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This is the new roof. we had a really wet summer and they just would not get dry so we had to do something. this roof cost me a car we would have junked 2 hens and about $300 in roofing fencing nails and gas.
we moved the gutters to the front of the runs and should be able to collect lots more rain now. I almost didn't have enough through the summer even with all the rain.
this is the bucket the rain water will empty into for the final filtering. the gutter guard had a fine mesh under the plastic so we didn't fell like we needed tons more filtering.
this is what is in the bottom of the bucket. we wrapped screen around some wire for strength.
this is the new down spout
this is the front of the barrel with a shut off valve. we needed that to work on the line or drain for the coldest weather.
this is a BAD pic of the line. the white pipe is the line. the chickens started playing with their new toys right off. lol
we moved the gutters to the front of the runs and should be able to collect lots more rain now. I almost didn't have enough through the summer even with all the rain.
this is the bucket the rain water will empty into for the final filtering. the gutter guard had a fine mesh under the plastic so we didn't fell like we needed tons more filtering.
this is what is in the bottom of the bucket. we wrapped screen around some wire for strength.
this is the new down spout
this is the front of the barrel with a shut off valve. we needed that to work on the line or drain for the coldest weather.
this is a BAD pic of the line. the white pipe is the line. the chickens started playing with their new toys right off. lol
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