North 40 Life Magazine | Page 11

After a quick introduction, we were looking at one of the nicest backyard chicken coops on the face of the earth, or at least in the Entiat River Valley… Automatic lights, automatic heat and automatic doors make this coop not only high tech, but extremely efficient for raising healthy chickens. It also makes it nice for Cindy—she doesn’t have to worry about her girls if she is gone for a long weekend. One thing that really stood out to us was the use of locally milled, reclaimed wood from an area close by that had been burned in a wildfire. Entiat has faced hard times with wildfire. Despite the hardships, the local people seem to keep a smile on their face and always looking forward.