Falling Down Heights, my daily life

[TwoCrows]

SAME!!!

Would go so much faster if I had help. Doing all this by myself is draining.

And I'm running out of wood...

 

[Burnt Brass Homestead]

Hi,

I saw you were building a goose house and wanted to check it out. I just finished building a duck house but it still needs paint. I am hoping I can do it before it gets too cold outside.

I have no real construction skills, but I am hoping this last as long as the chicken coop I built.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Hi,

I saw you were building a goose house and wanted to check it out. I just finished building a duck house but it still needs paint. I am hoping I can do it before it gets too cold outside.

I have no real construction skills, but I am hoping this last as long as the chicken coop I built.
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Looks great! Much better than what I did with my limited scrap wood!

Since it's nice and tall, I would add a 'second storey' to it in the form of a shelf they can access with a ramp. Gives them extra floor space so to speak.

I don't bother with painting but that's mostly because I don't have any!

 

[Burnt Brass Homestead]

Since it's nice and tall, I would add a 'second storey' to it in the form of a shelf they can access with a ramp. Gives them extra floor space so to speak.

I was wondering if they would actually walk up to second level if I built a ramp. Hmm...

 

[Burnt Brass Homestead]

I don't bother with painting but that's mostly because I don't have any!

 

[Canadian Wind]

I was wondering if they would actually walk up to second level if I built a ramp. Hmm...

What kind of ducks do you have?

I know @WannaBeHillBilly 's ducks use their second level a lot, especially the females.

I hae a sort-of second level which is the top of the nesting boxes. I use large storage bins with a hole for them to enter and need to put shavings on top because they love to sit there.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Alright! Pics of the Goose Caboose!

Ignore the wonky sheet of wood on top, I just put it there to be out of the way. There's an actual roof under it! I still need to do a bit of work on it, like blocking off that space on the left, and eventually make a bigger door for ease of cleaning (right now I take the roof off and climb in using makeshift stairs) as well as making actual pen walls for when there's a metre of snow on the ground, but otherwise it's functional, lol!

They didn't want to go in yesterday evening either and I actually had to wrestle Colt in, but they seemed to have no issue hanging out outside of it while I worked...

 

[Canadian Wind]

In other construction news, as mentioned before I finished the platform for the bunnies.

Now I need to enclose it against the weather (double layer of thick plastic vapour barrier) and put in raised supports for the cages so I don't have to be leaning over to feed/water/clean them.

 

[Canadian Wind]

One last bonus pic of Taiyo sleeping on his bed while I worked.

It will be nice to have the sides all put up so I don't have to tie him out. Being a scent hound, I can't have him off-leash because he'll just run. I've heard of people letting theirs loose only to never have them come back.

 

[Canadian Wind]

It's been raining and cold (and some snow yesterday!) for the past two days so I haven't done any outside work.

The geese were still being brats about their new house, so tonight I put up temporary walls (pallets, pieces of wood, even a feed bucket!) to keep them in the area once I chased them in for the night, and they went in with protest but a lot easier than the last few nights. I was getting really annoyed with Colt's refusals.

And, if you didn't see it in the LGBT thread, I set a bunch of eggs...



21 Lemon Blue OEGB ones, and 12 bantam ones (Isabel Cochin roo x Isabel-ish Silkie mix hen). Some of the eggs are a bit older so we shall see how they do.

WHY do I do this to myself?!?