Helpful hints for building coops

[CapricornFarm]

I do have a tip that I learned the hard way. If you are putting screws in outside, take away any leaves and debris. When you drop a screw, you can find it much more easily.

 

[aart]

I do have a tip that I learned the hard way. If you are putting screws in outside, take away any leaves and debris. When you drop a screw, you can find it much more easily.

For sure!
....and the moment you know it's going down, LOOK to see where it went.
I used to have a driver that had a magnet on the base, that helped.

 

[Molpet]

I do have a tip that I learned the hard way. If you are putting screws in outside, take away any leaves and debris. When you drop a screw, you can find it much more easily.

Tarp or cardboard helps too
Magnet on stick is my backup plan

Now if I could find something that could find/pickup brass from the gun

 

[Molpet]

Aart, looks like you have crummy weather.
13 here now...was 57 yesterday...windy both days

 

[aart]

Aart, looks like you have crummy weather.
13 here now...was 57 yesterday...windy both days

Yes, windy as hell all day and night, deluge of rain last night, temps dropped and some dusting of snow by this morning.
They are forecasting a lot of snow for areas north of me...but who knows<shrugs>.

 

[jvls1942]

I hate it when that happens. the last time I moved the two large turkey pens with Ollie, I bumped one of the legs off.
those pens are not used any more. I wish somebody would come and take them off of my hands.
today I am going to bottle four gallons of wine. this is some old stuff that I tweaked.
I will give it some time to mellow, and if I am not satisfied, I will dump it out.
Annie and nephew Dan cleaned off three shelves in the fruit room to make room for my wine and beer. I want to make some tube type bottle racks. then I can stack the wine three tiers high on each shelf..
.......jiminwisc........

 

[aart]

Some of the first wave....lake effect is forecast to develop later tonite.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Love the half monitor roof, @aart. Glad I don't suffer that weather. Heartier man than I.

 

[aart]

Love the half monitor roof, @aart.

Clerestory(guess half monitor is the same thing)....I love it too!
So far the winter has been almost non existent.

 

[3KillerBs]

It's pouring rain here and my chickens are complaining. They blame me for bad weather and come to the fence to scold me for the nasty conditions.

Temps are supposed to plunge tomorrow, but I hope it will be dry enough to let the grandchildren help me collect eggs between rounds of present opening.