Got a little help from the ladies…

[PoppasGrill]

Being that , for some reason only known to the girls, a majority of them have abandoned the coop and have been roosting in the barn, we made the decision to enclose part of the barn. Mainly to keep our tractor and mower from getting shat upon all the time.
This will be a several seperate post telling as we can only work on it on weekends.
We have about 1/3 of the barn with a concrete floor, so figured we would use that for the equipment and let the ladies have the rest.
First thing is we have to put in a couple more poles around the concrete to nail the boards to, so I started by measuring from the beam down to cut the pole to length to attach to existing I beam. Then we started digging, and that’s when the ladies decided I wasn’t doing it properly and wanted to show us how and where the hole needed to be.

After discussing amungst them selves where it should be they decided to just take a lunch break on site.

They stayed around to make sure none of those nasty worms interfered with the project. We got more pictures of them trying to direct how to get the pole stood up and attached, while yelling at us not to drop it and when to push it over into the hole.
I’ll get those posted later on, when I get them from my wife.
So, only one pole installed this weekend and 2 more to go , then can build the wall up and chase the ladies out.

 

[2ndTink]

Chickens are always there to help. I know you can get them little high-viz vests, not sure about steel toed boots though

Looks like your rooster is keeping an eye out for the safety guy while the ladies do what they need to do to get the job done.

 

[PoppasGrill]

Chickens are always there to help. I know you can get them little high-viz vests, not sure about steel toed boots though

Looks like your rooster is keeping an eye out for the safety guy while the ladies do what they need to do to get the job done.

Yea, Rooster is acting like the compliance officer, watching out for the OSHA Hawk

 

[2ndTink]

Which of course no one would ever do anything unsafe...

 

[PoppasGrill]

Update..
Got the other posts ( 4x4) set and started on the walls..

Of course the Ladies had to check to ensure all was tamped and at the proper depth..

This is what we are building the wall, plan on setting this whole area up with roosting bars..

Leghorn just letting us know that it still isn’t high enough, but is strong enough to hold her weight..

And Compliance Rooster is back to check the structural integrity of the wall..

 

[Penpal]

It is coming along well. My birds have loved the greenhouse, especially the high perches. Hawks and owls have no trouble getting in.

 

[PoppasGrill]

Didn’t want to do it, but they stopped roosting in the coop, about half the flock did, and started staying in the barn. Even picking them up at night and putting them back in coops for a few days didn’t help, first opportunity they went back in barn.

 

[The Coop Crew]

Update..
Got the other posts ( 4x4) set and started on the walls..
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Of course the Ladies had to check to ensure all was tamped and at the proper depth..

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This is what we are building the wall, plan on setting this whole area up with roosting bars..View attachment 3878454
Leghorn just letting us know that it still isn’t high enough, but is strong enough to hold her weight..

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And Compliance Rooster is back to check the structural integrity of the wall..

The ladies are doing a very good job supervising I see

 

[PoppasGrill]

The ladies are doing a very good job supervising I see

Can’t figure out how to post a video, but one of our Barred Rock hens got up on the bench and was trying to get to the ladder to get over. They were squawking at us while we built, giving advice , and then complained when they realized it was too high to fly over.
Will be working on the doors next weekend and then will have to watch for where they will squeeze through to get in that area so can stop the “leaks”.
After that will be dragging all the wood and stuff out and pressure washing the poop out of there.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Following along!