Chicken Stairs

[Auntiejessi3]

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

I absolutely love that! Very nice job!

 

[RoyalChick]

Just gorgeous. I hope the ladies (including your sister) appreciate them. I wish I was that talented. And is that a canon I see in the garage?!

 

[jthornton]

Just gorgeous. I hope the ladies (including your sister) appreciate them. I wish I was that talented. And is that a canon I see in the garage?!

Yes, one day a buddy said lets build a cannon so off to Dixie Gun Works to buy barrels. Another buddy had the original plans for the 6 pounder cannon so I made a couple cannons. I did cheat and purchased the wheels. I did all the wood work and metal work to build them.

JT

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes, one day a buddy said lets build a cannon so off to Dixie Gun Works to buy barrels. Another buddy had the original plans for the 6 pounder cannon so I made a couple cannons. I did cheat and purchased the wheels. I did all the wood work and metal work to build them.

JT

How cool is that? Thank you for sharing.

 

[jthornton]

They were still a bit afraid of the new stairs so another slice of cornbread this morning and spreading their Chicken Crack on the stairs and landing was the breaking point for the hens... they just have to have Chicken Crack.

Chicken Crack 1 cup dried mealworms, 1/2 cup sunflower seeds and 1/2 cup sunflower hearts.

JT

 

[aart]

They were still a bit afraid of the new stairs so another slice of cornbread this morning and spreading their Chicken Crack on the stairs and landing was the breaking point for the hens

Pics?

 

[jthornton]

Pics?

Of?

 

[aart]

Of?

Chicken on the new stairs.

 

[jthornton]

Chicken on the new stairs.

Not yet...

JT

 

[ColtHandorf]

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

That is gorgeous! The craftsmanship is really evident, and those bowls are beautiful. Did you drill holes in the bottom of them in case moisture gets in them? Or is the whole run covered so that can't happen?