Helpful hints for building coops

[CapricornFarm]

Very clever Cap. Thanks.

No problem, here is a picture of it.

Inside the coop.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Today I used the yellow paint I had for an accent door. Would have preferred red, but I didn't have any.

And you can see where I installed the nest box.

 

[NewBoots]

Today I used the yellow paint I had for an accent door. Would have preferred red, but I didn't have any.
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And you can see where I installed the nest box.

That looks so cute but I'd be afraid of predators getting in somehow.

 

[jvls1942]

I like the yellow better than the red..
Boots, Cappy has so many coops, predators just can't decide which one to break into so they just give up and leave..
I dug into the final pile of junk today. found stuff that I had forgotten I had. ripped out a board that I used to hang my outboard motor on. that exposed a 3 foot section of wall between two sets of shelves. So says I,
why not fill that wall space with some more shelves ?? I got the bottom shelf completed.
3 more to go.
I threw out my old parts washer. I don't think the pump works on it anymore. Maybe it does, I don't care, I am not ever going to use it.
we bake our squashes whole. then scoop out the meat . We use only buttercup squash. I don't like any other kind.
My friend just gave us a 15 pound buttercup
......jiminwisc......

 

[CapricornFarm]

That looks so cute but I'd be afraid of predators getting in somehow.

I don't know where they would get in, I have hardware cloth over all the openings. The nest box is screwed to the playhouse. As soon as I get the perches in, I am going to screw the roof on. Plus I screwed all four walls to each other. And I am going to put a latch on the door.

 

[aart]

Boots, Cappy has so many coops, predators just can't decide which one to break into so they just give up and leave..

 

[aart]

Looks it's gonna be a beautiful weekend, warm, dry, and partly sunny.
Too bad I have to spend it digging a dog grave.
Hope I can protect it from the mostly rainy weather forecast between now and DD-Day.
Got a tarp that can be folded over for dirt.
Garden cart turned upside down over hole,
don't want anything stumbling in there especially Rascal.<gulp>

 

[jvls1942]

Art, I feel bad for you having to dig a grave.
Do you plan on getting another dog ?
We are not going to, after this one dies.
I like having a dog, but it is like having a 3 year old child. They can't do anything for themselves and you spend a lot of time waiting on them. I don't want a 3 year old child, either..
I took a good look at my pine lumber pile.
It is dwindling. I will have enough for this set of shelves, and I have to make a trim board in the bathroom to mount a grab bar onto. I want to make dividers for the silverware drawer. She has one of those plastic ones which is never big enough ..
I want to make it to fit the drawer.
......jiminwisc.....

 

[Molpet]

Looks it's gonna be a beautiful weekend, warm, dry, and partly sunny.
Too bad I have to spend it digging a dog grave.
Hope I can protect it from the mostly rainy weather forecast between now and DD-Day.
Got a tarp that can be folded over for dirt.
Garden cart turned upside down over hole,
don't want anything stumbling in there especially Rascal.<gulp>

I thought about getting a hole ready, just in case.
I looked up how much wood for a winter cremation. Over a ton

 

[jvls1942]

If you want a fire to burn hotter, blow air at it with a fan.
In a crematoriam the temperature they use is 1500 F. they use natural gas or propane.