Fort Cluck - First Time Building Coop

[SourRoses]

Have you seen this? It looks like something is nesting up there.

It was really really nice of your dad to put so much hard work into this coop for you. Even if everything didn't turn out according to your vision, his effort and caring is obvious.

 

[aart]

Have you seen this? It looks like something is nesting up there.

I'd get up there and clear it out....see if you can figure out how it got in(from inside or outside the coop).

 

[cluckingheck]

I'd get up there and clear it out....see if you can figure out how it got in(from inside or outside the coop).

There’s gaps between the metal roof. I don’t know how to fix it but I’ve already cleared the stupid nest 5 times already.

 

[cluckingheck]

Have you seen this? It looks like something is nesting up there.


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It was really really nice of your dad to put so much hard work into this coop for you. Even if everything didn't turn out according to your vision, his effort and caring is obvious.

Nah. He wants to do shit his own way and **** everyone else. We had almost all the walls up with the old barn wood from my papaw’s farm ( who died recently and I wanted to have the coop match his barns ) but he took them all down while I was at work and replaced it with the OSB for no reason. Then he tries to say “well that’s what you wanted” when I mention it to him and ask him why he did it. And guess what he did with the boards that had nothing wrong with them? Threw it over the hill

 

[SourRoses]

Nah. He wants to do shit his own way and **** everyone else.

Well why did he build you a coop?
Are they his chickens too? Did you have to pay him for the work?
Unless one of those two situations is true then it doesn't seem like he asterisk'd you.

 

[cluckingheck]

Well why did he build you a coop?
Are they his chickens too? Did you have to pay him for the work?
Unless one of those two situations is true then it doesn't seem like he asterisk'd you.

I needed the help and he offered. It’s not like he “built me a coop”; I was there too. They aren’t his chickens, they’re mine. Neither are an excuse for what he did, though.

 

[Kat2141]

The chicks have shown me an issue I never thought I’d have to deal with — dodging incoming chicks.

Haha. I would highly suggest a ramp for the roosts. They are young and can fly now, but if they get hurt while landing, it will be an issue or as they get older, flying up/down is not as easy for them. Mine all use the ramp, some go clear to the floor, some jump off 2 or 3 feet up, but they have their choice. This pic is a very early version... One thing I've added is treads every 4 inches or so on the ramp board so they don't slide. Their stall has changed quite a bit but the ramp is still there with a "landing" about 2 feet up, and another small ramp to the floor. I have had a couple girls through the years that hurt their foot one way or another and this helped them.

Another thing, and this may help the one that keeps trying to stay in the tree, you could put a nightlight or strand of LED lights inside so it isn't dark in there when it's time to go in. If it is on a timer, it could be set to turn off when they should all be on their roosts.

 

[SourRoses]

I needed the help and he offered. It’s not like he “built me a coop”; I was there too. They aren’t his chickens, they’re mine. Neither are an excuse for what he did, though.

Do you know why he offered? Because he cares about you.

I'm a millennial living with my mom (split expenses), so I understand having family dynamic issues and how frustrating it can be to try to balance asserting yourself as an individual yet respecting your parent as a person too. I've made mistakes in that arena for sure.

But the older I get, the more I realize that a lot of easy help or easy money from parents isn't something I'll get from anyone else in the world.
Everyone out there wants something in exchange, whether it's obvious up front or not.

These are the only people who treat you like this, like you aren't a mark to gain something from. Like you are a special being they want to see happy.
Family, that's it.

Don't make the mistake of valuing some materials above something that rare.
One day you might be willing to trade all the lumber in the world for someone willing to be there for you when you need them.
Just my two cents.

 

[cluckingheck]

Do you know why he offered? Because he cares about you.

I'm a millennial living with my mom (split expenses), so I understand having family dynamic issues and how frustrating it can be to try to balance asserting yourself as an individual yet respecting your parent as a person too. I've made mistakes in that arena for sure.

But the older I get, the more I realize that a lot of easy help or easy money from parents isn't something I'll get from anyone else in the world.
Everyone out there wants something in exchange, whether it's obvious up front or not.

These are the only people who treat you like this, like you aren't a mark to gain something from. Like you are a special being they want to see happy.
Family, that's it.

Don't make the mistake of valuing some materials above something that rare.
One day you might be willing to trade all the lumber in the world for someone willing to be there for you when you need them.
Just my two cents.

But how does it make any sense to take all of the work we had done when it was almost done ( we really only had one wall left to do ) and replace it all? Then turn around and try to blame it on the other person saying it’s what they wanted? If that’s what I wanted, we would’ve done the OSB in the first place. Just because you’re helping someone doesn’t mean you can take over and do what you want.

You don’t know my dad like I do.

 

[cluckingheck]

And it wasn’t just some lumber either. It was old barn wood that my papaw had left over from his barns. When he died, I wanted to use it for the coops so it could look like his barn. My dad knew that. And still did it anyways. I cried when I came home and saw it had been taken down. I just want my papaw back but I can’t so I wanted something I thought he would’ve liked