Helpful hints for building coops

[Molpet]

Does it have a snow thrower too?
I have an 'antique' JD L&G tractor for mow and throw, it's the bomb!

I could get one, but I have a 2008 chevy 1/2 ton with a plow... I had broke my old truck and the only trucks around were full of bells and whistles.. found a work truck with a too big of plow for the truck for less money. I only plow my drives and 2 neighbors, So the 7 1/2' western midweight plow ( that is meant for a 3/4t truck) is just fine. Lots of trees and windows by the houses, so it is easier to push the snow out in the yards in piles.... of course there is gravel to pick up in the spring

 

[aart]

so it is easier to push the snow out in the yards in piles.... of course there is gravel to pick up in the spring

Due to fence and retaining wall, pushing doesn't cut it here, tho I've had to with really wet snow...no windows tho.
There's gravel moved here too, gave up on'picking it up'.

 

[jvls1942]

I thought it looked like a J D . but I didn't see John Deere written all over it like they do with most of their equipment..

I used to have a jeep w/plow, then I got a Dodge Ram w/plow. the Ram had it all over the jeep.. Now I use the tractor and loader. have to wait for warmer days to plow, though.. luckily it snows when it is warmer..
I used to have a slight bank at the end of the driveway in the yard. but after years of pushing half the driveway along with the snow, it is now a nice level slope..
too bad the grass catcher doesn't work well with long grass. that is when I would need it the most.. however, this Cub Cadet really chops the grass finely, and throws it out of the chute a long way. With all the long grass / weeds I mowed lately, the chute never plugged up once.. I can't say that about my Husqvarna zero turn..
I think the fins on the top of the blade has a lot to do with how well it throws the grass out.
with the Husqvarna I always had clumps of grass that I would have to either pick up or wait a day until they dried up and then run over them with the mower again.
Not so with the C C ..
gotta go see the chiropractor in a few minutes. I think I am almost done with him. He did away with my stiff neck and head aches. I guess I will always have the lower back pain because of my arthritis in my hips..
had a heck of a thunderstorm here last night. lots of light and noise, but no damage.
......jiminwisc....

 

[CapricornFarm]

Working on a small pen/ nest box in the Turkey coop. Gotta get those month olds out of the brooder. Found another roll of hardware cloth , so i can finish that up. Got the frame made and painted for that pen/ nest.

 

[Molpet]

I thought it looked like a J D . but I didn't see John Deere written all over it like they do with most of their equipment..

I used to have a jeep w/plow, then I got a Dodge Ram w/plow. the Ram had it all over the jeep.. Now I use the tractor and loader. have to wait for warmer days to plow, though.. luckily it snows when it is warmer..
I used to have a slight bank at the end of the driveway in the yard. but after years of pushing half the driveway along with the snow, it is now a nice level slope..
too bad the grass catcher doesn't work well with long grass. that is when I would need it the most.. however, this Cub Cadet really chops the grass finely, and throws it out of the chute a long way. With all the long grass / weeds I mowed lately, the chute never plugged up once.. I can't say that about my Husqvarna zero turn..
I think the fins on the top of the blade has a lot to do with how well it throws the grass out.
with the Husqvarna I always had clumps of grass that I would have to either pick up or wait a day until they dried up and then run over them with the mower again.
Not so with the C C ..
gotta go see the chiropractor in a few minutes. I think I am almost done with him. He did away with my stiff neck and head aches. I guess I will always have the lower back pain because of my arthritis in my hips..
had a heck of a thunderstorm here last night. lots of light and noise, but no damage.
......jiminwisc....

The grass was extremely long. The orchard grass seed heads were about 4-5' tall, the rest was a good 3'.. really needed a bush hog When they delivered it and seen my mess, they said to mow it with the bagger open and bags out...then mow again with the bags and bagger closed... of course I had to try it closed and it choked like they said

I was having a lot of joint pain and the chiro thought it might be food intolerance of wheat.. I thought they were just getting ins money, but let them do the blood tests.
it came back with 27 foods I was intolerant of So I did cut all of them out to prove them wrong .. within a couple of weeks I quit waking up in the middle of the night with joint pain and my allergies were better than with a RX
My brain fog lifted and I was wondering why I was still working when I could have retired a couple of years earlier. So I retired within a few months

They say to go off all those foods for at least 3 months and add one back a week and see what happens. I added black pepper first, because its in everything. I was ok. Then I got some organic eggs from farmers market and was fine.. later got cheap store eggs and felt bloated...so I got chickens LOL
Next I tried cows milk and within a few hours I couldn't breathe through my nose and woke up choking at night. Goat milk is ok.
Then I tried wheat, and woke up in the middle of the night the 2nd day with joint pain again Decided I didn't want to try anything else for a few years.. This year I tried melon, once a week is ok, but if I have it several days in a row I don't feel right.
Does put a damper on eating out... they sneak wheat in everything

 

[CapricornFarm]

The grass was extremely long. The orchard grass seed heads were about 4-5' tall, the rest was a good 3'.. really needed a bush hog When they delivered it and seen my mess, they said to mow it with the bagger open and bags out...then mow again with the bags and bagger closed... of course I had to try it closed and it choked like they said

I was having a lot of joint pain and the chiro thought it might be food intolerance of wheat.. I thought they were just getting ins money, but let them do the blood tests.
it came back with 27 foods I was intolerant of So I did cut all of them out to prove them wrong .. within a couple of weeks I quit waking up in the middle of the night with joint pain and my allergies were better than with a RX
My brain fog lifted and I was wondering why I was still working when I could have retired a couple of years earlier. So I retired within a few months

They say to go off all those foods for at least 3 months and add one back a week and see what happens. I added black pepper first, because its in everything. I was ok. Then I got some organic eggs from farmers market and was fine.. later got cheap store eggs and felt bloated...so I got chickens LOL
Next I tried cows milk and within a few hours I couldn't breathe through my nose and woke up choking at night. Goat milk is ok.
Then I tried wheat, and woke up in the middle of the night the 2nd day with joint pain again Decided I didn't want to try anything else for a few years.. This year I tried melon, once a week is ok, but if I have it several days in a row I don't feel right.
Does put a damper on eating out... they sneak wheat in everything

Sounds like me with IBS, don't eat this, that or the other. Hard to cut out everything!

 

[Molpet]

Due to fence and retaining wall, pushing doesn't cut it here, tho I've had to with really wet snow...no windows tho.
There's gravel moved here too, gave up on'picking it up'.

I finally got the hang of lifting the blade at the bottom of the hill I leave some snow there, and gravel, but it's a flat spot so I can turn the car around and go up the hill ok. shoes are in the same position and there weren't big piles of gravel in the yard this year, but we didn't have a bad winter... thr ground hog day blizzard I could have used the loader bucket to pick it up.

 

[Molpet]

Sounds like me with IBS, don't eat this, that or the other. Hard to cut out everything!

yep I don't eat out or much packaged foods... and I feel great, better than ever.. so worth giving up foods... the beer too, but hard apple cider works... not supposed to have yeasts either

 

[CapricornFarm]

I thought i might finish the turkey coop today, but no such luck! I was working after dark with a headlamp and a cloud of mosquitoes swarming around me... and i said wtf am i doing? Quit being so stubborn and just do it tomorrow.!
Any way, the pen for the young turkeys is nearly done, the door is an odd shape due to the ground sloping in 2 directions. I will finish that in the am. I also want to build a turkey dust bath box, put in a pile of logs for them to relax on and put the perches back up because hubby stuck them on there and i had to take them down to finish installing the hardware cloth.

 

[aart]

I thought i might finish the turkey coop today, but no such luck! I was working after dark with a headlamp and a cloud of mosquitoes swarming around me... and i said wtf am i doing? Quit being so stubborn and just do it tomorrow.!

Really!