Chicken Stairs

[jthornton]

I put the bottom of a kennel and a milk crate on a 6x6 with a piece of board for the pop door over a year ago and it was supposed to be temporary... well I finally got my round-tuit for that project and built some chicken stairs and incorporated the grit, egg shell and oyster shell bowls into the stairs. I know it will look like crap in a few days but it was fun to make something from scrap bits of wood. Some of the wood came out of the firewood pile!





JT

 

[Kiki]

Awesome stair building skills!

 

[jthornton]

Had to sneak it in under the cover of darkness but I know they will have a fit in the morning so special treats for sure.


Gotta relocate the ramp to the top of the pallet tomorrow...

JT

 

[3KillerBs]

I put the bottom of a kennel and a milk crate on a 6x6 with a piece of board for the pop door over a year ago and it was supposed to be temporary... well I finally got my round-tuit for that project and built some chicken stairs and incorporated the grit, egg shell and oyster shell bowls into the stairs. I know it will look like crap in a few days but it was fun to make something from scrap bits of wood. Some of the wood came out of the firewood pile!
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JT

Did you turn those bowls?

(My DH has lathe envy)

 

[jthornton]

Did you turn those bowls?

(My DH has lathe envy)

I found a JET wood lathe in Arkansas that had an issue with the variable speed for not much. I assume the guy could not figure out how to take it apart and replace the worn parts because he had the replacement parts.

Yes, I made them from some red oak boards and used a hole saw to make the basic shape then turned them on the lathe. It was a bowl turning experience for sure.

The one on the right is for my sister it has a black walnut strip between the top and second board. I like it the best of all the bowls I've turned so far...


JT

 

[3KillerBs]

I found a JET wood lathe in Arkansas that had an issue with the variable speed for not much. I assume the guy could not figure out how to take it apart and replace the worn parts because he had the replacement parts.

Yes, I made them from some red oak boards and used a hole saw to make the basic shape then turned them on the lathe. It was a bowl turning experience for sure.

The one on the right is for my sister it has a black walnut strip between the top and second board. I like it the best of all the bowls I've turned so far...
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JT

Absolutely lovely!

 

[linguini]

Classy chickens

 

[jthornton]

Classy chickens

Spoiled for sure lol...

JT

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

I put the bottom of a kennel and a milk crate on a 6x6 with a piece of board for the pop door over a year ago and it was supposed to be temporary... well I finally got my round-tuit for that project and built some chicken stairs and incorporated the grit, egg shell and oyster shell bowls into the stairs. I know it will look like crap in a few days but it was fun to make something from scrap bits of wood. Some of the wood came out of the firewood pile!
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JT

Wow!!! Mind blown! Absolutely love the detail you put into this!!! Such a craftsman!
I tried hard to get others to join I'm on ideas and pics for ramps that aren't your everyday kind of ramps!
This is amazing!!!
You got some very lucky birdies!!!

 

[jthornton]

It only took corn bread, wheat grass sprouts and an hour of thinking about them before all 10 Cinnamon Queen hens came out.

JT