DH hurt his back BAD!!! What am I to do?

[blueberrychickens]

DH is deep in the throws of back spasms. Poor guy could hardly get out of bed this am. So now he is going to be unable to build me a grow out coop for the babies. I am not one for hammering nails w/ any sort of efficiency. The hens are fine in their coop, it's the babies. The plan was for building another coop that is in a separate part of the run so the babies could grow up & get used to the hens & the hens could get used to the babies. There is no room in the 1st coop to put the babies. They are 1 month old as of today.(luckily there is only 2 of them) They are still living in a rubbermaid brooder in my dining room.
I've looked for a coop online but they are too expensive. What am I gonna do? Should I attempt to build a 4x4 coop on my own?? That idea scares the life out of me!! HELP!

 

[suebee]

Oh! He's totally Faking! Just KIDDING! My DH has back spasms that last about 2 weeks, then he's fine and normal. I feel sorry for you ( and him) DH says that's the worst pain ever, but it goes away. Can you wait a week or two?

 

[blueberrychickens]

Either I wait or I try to do it myself......yikes!!
(oh & I have 25 eggs in the bator due to hatch next Fri!)

 

[nurse_turtle]

The most humane thing to do when a husband goes lame is simply to have him put down.

(Get well soon!)

 

[suebee]

 

[jeepguy982001]

lol you should start building it. There just chickens so they won't judge. Maybe your husband can help but you do the lifting? Good luck cause i get back spasms and they suck. Anyways i hope your husband gets better quick.

 

[gale65]

I can't hammer a nail to save my life. So if I had to make my own project, I'd use screws and a good cordless drill to drive them. If I needed wood cut I'd have home depot do it as much as possible.

 

[groundpecker]

build it yourself. If you have trouble using a hammer, pre-drill the holes with drill.
If your take your time and get helpful hints from your husband, you can do it.

 

[Baggagolers]

Do you have a doghouse or something that you can use until your DH is feeling good enough to work on the coop? We had to do that for a short time and it worked fine. We put in a few metal fence posts and some chicken wire to give them a run. We also had to put some bird netting on top to keep them from flying out.

 

[blueberrychickens]

The most humane thing to do when a husband goes lame is simply to have him put down.

(Get well soon!)

OMG!!! That is too funny!!!