Chickens seem happy. One thing I forgot and should've done prior to moving the chicks back to the coop was to put hardware cloth over the opening between rafters. I had a chick escape last night through one. All these months of building a safe predatory proof coop 30 seconds after locking them in one escaped.
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- Mar 27, 2017
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Slapped a coat of paint on yesterday just to finally get some color on it. I had went to Lowes last week and was going buy regular red and white barn paint, however I found 5 gallons of Valspar latex satin in an almost identical red color. Someone had it mixed or something so it was on clearance. Normally $180.00, I paid $50.00. Then just a gallon of white for all the trim.
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- Mar 27, 2017
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Hung a 5 gallon bucket with horizontal nipples. Never used those before, only the vertical ones. See how that works. My large gravity fed waterer is broken right now. Pipe burst after the roof blew off. Ended up placing a large funnel upside down on top of the bucket to keep them from roosting on it. Should do the job. Time will tell. Dust bathing box contains a mix of dirt, wood ash and DE. Used my litter pooper scooper to filter out rocks, chunks of woods, sticks, etc. to make it as fine and fluffy as possible.
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- Mar 27, 2017
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At last. New roost installed over poop board. Not completely convinced they are going to work right. May be to narrow. I have a feeling lower chicks might be pooped on. We will see I guess. Ladders will also be built to lead up to the roost. Got that idea off of my wife's Pinterest.
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- Mar 20, 2017
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The bottom side of my roof that blew off. No high winds, roof had been on the building for years. **** thing blew completely off. I came out in the morning and I felt like the chickens were just looking at me, like WTH happened man! Good thing I was going to replace it anyhow.
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- Mar 20, 2017
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Added a clean out underneath the nesting boxes. Cleaned interior out again. Waiting for weather to get over 50 degrees so I can apply the 5 gal of Black Jack to the floor and 1 foot up on the walls. After that mess in December with the roof blowing off I need to protect the floor as mush as I can. It literally rained and snowed inside, soaking the bedding, everything for over a month. If I wasn't the man I am I would've cried.
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- Mar 20, 2017
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Current progress. Roof is on, no leaks. Yayy!!! Like I said before, I am no carpenter. Just the basic knowledge of how things work. Cut the 8' long roost in half, installed two 4' roost over top of poop boards. Booth roosts are on hinges and lift up and secured to rafters. Poop boards are on hinges as well. In theory when I clean the coop out in its entirety everything should for the most part be out of the way.
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- Mar 20, 2017
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