Helpful hints for building coops

[3KillerBs]

I'm getting to play with DH's toys at work again.

 

[jvls1942]

I'm getting to play with DH's toys at work again.

Oh oh,, somebody fell in love with that overgrown lawn mower..

 

[3KillerBs]

Oh oh,, somebody fell in love with that overgrown lawn mower..

DH says that the old one that broke was had some features he misses, but compared to what I use at home it's marvelous.

 

[Molpet]

I figure we got about the same since we are so close and the storm came from that direction.

I have 2 rain gauges. One's 5ft from the north side of the house and the other is on a t post on the garden edge about 200ft away.
A neighbor about an eighth of a mile has one that's online that anyone can look at.
Yesterday they were all the same. The 2 rains before that, my 2 were a half inch different, more by the house, and the online was over an inch less.

 

[jvls1942]

I often thought of getting a rain gauge
I never think of it when I am in a store.
I usually go into a store with what I want to buy in mind. I don't shop around. One of these days I will go with a rain gauge in mind.
I am waiting for carburetor parts for the old carburetor. going to put it back on and get rid of the new carb.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Hubby is on vacation, and i have a long list of stuff i need to do, but either too hot or raining. Feels like 74° here now, and sun not up yet. I have not been to bed yet, so i guess i better go soon.
I have started repaintng my bathroom. Four years i have put up with this dark orange i don't like. Time for a change. And i ordered a medicine cabinet to put up instead of the mirror we had. I need space for all these pills.

 

[jvls1942]

Cappy, what color are you going to paint it, red ??
when I was building, a woman wallpapered her bathroom, walls and ceiling. It actually looked OK.
day is starting out cloudy here . in the 50's. but going to get up to the 90"s later.
won't get much done today. company coming about noonish. then at six meeting DD for her birthday supper with some of her friends..

 

[Molpet]

ordered a medicine cabinet to put up instead of the mirror we had. I need space for all these pills

They don't recommend pills in bathroom or kitchen, which is where everyone has them, because of the humidity.

 

[3KillerBs]

Did more mowing for DH yesterday.

I probably saved him a full day's work -- I must have spend a good 6 hours on that mower total and helped him with some other stuff too.

I was going slow there so DH could get a good picture. At full speed I was raising quite a dust cloud.

Our weather here in central NC has been either drought or drown with no in-between.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Yall got a question...
I took an old buffet table and made it into a brooder for chicks inside my run.
i have to be able to get inside the brooder for cleaning, feeding, watering so i made the front of the brooder with doubled-up chicken wire.attached to a 1x6 that weights it down when chicks are inside brooder.
My problem is chicks from time to time.can escape the brooder but not get back in the brooder.
I got a week to re-fanagle it so that it is easier for the person tending them while I am gone but much more safe for the 4 week olds that need confining from older babies in the run.
The LAST pic shows where I moved the 1x6 to attach it to the chicken wire vs how it was originally attached just to the bottom. I also added 1x2 pieces to the sides there to help with the corners but still not a good fit.
Any suggestions or ideas yall might have to make it better?