➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Tesumph]

Neat! Looks like the center door on the lower sample
cabinet is a sliding door also.

Yea! I like the look of the sliding barn door, but the hardware is ~$50 and I’m trying to build efficiently. Maybe that’s a future upgrade, who knows.

Be careful out in the heat today Nana! Today’s a scorcher.

 

[Kiki]

This is probably what I struggle with the most. I worry myself into the ground and try to convince myself that progressing isn’t worth the effort and hassle.

I think a lot of people end up spinning their tires because there’s no pressure or drive to better themselves. Sometimes you just have to make decisions and stick to your guns; the kinks will work themselves out as your work ethic and confidence in your abilities grows.

 

[Kiki]

Well I don’t exactly have plans, but I scribbled down the general idea of it just for you! It’s kind of a wild project that I’ve been chewing over for quite some time.
Spoiler because I imagine most of you don’t care about bearded dragon tanks?

Spoiler: Dragon tank “plans”

There’s tons of plans for DIY dragon tanks online, but I want mine to look like an actual, nice piece of furniture. Go big or go home.
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Main points:
-frame and shelving will be made from “shelving boards,” (cheap) sanded and painted
-the very top piece will be real stained wood that will ultimately be removable (see below)
-four 10x10 inch cubby holes on bottom, sized for storage baskets
-one 20x16 inch storage hole in the middle; was going to be a double door, but now I’m thinking it’s too narrow for that
-the actual tank is up top, accessible by a sliding glass door on the front (two 20x24 inch glass panels on a sliding door track)
-lighting will be mounted inside the tank and wires will be run upward into a false ceiling. Wire compartment false ceiling will be accessible from above through the real wooden top, that I’ll make removable by making “notches” for it to sit in (confusing, I know)
-tank ventilation is still up for debate; probably going to make one long, narrow mesh screen “window” on the back and silicone/frame it in
-tank floor will be slate tile, grouted in
-tank walls will be lined with faux wood linoleum, and corners sealed with aquarium silicone

Inspiration (keep in mind that I haven’t found any pictures of anything quite like what I’m doing, I’m mostly winging it):
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I've been watching this price drop.
I'm waiting until it gets lower.
https://www.wayfair.com/Three-Posts...zJtCxgcOrO5VnaCis3pWHxWeIPTZ5gYRoCv60QAvD_BwE

 

[Kiki]

Hi everybody

I'm sooo far behind that I just can't catch up. I hope that everything is going wonderfully for you all.

Living in the house now, but it's nowhere near finished. Slowly but surely getting there.

Has Puckers played in the shower yet?

 

[Kiki]

Yea! I like the look of the sliding barn door, but the hardware is ~$50 and I’m trying to build efficiently. Maybe that’s a future upgrade, who knows.

Be careful out in the heat today Nana! Today’s a scorcher.

I am done with summer time.
Please go away already.

 

[R2elk]

I am done with summer time.
Please go away already.

When I checked the low temperature for the day this morning, the remote thermometer read 32.7°F.

 

[sdm111]

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Has Puckers played in the shower yet?

Lol
Puckers hasn't been inside.
He's lost all of his undercoat and he looks so skinny now. He turned a year on independence day.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

When I checked the low temperature for the day this morning, the remote thermometer read 32.7°F.

Sounds about the same here. The average this summer has been room temp or cooler.

 

[NanaKat]

Yea! I like the look of the sliding barn door, but the hardware is ~$50 and I’m trying to build efficiently. Maybe that’s a future upgrade, who knows.

Be careful out in the heat today Nana! Today’s a scorcher.

Hubby talked me out of picking the pears because it was getting hot.
Instead, while he and his brother raked and baled 40 bales hay, I shoveled out the brooder room and the entry of the henhouse. The brooder room has a concrete floor.
Took out 39 five gallon buckets of dissentigrated wood shavings and powdered poop. Filled the big wheel barrow 7 times and spread it in the new flowerbeds I want to make this fall.
I was comfortable most of the time because I have a water cooler in the brooder room window and had a 36 inch fan at each door....and there were cold bottles of water in the fridge in the barn.
Still, my shower sure felt good!