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Nesting Box Giveaway

- victoria.l.mellott

Here are the NESTING BOX GIVEAWAY details

We had SO much fun with our first giveaway that we want to do ANOTHER and it’s BIG! So big your hens can lay an 🥚 in it! To celebrate the up and coming availability of our new item we are wanting to share one with you. Our NESTING BOX GIVEAWAY is here! We understand that chicken math is REAL and have decided to now offer stand alone nesting boxes!

How to enter:

-Follow @mellottchickencoops on Instagram and/or Facebook

-Like the post

-Tag a friend in the comment section (no limit, multiple tags = multiple entires)

*Extra Entry Opportunity! – share this post in your story & make sure to tag us!

Giveaway is also running on both our Facebook and Instagram page – be sure to follow us in both for more entry opportunities!

This giveaway is open to anyone who wants to follow us and become chicken loving friends. Though it is the responsibility of the winner to pick up the nesting box in San Diego in either Lakeside, CA or Descanso, CA.

The giveaway closes on Sunday August 23rd, 2020, at 10 p.m. Winner will be announced on Monday August 24th. Comment multiple times to increase your chances of winning! 

Good luck all our chicken loving friends!

These are for those who find themself with more hens than boxes or maybe want to separate a flock. Whatever your reason we are here to help! We will offer stained and unstained just like our coops and runs. The only difference with these are that they are PICK UP ONLY unless added onto a coop order. Pick up location will be in either Lakeside, CA or Descanso, CA.

Take a look at our pricing page if you are interested in purchasing!

Gardening Bug

- victoria.l.mellott

Hello everyone!

With all that is happening is the world in response to COVID-19 it seems people are really taking a look into what they can do at home to be more sustainable. At Mellott Chicken Coops we love that we can provide a safe, dependable home for chickens that can expand on this dream. I mean chickens are one of the coolest animals around, how many animals can give you breakfast just about EVERYDAY?! I mean WOW.

Our family loves this way of life and are always looking to expand our own homesteading dream. We have quite a bit of experience with raising farm animals but not so much in the world of planting. I want that to change. Having healthy fresh fruit and vegetables picked from the garden has always been a dream of mine. This year Ben has come up with a raised garden bed plan that I hope will jumpstart our harvesting.

He made it all out of Redwood with a greenhouse cover! Cool right? The cover will have hinges on one long side so you can lift it up and garden. Living up in the mountains of San Diego we do get snow and frosty nights so I am hoping this will extend our growing season as well as able us to start sooner. We also plan on making an interchangeable wire top that we can put on in the summer when the greenhouse isn’t needed – one garden bed two ways!

Here are the specs: 

All Redwood

Approx 4ft wide

Approx 8ft long

Approx 1ft deep

Hinges on one of the long sides so top can be lifted up and gardening can be done.

We also plan on adding our 1/2in x 1in 16 gauge wire on the bottom to deter pesky gophers.

I’ve made a garden plan and have started some seeds, once the rainy weather has passed I plan on setting up our bed behind the house and planting away! 

If you are interested in one of these beds we can build our greenhouse version for $550 and our wire version for $500. Wire can be added to the bottom for $50.

Is anyone interested in my garden plan? If so, I hope to put it in a blog post soon for all to check out – so stay tuned. If you have any tips, tricks or suggestions for growing here in San Diego or Southern California I’d love to hear them!