Just got the new coop ready (almost)...(w/ pics)

[pricem11]

Hey , I just discovered Dali did some fried eggs (you guys probably already knew that):

http://www.latifm.com/salvador_dali/large_image/fried_eggs_on_the_plate_without_the_plate.JPG

 

[Iamaqte]

That is an adorable coop! I can't wait to get working on my new one!

 

[Freebird]

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Ha! Dali used eggs in several of his paintings. He usually used them as a pre-natal representation of himself, I've been told. I remember seeing another, it was called "The Meeting of the Illusion and the Arrested Moment - Fried Eggs Presented in a Spoon". The titles of his paintings are great!

Oh, and thanks for confiming the SSH identity, guys. I was reasonably sure, but not completely.

speckledhen, that's a cute coop! I like the green and dark red...very sharp. The bad thing about the hexagonal building - sheeting and painting 6 walls instead of only 4! I never thought it was going to end!

I'm gonna start hanging the poultry wire for the outside run tonight. Anyone got any tips for hanging that stuff as pain and sag-free as possible? I'm going to be working with 150' rolls, 48" tall. I'll overlap that with some 36" tall wire to make a 6ft tall fence.

 

[Omeletta]

ok, like wow! (alright, I'm not technically young enough to, like, ya know, talk like that, but trying might make me forget about that new age spot I just found this morning under my right eye

un )

Anyways, wow fits!

here's a pic of my coop I designed and DH built

side view with run

another of the run, just cuz

 

[greginshasta]

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Have a look at the way chain link fencing is installed. There is a tool available from Home Depot or Lowes (among others) that is a solid piece of metal with hooks that you use to grab the fencing. On the other side of the tool are looks to connect a cable and/or come-along. Alternatively, I have woven a piece of iron pipe down the length of the fencing. See the links below for an idea.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=LawnGarden/chainLinkFence.html
http://www.creativehomeowner.com/index.php?pane=project&projectid=chfnc140

So if you have your posts in place, and attach the wire with the U-staples at one end, then tension it with the come-along which would be connected to something at the other end that won't move when you winch up the wire. That can be a post at the other end, or a convenient tree, or a trailer hitch from a vehicle backed up near the project. With it pulled tight, the wire can then be stapled to the run.

Make sense?

(Now I'm going to go get a drink and try to remove the vision of that Dali picture out of my thoughts.)

 

[greyfields]

My wife, the artistic one, absolutely loves the exterior. Let's hope she finds some inspiration for our coop, which has yet to be painted.

 

[Freebird]

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Perfectly! The thought of using one of those pullers actually crossed my mind. Have you actually installed it successfully using one of those? Just checking before I plucked down 20 bucks for a puller! I have a come-a-long that I can hook up to my ATV to get it tight.

 

[greginshasta]

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I used it on garden fencing this summer. I didn't buy one of those tools for connecting the come-along; I just used pipe. I was installing field fencing and 2x4 welded wire, and had some 1/2" galvanized water pipe that I use for staking wooden borders and steps. I threaded it in and out of the wire at the end that needed to be pulled (not the very end row, but a couple rows into the fabric so the fencing would not tear apart), then placed some rope at the top and bottom, then connected the come-along to a tree. Worked perfect. Wife was terribly impressed. I became an instant hero. Life is good being a hero. Ya get fed well.

 

[Freebird]

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I used it on garden fencing this summer. I didn't buy one of those tools for connecting the come-along; I just used pipe. I was installing field fencing and 2x4 welded wire, and had some 1/2" galvanized water pipe that I use for staking wooden borders and steps. I threaded it in and out of the wire at the end that needed to be pulled (not the very end row, but a couple rows into the fabric so the fencing would not tear apart), then placed some rope at the top and bottom, then connected the come-along to a tree. Worked perfect. Wife was terribly impressed. I became an instant hero. Life is good being a hero. Ya get fed well.

Great, looks like I'll go pick up one of those stretchers then! Now that I think about it, I've got some chain link that could use some tightening, too, but that's a job for another day!

 

[allen wranch]

I like your coop. Very cute and imaginative.

What are you doing for ventilation ? Arkansas gets pretty hot and the coop will retain heat in the day and feel like an oven. When you lock the birds up at night, the heat will still be there unless you have a place for it to escape.