Colorado

[Mtn Margie]

The smoke is from all of the fires out west. Pretty thick, enough to irritate the throat.
I am up towards Estes Park.

 

[aim0474]

I love Estes Park. Going to do our final camping trip for the year there on the 23rd. So excited!

I got my pocket door done! It worked surprisingly well. LOL When it is closed there is overlap of 3.5" on both sides. All other clearance is at 1/2". Just needs roof on both parts of the run and I am done! Just in time too since the girls will be headed out there in about 2 weeks.

 

[lomine]

I love Estes Park. Going to do our final camping trip for the year there on the 23rd. So excited! I got my pocket door done! It worked surprisingly well. LOL When it is closed there is overlap of 3.5" on both sides. All other clearance is at 1/2". Just needs roof on both parts of the run and I am done! Just in time too since the girls will be headed out there in about 2 weeks.

Never seen a pocket door on a run. You'll have to let us know how well it works.

 

[aim0474]

I will!

I am not worried about big critters getting in. There is 2 "walls" of 1/2" hardware cloth on each side. The door is well enclosed with plenty of overlap on each side. It just needs a good lock. The one I got on Amazon was to big for my 2 x 4.

My biggest concerns are 1) are mice going to be able to squeeze in there? Probably so but I dont think it is any more of a risk than a door that swings out and 2) will the rollers freeze in the winter? They are metal and plastic but fairly enclosed with the boards on the top and sides.

I am pretty confident in the design. Plus, I could put the corrugated plastic panels on the outside walls to keep the wind down and drifting snow out in the winter and still have air flow in the run.

I will post a photo tomorrow to the door while closed so you can see the small amount of space there.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Here's a "What the Heck" moment...

I go out to collect eggs and one of the girls starts talking to me from inside the coop. So I go around and open the side door.


...just how long have they been laying eggs here?

Seriously?

 

[Latestarter]

Welcome to MY world! At least yours don't think they're turtles and bury them! That's a LOT of eggs though... how many hens contributed to the pile? How long is the million dollar question!

 

[Rock Home Isle]

The lighter colored eggs are from my older birds...so onesies and twosies from them.

The dark ones are from my Welsummers, there are 6 of them...

I just COULD NOT believe it when I looked in there and saw all those eggs...what a waste. I have no idea how long they have been in there.

 

[Latestarter]

Not a (total) waste really... cook em up and feed the dogs or feed them back to the chickens.

 

[Robilyn81]

Here's a "What the Heck" moment...

I go out to collect eggs and one of the girls starts talking to me from inside the coop. So I go around and open the side door.


...just how long have they been laying eggs here?

Seriously?

Those sneaks. You wondered where all your eggs were!

 

[coop410silkies]

Not a (total) waste really... cook em up and feed the dogs or feed them back to the chickens.

That is exactly what I do when I find a hidden stash. But FIRST I do a float test: I pull all the floaters, put 'em is plastic bag and freeze then put in trash on trash on trash day; the sinkers I dump in the blender she'll and all, blend, then cook scrambled and feed back to chickens. Dog can eat, but prefers eggs not more than a couple of minutes old.