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  1. cooper38

    Links/info to Fed/State laws re: birds of prey? advice?

    Just invite some crows over.
  2. cooper38

    Couple of coop questions

    Great looking coop. Like the solar powerd lights.
  3. cooper38

    Installing walls and trusses

    Either way with the osb will work. It will be stronger and tie everything together if you keep your framing flush with the 4x4 and floor system and nail the osb over it all. Just rember osb is 8' long If you have 8' walls you will have to put small pieces in to fill the gap. As far as the...
  4. cooper38

    Black Widows?

    TheDonger you beat me to it. I was going to ask the same question. Today my 8 year old daughter was out with the chickens when she started chasing the chickens out of woods yelling no don't eat that. Come to find out she seen them going after a black widow and just knew it would hurt them. I...
  5. cooper38

    My poor Kitty :( What could have done this? *GRAPHIC PICS*

    Looks like a coyote or dog. What ever it was got a face full of claws when it latched on. A dog or coyote chasing something bites at it a coon or other cats chase someting they swat at it to nock it down. The marks on his rear look like teeth marks from a dog or coyote. One lucky cat.
  6. cooper38

    spacing boards on run???

    Maybe get some hog or cattle panels from TS or a farm supply. They are 4' to 5' tall 16' long made out of steel and can be zip tied or wired to the run. If you need to move the run just take the panels off and reattach when you relocate.
  7. cooper38

    New coop build. Ventilation/ siding question

    What type of siding is it, a lap siding or just barn boards ran vertically butted up together? If it is ran vertically make it into what is board and batten siding which is covering the gaps or butt joints with a 1 1/2" - 2" strips.
  8. cooper38

    Running electrical line to the coop?

    12-2 wg is rated for 20 amps in a residential application. National electric code states it has to be at least 12" deep, if your going to be doing any plowing or any thing like that it needs to be deeper. If all you want is a circuit for the coop and see no need for any thing else in the future...
  9. cooper38

    boat as coop?

    I agree it may be to narrow, and it may have a little to much bounce to it. Try adding a 2x4 or something to it to stiffen it up.
  10. cooper38

    boat as coop?

    Oh dont forget the little swords and the rum. No forget the rum, you dont want a bunch of drunk pirate chickens terrorizing the neighborhood. Guess that "coop" don't have a crows nest.
  11. cooper38

    boat as coop?

    Need to hoist a jolly roger up the flag pole. Get some little eye patches and pirate hats for the chickens. First off you need a name across the back of that boat, something like the SS Sea Chicken. P.S. got to be the coolest coop yet.
  12. cooper38

    A couple of ways to save when purchasing building supplies.....

    If you have a 2,000.00 or over materials list on anything in the store, take it to commercial sales desk and have them send it to the quote center. It can save you up to 20% or more on some items. This is at lowes.
  13. cooper38

    Coop location?

    The way kids like to sleep late now a days might be a good idea to put the coop outside their window full of roos.
  14. cooper38

    Angle of slope on the shed style roof?

    ...A 12/12 which is 45 degrees the high side will be 60" taller. Take the length of the building (the direction the rafter are run) and multiply by the rise of the slope you want and it will tell you how high the high side will be. Like in the example 5' wide building with a 3/12 pitch 5*3=15"
  15. cooper38

    Coop door lock works too great!

    I went in the tack room one day, and noticed a wire tied to the latch and run through a hole, and a new board nailed to the door. After wandering what it was it dawned on me, dad got locked in. I called him up and asked if he had gotten locked in the tack room and he said yes. I asked how he got...
  16. cooper38

    Where can I buy sand for run?

    Masonry supplly stores. They will even deliver most of the time for free.
  17. cooper38

    treated or untreated wood for hen house and run?

    Treated lumber wherever it contacts the ground or is exposed to the weather. You can use untreated lumber where exposed to the weather as long as you paint it or stain it. Osb can be used as long as it is covered with additional siding. OSB will not hold up to the weather even if you paint it or...
  18. cooper38

    stupid question

    Watch out for them duck hats, you will get hat hair. Or is that poop hair:P
  19. cooper38

    Coop DISASTER please help :)

    You want to use osb or plywood sheeting under this type of siding. When cutting this use a set of saw horses with two 8' 2x's laid on top of the saw horses to support the siding, set the saw blade to where it just cuts through it. You can use regular saw blades to cut hardee board siding it just...
  20. cooper38

    Buying Shavings and Litter in BULK

    Planer shavings is what your local feed store/ TS sell in those bundles. Check with local sawmills or cabinet/ woodworking shops that have planers. Most will give you all you want just to get rid of them. Just make shure there is no walnut shavings. Most of the mills around here deal heavily...
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