The Gate.

We have had trouble with our gate to the field since we've moved in.  The post holding the gate was in poor shape, and it hasn't been helped by wet, and cold, and digging, and general age. 

So, Husband surprised me while I was gone, and fixed the thing.  This was SO nice!  The post was leaning badly, so the gate drug in the dirt.  This made it hard to open, and harder to make absolutely sure it was closed.  We had several "chicken leaks", they would catch it any time I hadn't managed to shut it completely. 

He had to take down the post, which was more undoing the fence from it. 

He said the bottom... Was GONE. 

It had just been more or less holding position by the fence, and a support we'd put until some good weather to fix it occurred.  He had a new post, and put it in, re-upped the fence, put the gate on straight, no dragging!  We have to latch it now, before, it was like a plow, so it didn't move, willingly.  Now, I have touched it with one finger, and zzzwing, off it goes. 

So nice!!

The chickens enjoyed the after effects, in that Husband need to dig out the hole for the post, and so there was dirt they could scratch, as well as worms... Told him, had I been home, there would have been a race, because I would have put the worms in the garden!

And an added benefit, we can have the chickens in a large area, the main field, or in the hen yard. We have a second latch, on the small enclosure, and now I can enclose them, as I did the other day.  I want to see if any of them are hiding eggs.  If there is a significant amount of eggs the next day, I have my answer.  Otherwise, I guess they were a bit more freaked out than I expected from Husband's work day. 

So, I went to the coast, and came home to a present from Husband. 

Cool, isn't it??