Posts by GarageChickens

After a few weeks of reading, I finally caught up with the end of this thread. My, what I have learned, with good humor, honesty, frankness and a bit of brutality along the way. I am good with all of it. You folks are my kind of...

A friend lost a bird last month to the heat.   Mine seem to tough it out. They have plenty of water -- spiked with ACV -- to drink and wade in, lots of shade and they usually have a good breeze. Frozen water bottles don't last...

'cept I'm a Papa.  

I've had to run the pullets into the coop every night since they moved outside. Tonight, they were all in their house, so I thought all was good when I locked the pop door. I go around and peek in the window. Normally they are all...

@Warmseth:   We have two Habitat ReStore stores in the Kansas City area. i took Friday afternoon off from work so my wife and I could go look for specifically for coop roofing material and price other stuff for our home. There...

Last weekend was a bust because of the weather, but this weekend was better. Three of four walls done, inside and out. I underestimated the number of 2x4s I needed, plus some recycled OSB that was not as good as I thought it was --...

After my J-ring pliers failed, I just used my old, trusty lineman's pliers. They might not all be perfect, but they are tight. I should have worn gloves as my hands are shredded right now.

Look for hog rings, you will be happier.

It might work while the sun is shining, but when it get rained upon ... I think it will delaminate and turn to crap.

Funny, because I just returned a pair to TSC today. They broke after about a dozen uses. I used lineman's pliers to complete the job.   Whatever happened to hog rings? I used them for fencing and car upholstery years ago, but...