Helpful hints for building coops

[jvls1942]

Cappy, we will take care of the snow up here.
we got at least twelve more inches in the past
two days.
I didn't plow. called Bob. It was only 18F,
I am not a fan of freezing my butt off sitting
on a tractor.. the town plow took out our
mailbox,,,,,again.. they don't reimberse us for it.

 

[3KillerBs]

I woke up to our first snow this winter, when i got up today. About an inch. Then it drizzled all day. Most of the snow has melted, and it is supposed to be 17° warmer in the morning!

I didn't get any snow, but I've got a cold snap just when I'm hatching chicks.

I will have to setup dual heat again.

 

[CapricornFarm]

and cool today. But once i got outside i decided to dig up another stump. My hands got cold, so in i went. Even though i wore gloves.
So much to do, not enough warm weather. Just spoiled by the warm weather we have had.

 

[jvls1942]

Cappy, try burning the stump out.
cut it with a chainsaw like a pie into six pieces.
cut all the way to ground level.
pour some oil down the cracks. You might
have to pour a little gas in to get the oil
started. it takes a little time, but much
easier than digging by hand..
Try it with a small diameter stump first,
to see how you like it..
lighting a fire on top of a stump does nothing.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Well first i am going to dig around under the stump, and see what's holding it down. Hubby tried to pull the stump with the Mule in 4WD, and couldn't even budge it!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Today i cleaned out the storage half of the goat house. Then cut flooring to fit, and cut the trim boards to hold it down. Looks so much better!

 

[jvls1942]

I removed several birch and poplar stumps with
my tractor. I dug around them with the loader
bucket and then cut as many roots with the bucket
that I could. then I pried up on the stump
from all sides.. On the last stump I was prying
up and my front axle broke .

 

[jvls1942]

Happy St Patrick's Day to any Irish folks out there ,
and to those of us who pretend to be for just one day a year.

 

[3KillerBs]

to those of us who pretend to be for just one day a year.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Well once i dug around more roots yesterday, hubby was able to cut it out of there, without even using the Mule. Today i started filling the hole.