if you are using plain tin, not metal roofing.....overlap the ridges, hit the point of the ridge with your hammer just hard enough to make a dent where you want your nail to go. This gives you a kind of flat place to start your nail. I have been putting tin on buildings all my life, and this...
I was at the Kingsport TSC today. They got in RIR and Americauna pullets, cornish, Barred Rock st run, assorted pullets, and assorted red pullets( production red, RIR, and New Hampshire red). They also had some kind of really pretty ducks dark lokked like black/brown, but I'm not a duck person...
and this is our larger coop that is on the ground, and beside it is a different style raised coop that you can see also. the raised on here is about 3x7, so a standard sheet of plywood does the roof with overhang. The front is open in the pic for clean out. The large one still needs paint and...
This is our smallest raised coop, and you can see another in the background. The pop door slides with a pull rope, and the side is hinged for easy clean out from outside.
We have both styles. The raised coops are great for smaller coops, we have three approx. 4x4 each. They are for our smaller groups of chickens. I built them with one side hinged at the top for easy cleaning. I also have a raised coop 7x3, that the front wall raises for cleaning. They give shade...
Well the good news is chicks from Ideal made it alive except for one. The bad news is shipping is still an issue to this area. If it hadnt been for a nice postal worker in Knoxville, these would have not made it either. They shipped on Wednesday, just arrived in Knoxville today. He called and...
It's a little rhode island red chick that accidentally got placed under her in the dark....oops! They were on a mission haha, this was their first day out exploring their new world!