calling any one from missouri

[jthornton]

Got a bit more done on the Elevated Dust Bath for the CQ's. Had to give up on using a lock miter router joint the bit is not correct so I switched to a lock miter dado joint done on the table saw.

Fit to the tubby a bit tight still need a bit of sanding.


Prototype for the legs


The first leg still needs sanding and rounding over the edges but I like the proportions.


The door to Coop Uno is acting up so gotta diagnose that tomorrow...

JT

 

[jthornton]

The RIR hens balked a bit last night at the red heat lamp but by morning it had been there all their life.

Got more done on the legs, just need to put pocket screw holes and round over the edges then I can glue them together. I made it high enough so the hens could run under it when being chased. You always need a back door...


JT

 

[jthornton]

With it raining all day yesterday and playing hooky today I finished up the Elevated Dust Bath build. Now to put a safe finish on the wood.



With the tubby that holds the dust mix.


I built it so the tubby can be removed easily for cleaning.

JT

 

[addctd2plnts]

I really like that! Great job!

I can testify to the cold, we've been doing horse chores for 2 hours every morning because the barn girl only comes Tue-Fri. Farrier came today. I don't know how she could hack it for 4 hours in that weather. Both Hubby and I are sick. First time I've been sick since Jan of 2020. Had a fever and chills with a head cold. Hoping it will be gone tomorrow. I can hack being sick but hubby is a total bear. The whole world must stop when he's sick LMBO

 

[jthornton]

Got the first coat of Tried & True Varnish Oil on today. Gotta let that sit for 24 hours then burnish it with 0000 steel wool then put a second coat on for protection.


JT

 

[SueT]

Got the first coat of Tried & True Varnish Oil on today. Gotta let that sit for 24 hours then burnish it with 0000 steel wool then put a second coat on for protection.
View attachment 2955992

JT

It looks like a piece of fine furniture!

 

[jthornton]

It looks like a piece of fine furniture!

Thank You!

It'll be a piece of fine chicken furniture for sure.

The Tried & True is non toxic so safe to use for food grade projects.

JT

 

[jthornton]

I placed it outside their run door about an hour before bedtime then moved in the run after everyone went inside the coop... we'll see tomorrow if they think it's an alien invasion or not.

JT

 

[jthornton]

I put the Elevated Dust Bath in the run last night after everyone went inside. Didn't take them long to come outside after the door opened but no one has used it yet... they are still looking at it. Betty Boop has been on it once... a plate of scrambled eggs is a strong drawing card. After she got her fill I put the plate under the dust bath and most of the rest finished off the eggs.


I have to make some dispensers similar to the tree bowl between the feeder and dust bath for egg shells and oyster shells. Then I can put their wooden landing and ramp and git rid of the milk crate, block of wood and kennel bottom that I temperately used a year and a half ago...

JT

 

[jthornton]

Web camera photo proof they are getting the idea.


Didn't take them long at all.

JT