Wow! You guys have been chatty today!
HE Chicken-The only reason you would need skids under your structure is if you plan to move it around. I don't know how big your slab is, or how big your coop is going to be, but you can anchor it in a number of ways. Yes, the bottom of the structure, wherever it touches the cement should be treated. If you had the masonry skills and the inclination you could even put in a row of cement block to lift the structure off the cement. Yoiu really wouldn't have to cut the cement to set your poles. You never know what you are going to get into under an existing slab. A simpler way would be to just use concrete anchors. They are pretty easy to use. You need to follow directions and have a good hammerdrill to make the holes, and a 3/8" concrete drill bit.
If your bottom plate is a 2x4, you would use 3/8" x 3 3/4" wedge anchors such as those made by "Red Head." Drill your hole through the 2x4 and into the concrete following the instructions supplied with the anchors. Pound your anchor in with a hammer and then tighten with a wrench. It's really not complicated at all and it goes pretty fast and it makes the wall tight and secure.
Hawkey- I agree with Danz. Get some of those bourbon red eggs and hatch them. Bourbon reds are pretty. They are like the red version of the Royal palm.
As far as those dogs go I know what I would do. It would just take one time of that dog going after my chickens or goats or something. Folks are right about that. You have the right to protect your livestock. Like you said, no one would probably pay attention to that gunshot.
Not that you are going to do this, or that I recommend this, last I knew it was NOT ILLEGAL to carry a loaded rifle in your vehicle in Kansas. The reason? Farmers and ranchers did this all the time in order to protect their livestock. That livestock is a rancher's livelyhood. If you've got a big bobcat or a pack of coyotes after a calf, you sure as heck aren't going to run home to get a rifle.
HE Chicken-The only reason you would need skids under your structure is if you plan to move it around. I don't know how big your slab is, or how big your coop is going to be, but you can anchor it in a number of ways. Yes, the bottom of the structure, wherever it touches the cement should be treated. If you had the masonry skills and the inclination you could even put in a row of cement block to lift the structure off the cement. Yoiu really wouldn't have to cut the cement to set your poles. You never know what you are going to get into under an existing slab. A simpler way would be to just use concrete anchors. They are pretty easy to use. You need to follow directions and have a good hammerdrill to make the holes, and a 3/8" concrete drill bit.
If your bottom plate is a 2x4, you would use 3/8" x 3 3/4" wedge anchors such as those made by "Red Head." Drill your hole through the 2x4 and into the concrete following the instructions supplied with the anchors. Pound your anchor in with a hammer and then tighten with a wrench. It's really not complicated at all and it goes pretty fast and it makes the wall tight and secure.
Hawkey- I agree with Danz. Get some of those bourbon red eggs and hatch them. Bourbon reds are pretty. They are like the red version of the Royal palm.
As far as those dogs go I know what I would do. It would just take one time of that dog going after my chickens or goats or something. Folks are right about that. You have the right to protect your livestock. Like you said, no one would probably pay attention to that gunshot.
Not that you are going to do this, or that I recommend this, last I knew it was NOT ILLEGAL to carry a loaded rifle in your vehicle in Kansas. The reason? Farmers and ranchers did this all the time in order to protect their livestock. That livestock is a rancher's livelyhood. If you've got a big bobcat or a pack of coyotes after a calf, you sure as heck aren't going to run home to get a rifle.
