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CapricornFarm said:
I had requested that the rain hold off until midnight, but it's pelting down so hard now that the tv went off.
I got the last of the welded wire on the end of the new run, put a handle on the door and a hasp. Also finished putting up chicken wire on one side of the barnyard. Ran out of zip ties , so I need to get more.
I have started building a nest box for a friend of mine that likely has more chickens than I do, but doesn't have a single nest box. Her chicken math is out of control. I have been teaching her to use tools and she is coming along. Loves my compressor and pneumatic stapler for attaching hardware cloth. I took it with me on the last visit I made to her place. To make matters worse, she is always low on funds so we are using as much recycled materials as we can.
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I remember having satellite TV and it going out during storms. Now we have no TV but the cell-based internet lags if the storm is heavy enough.

I just got soaked because I was sitting out in the chicken run, reading and observing the see-don't-touch process while waiting for dusk so I could shut everyone up.

I heard the rain coming and had just enough time to shoe the babies into their coop. As I tried to get the Splits into theirs it fell like a faucet. I retreated under the picnic fly over the Little Monitor Coop, but after a bad hailstorm a couple months ago it's not very waterproof.

My son came out with an umbrella to rescue me. My other son will be sent out in a raincoat to shut everyone up safely.

If it had held of 15-20 more minutes they'd have all cooped themselves up, I think.
 
We were at Harbor Freight getting the electric metal shears and spotted this on the refurbished table:

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Insufficient for hardware cloth on the coop, of course, but MUCH better than the hand staplegun for stapling down tarps. I have so many popped staples on the brooder from the racking when we moved it.
 
3KillerBs said:
We were at Harbor Freight getting the electric metal shears and spotted this on the refurbished table:

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Insufficient for hardware cloth on the coop, of course, but MUCH better than the hand staplegun for stapling down tarps. I have so many popped staples on the brooder from the racking when we moved it.
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Just get longer staples!
 
The roof on the playhouse is finished, with metal at the seam on the peak. And the plastic is screwed to the frame I made for it. I need to take some photos.
Got more chicken wire attached to the fence around the barnyard after my neighbor brought over the zip ties. Still more to be done though.
 
I have a 1/4" crown stapler. Perfect for tacking wire down.
I am getting caught up with planting. Now I am going into maintenance mode. Much more relaxing. today I am going to work on the grapes. I weeded them a little, Now they just need a shot of fish tea and need to be tied to the arbor .
hot hot hot, but we are getting enough rain so it is pretty lush and green.
the tomatoes are coming onto the vines already. I have the plants all staked.
had a deer right outside the kitchen window yesterday. I hope she didn't find the beets and beans in the raised beds.
I want to get a dog. The boss says no..
.......jiminwisc.......
 
3KillerBs said:
Good.

The ones I put in with the stupid hand staplegun are popping. I'm off tomorrow so I'll try the new one then.
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Practice on a scrap piece of wood. Start with the pressure at 80 and if they are not sinking go up a bit. Sunk to deep? Turn the air pressure down a smidge. I find it takes a bit of practice with a new air stapler to find the best pressure for THAT gun.

It will also vary a bit if the wood is hard, old stuff or new "squishy" wood.
 

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