Helpful hints for building coops

[jvls1942]

I don't care if I use more water by hand washing.
I just feel better about it. In the end, how much total water does hand washing use ? a few gallons, maybe ??

 

[Molpet]

I am sure I use more water washing the chicken stuff out in the yard in a bucket , than hand washing in the sink would be LOL

 

[CapricornFarm]

If i am outside washing waterers, i use leaves to scrub off the crud. Use the leaves, then toss them out. Works well.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Got the third wall up for the new chicken coop.

 

[jvls1942]

Annie and I went and spread a tarp under the plum tree and shook plums down. got about 2 gallons. moved the tarp and shook again, filled a 3 gallon bucket this time.
trimmed lots of dead branches off as we went.
decided that was enough plums for us. the birds can have the rest.
didn't bother shaking the 2 small trees.
I think I am going to jerk one of them out. it is growing at a sharp angle. too mush trouble to try to stake it straight at this late in the game.
supposed to rain in a few days, I will work on making plum jam, then.
these plums are/were from wild trees growing in the ditch. no bugs in them. and they are super sweet. about the size of large olives.
.....jiminwisc......

 

[CapricornFarm]

I bought a chicken today. No feeding, cleaning or building a coop for this one.

 

[jvls1942]

I bought a chicken today. No feeding, cleaning or building a coop for this one.View attachment 1514042

that's the best kind..

 

[aart]

I bought a chicken today. No feeding, cleaning or building a coop for this one.View attachment 1514042

 

[CapricornFarm]

Ok, the frame is built for the last wall for the chicken coop!

 

[jvls1942]

good sat. eve.
I tried pitting the plum with the cherry pitter.
the stone is too big for the hole. it is a no-go..
so tonight I took 8 cups of plums with 1/2 cup of water. steamed them for 10 minutes. mashed them with a potato masher. then sent them through the tapered sieve with the wooden handle. it squeezed the pulp through the tiny holes and the skins and seeds stayed in the sieve.. worked like a charm. next time I am going to skip the masher.
8 cups of raw plums = 2 cups of pulp.
I can live with that..
Cappy, how many more coops are you going to build ?
I have 2 empty coops and 2 empty pens.
this morning I shampooed the living room carpet before breakfast ..as a reward, Annie took me out for breakfast..
we had good news yesterday. Annie doesn't need cataract surgery after all.. maybe in a year or so, though..
....jiminwisc.......