Helpful hints for building coops

[CapricornFarm]

Cappy, are there swaps going on ? or are you selling to private buyers ?
today I am putting on my agriculture hat.
going to try to re-pot the new tomato and pepper plants. If the rain holds off.
.....jiminwisc.......

No swaps yet. Making contacts online and meeting with masks on. Tired from running around. Sold to two buyers today.

 

[CapricornFarm]

More chicks hatching and I picked up ducks for a friend. Hubby about fainted when I brought them home!

 

[Sara S]

can raccoon dig under a run????

 

[jvls1942]

raccoons can do anything any other animal can,,, and then some.

 

[aart]

can raccoon dig under a run????

Maybe, they are more likely to go over the top of fence if they can get in that way.

Good examples of anti-dig apron installation.
If rodents are prolific, burying the apron ~12" would be good.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/wire-around-coop.1110498/#post-17093528
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/new-coop-project.1169916/page-2#post-18481208

 

[CapricornFarm]

can raccoon dig under a run????

For sure!

 

[CapricornFarm]

I got a ladder made and installed in the hoop coop for the chickens to get up to the nest box. Spent a lot of time moving chicks around and cleaning brooders. And watering plants, it was up to 91° today.

 

[jvls1942]

It got up to the low 60F's on Friday. that is plenty high enough for me..
picked up all the lumber I need to complete the green house. Except the 6 corrugated 8 ft clear panels.
Menard's sold out, don't know when some will come in..
We had a wild turkey hen get inside the chicken run. She finally figured out that she couldn't walk through the fence.
She is gone, either flew out or found the gate..
Lots of thick blackberry patch back there. Maybe she will make her nest in there ?
.....jiminwisc.......

 

[NewBoots]

DP wants her own tools for working on the fence so I ordered a charger (original long lost) and additional batteries for DP's cordless drill and the batteries arrived but not the charger. Ah well, we got a lot of the boards up yesterday with just my tools. DP has started a master plan to plant climbing roses along the fence line. The neighbor on that side is unhappy we built the coop about 20' from the property line (and 15' from my bedroom window) but there is no smell and there will be no smell, but they're not convinced. Anyway, DP figures fragrant roses spilling over the fence should sooth the savage breast.

 

[jvls1942]

and we all know there is nothing meaner than a savage breast..
today I got all 8 tomato plants each into their own five gallon bucket.s.
put the basil, oregano, thyme into larger pots.
might have to go larger later on, but I ran out of mixed potting soil.
One of my cuttings from last year is
greening/budding out. IDK what it is.
I am thinking/hoping apple..
ETA: often it is less expensive to buy a whole new drill and batteries than to buy batteries separately ..
.....jiminwisc.......