Welcome to Happy Days Farm!
Brittany May and Penny Ausley from Happy Days Farm
In 2012, Penny Ausley and Brittany May introduced ‘Happy Days Farm.’ They both love their animals and Penny expanded her home to include a chicken coop in the backyard which houses their much-loved chickens – all hand raised from babies.
A couple of years ago, they traced the source of migraine headaches that Penny has to sodium nitrite, nitrate, and MSG which is located in many foods that we eat. This led them to begin a semi-organic eating style. They learned to avoid eating out in restaurants which use these ingredients, and also starting shopping in Whole Foods for meats and cheeses. This led them to find a local farmer to purchase eggs and vegetables from, and eventually they decided a chicken coop was for them!
Brittany started the blog while they were building the coop, and recently added a Facebook page to highlight daily life on the ‘farm.’ The rest is history. In addition to the coop, they have a security team, also known as free-range guinea fowl, as well as a precious bunny, and an ever expanding vegetable garden. They both cater to their love for animals, gardening, and cooking when they are not at work at Ausley’s Chevelle Parts selling restoration car parts. Yes, Penny does own this business with her husband so they are extremely busy, but realized that even though it is a lot of work, animals, especially chickens, are a great stress-reliever and a source of much joy.
.Starting at the top left is Chachi, our Barred Rock Cochin Rooster.
The next image to the right is Shirley, a White Leghorn
Followed by Laverne, a White Leghorn
Minky is next, she is Ameraucana.
Marilyn is our other Ameraucana.
Buffy, the Buff Orpington.
Bella is a Barred Cochin.
Annie is a white Ameraucana
Addie is currenty a mystery- We are thinking a mix of Buff Orpington with Wyandotte?
Bonnie, Bess, and Molly are Blue Cochins
The next two images are our Guinea Fowl Flock
Last, but not least is Sugar. He is a Dwarf Lionhead Rabbit.
Here is a short video that gives a detailed ‘Coop Tour!’
Please click and enlarge the video, so you can read the descriptions!
Enjoy!
Awesome! Glad FED posted this or I would not have seen it! Great coop!
What a pretty coop…mine is, err, "rustic" or maybe "primitive" to describe it and I always enjoy (and get a bit jealous) over these lovely chicken houses! Thanks FED for sharing 🙂
Fun video.. Great coop and run and storage- that's my envy!!!!
Rain 🙂
………… Dreaming of storage and shelves……….. 🙂