found all around our coop. we also need to replace chickenwire, if it is not in friday our goal is to have it in and installed by monday. 5/15- liz and amanda; we are still building the chicken coop, and today we are installing a lock on the door to keep people from fiddling with our chicken coop. still waiting on the hay..probably amanda or i will bring that in. the only obstacle keeping us from finishing right now is the lack of materials that we have. Also the fact that we're really slow at the hammering and construction of the coop. Lastly, today, we might paint or something. peace out.

5/18- liz and will; today we have recieved the lock (thank you amanda) and we will be installing the lock and the other thing today. our goal for tomorrow is to have our plywood in and to finish more of the coop because the eggs should be hatching by next weekend. we will all most likely be going to wills house since will cannot have the eggs hatching at school. we will be posting more pictures by the end of today. 5/19- liz and amanda and eli; we flipped the eggs at the beginning of class. it didn't smell too great so that is an observation. the eggs and the inside of the incubator were warmer then usual. yesterday will and i had done a survey where we went around and asked if people thought it was considered 'animal testing' the results were 12-0 and nobody thought that hatching the eggs in school were considered animal testing unlike the other groups doing saltwater/regular water fish experiments where they are seeing how long saltwater fish last in regular water. we aren't really getting anywhere coop-building wise. we still need more wood. our goal for thursday is to have the materials in and to finish the outside shell of the coop by 5/22 because the chickens should be hatching in less than 7 days. 5/21- liz amanda and will; today we did not get the materials we were supposed to. so we once again, did not reach our goal. the things we can still do is improve the coop, and flip the eggs. our goal for tomorrow is for ALL OF US to bring in wood, especially will and eli. the eggs are almost hatched. woot woot.  5/22- liz and amanda; will has taken the eggs home. we think they will be probably hatching over the weekend. theres nothing to really do without the eggs or wood here,so today we will just be making a chicken-care schedule/plan. eli is calling will right now to ask if he can record the hatching if they do hatch. we will upload the hatching video and will should document what is going on. we will be making the the schedule with microsoft excel. it turns out that the chicks will not be directly going into the coop and instead into a little box with bedding stuff and a warm light. after they get larger they will be moved into the coop. the last goals of today will be to have a productive team meeting and possibly make a video with the subject: "how the eggs project is affecting bcs". most likely not all of these ideas and projects will be completed by today. it will take work at home and maybe work during choicehour. 5/26- liz and amanda; we have the wood. our goal has been reached. now all we need to do before we get out is to finish the coop. or at least more of it. the eggs are supposed to be hatching today. we think we may have timed the hatching date wrong. the coop is almost done we are waiting on the arrival of the chicken wire. amanda will be getting the chicken wire. not too much too document today. more tomorrow, good bye. 5/29- liz and eli; two eggs hatched. a quail and a little chick. the quail has the ability to fly. and the chick..not so much. we only have the chickenwire left to install and the coop will be finished. our goals are all up to date. and now the last goal we have is to finish the coop and have the chicken and the quail stay in it for just a little while. here are some photos of how far we have gotten with our group. oh and on another note, AMANDA FINALLY BROUGHT IN THE CHICKEN WIRE!!!! 6/1- liz and will; so, felix martin and michael ross broke our door to our coop. which is a major set back. we are very angry. so, basically we have nothing left to do because will is unable to get the chicks back so our chicken coop is now an empty wooden house. with a lock. we have all the materials in that we needed. felix is in a lot of trouble. and we are hoping our door will remain to work once we unlock it tomorrow. 6/2- Eli This is a video that we taped of felix, which includes a confession of his actions. Notice his inconfidence, clearly showing that he is nervous and afraid that he will get in trouble, which we think he should. We attempted to fix the door, but we are still unsure ofg wheather or not it will open now. media type="youtube" key="mM-va9L_yHg" height="344" width="425"



  What we need: Plywood, Hay, Bedding, Chick food, Chicken wire [X] || May 26- Goals: to have all the materials in by today and begin finishing the outer layer of the coop [X] || May 27- Goals: if we did NOT finish we should be done today [X] || May 28- Goal: add hay/ and or bedding and move the chicks into the coop [X] || May 29-Goal: have chickens/ whatever else lived stay inside the coop [X] || after awhile of the chicks living in the coop we will take pictures and when we feel the chickens have been there long enough we will let them go back to the farm [ ] ||  Jun 2- We're in a mix up right now because we do not know if the eggs are able to come back to the coop to live in it or not so the schedule of May 29- Jun 1st will probably not happen and be rearranged or completely just voided. amen. ||  || <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> || ♥WALE ♥ || <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> || <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> ||
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