How far up can a chicken jump?

[Maugwa]

Not always, but usually they are cinder blocks. Cinder refers to composition, not form factor. The lighter ones are usually cinder blocks and the heavier ones, concrete blocks.

The lighter ones with cinder in them are cinder blocks, They've been obsolete for many, many, years. The lighter ones with pumice, perlite, or vermiculite are lightweight blocks, the heavy ones are concrete block, or heavyweight block. That is composition, form is that they all come in different shapes and sizes, by far the most common is 8x8x16. Technically, they are CMUs (concrete masonry units) or LCMUs (lightweight . . .). But what do I know, I'm just a dumb contractor who lays them (and brick and stone) for a living. See what I've been building lately, there's block behind them stones.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

The lighter ones with cinder in them are cinder blocks, They've been obsolete for many, many, years.

They still (mostly as far as I know) use fly ash and bottom ash from coal plants in cinder blocks.

 

[Maugwa]

They still (mostly as far as I know) use fly ash and bottom ash from coal plants in cinder blocks.

That they do, well in block at least, heavies and lights. It is a lot like portland cement, a powder, a little lighter in weight, and grey in color, and is nothing like a cinder. They use a percentage of it in most cement if it's labeled cement rather than portland cement, even Quickcrete, not for weight but for price. It's a byproduct and cheaper, but not quite as strong, unless it's blended correctly. Cinder blocks have black spots where the cinders (charcoal) pieces of the aggregate are exposed. Block are about 80% aggregate, and about 20% cement. When fly ash is used, it's around 25% of the cement, or 5% of the block. Trust me, I got into this trade many years ago working for a mason who's father started and owned Wyoming Block, the biggest block manufacturing and masonry supply in Wyoming back in the day, with block plants in Torrington, Casper, Cheyenne, Riverton, Sheridan, and Rock Springs. My boss at the time even got a special family discount that made it easy for him to win bids. Where I live now, my 20 acres of North Platte River bottom, were once sand pits where the dad harvested sand, before they were reclaimed, and I bought it from him. He was a WWII D-Day vet, and a good friend of mine. I built the house I live in now for and with him -- It's split faced block. He's been gone for years, but old masons like me still joke about his lightweights not being so light. They are supposed to weigh under 27lbs, but his were more like 35, something a guy who handles them all day notices. But sand by the river is cheaper than all the light stuff, so he might of skimped some lol. I know block, but I wouldn't try to teach an old plumber about pipe, or herding turds, no matter what Wiki says.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

That they do, well in block at least, heavies and lights. It is a lot like portland cement, a powder, a little lighter in weight, and grey in color, and is nothing like a cinder. They use a percentage of it in most cement if it's labeled cement rather than portland cement, even Quickcrete, not for weight but for price. It's a byproduct and cheaper, but not quite as strong, unless it's blended correctly. Cinder blocks have black spots where the cinders (charcoal) pieces of the aggregate are exposed. Block are about 80% aggregate, and about 20% cement. When fly ash is used, it's around 25% of the cement, or 5% of the block. Trust me, I got into this trade many years ago working for a mason who's father started and owned Wyoming Block, the biggest block manufacturing and masonry supply in Wyoming back in the day, with block plants in Torrington, Casper, Cheyenne, Riverton, Sheridan, and Rock Springs. My boss at the time even got a special family discount that made it easy for him to win bids. Where I live now, my 20 acres of North Platte River bottom, were once sand pits where the dad harvested sand, before they were reclaimed, and I bought it from him. He was a WWII D-Day vet, and a good friend of mine. I built the house I live in now for and with him -- It's split faced block. He's been gone for years, but old masons like me still joke about his lightweights not being so light. They are supposed to weigh under 27lbs, but his were more like 35, something a guy who handles them all day notices. But sand by the river is cheaper than all the light stuff, so he might of skimped some lol. I know block, but I wouldn't try to teach an old plumber about pipe, or herding turds, no matter what Wiki says.

I once contacted a power plant to see if I could get some fly ash because I had read really good things about it when it's mixed with cement (there's a word for it I can't remember). The guy was going to give me some, but I never followed through with it.

 

[JDN]

I've seen them naturally roost on top of swingsets...So they can get awful high on their own.