The Workbench

It took us awhile to decide on a location and a method for organizing all of our backyard chicken care taking materials and equipment.  After loads of research we decided on an idea from the wonderful resource Tilly's Nest.  Thanks to Tilly's sage advice, we got stuff out of the garage (so we could park inside again) and near the coop.  In addition, the new workbench area helped our chicken-sitter feel comfortable taking care of the chickens' needs. 

Here is a view of the whole area where you can see the workbench, aluminum cans, various buckets, and compost bins.

The red bucket is for waste clean up (we use it often!)  The green bucket is for bringing feed into the coop.  The green bucket is upside down with a rock on top because a jar of scratch is hiding underneath.  Scratch is something the squirrels love as much as the chickens!  You can also see the rakes we use to clean the coop and the blue trays for transporting hay and pine shavings.

It is hard to read the labels on the cans, but there is one each for chicken feed (egg maker), pine shavings, and straw.  One of the cans holds scratch, meal worms, and oyster shells.  

Here's another view showing our two-bin composting system.  We will probably have to add a third compost bin soon.  Chicken waste is plentiful and great for compost.  It will provide us with a fabulous garden next year.  The workbench will soon need to move into phase two where it gets a roof for the winter.