Large, Open-Air Coop in Central NC

[Sally PB]

Here's what I would have said to him:

"You mean, make it bigger? Yeah, I'm ok with that." (Refiguring how many chicks to hatch/buy as he nods and walks back out.)

 

[3KillerBs]

And we have postholes:

Here's what I would have said to him:

"You mean, make it bigger? Yeah, I'm ok with that." (Refiguring how many chicks to hatch/buy as he nods and walks back out.)

You can bet I wasn't arguing.

*Visualizes using temporary walls to divide off a 4x8, walk-in brooder/integration area.*

 

[3KillerBs]

So, no sketches were made on my days off because the weather changed and I worked outside.

Still mentally rearranging to account for a 16x16 square instead of a 12 x 16 rectangle.

 

[3KillerBs]

Sorry for the lack of updates. Rain has prevented further construction and I've been busy getting my newly-ordered fruit trees in.

 

[3KillerBs]

5 of the postholes now have posts in them:

One of the corners was 4 inches off.

I told him that the chickens wouldn't care and asked if it would bother him a lot. He hemmed and hawed over it but when I got back from my doctor's appt.* he'd reset it. I knew he wouldn't be able to stand knowing it was off for the next 20 years.

*Annual physical. I've lost an official 92lbs in the past 2 years.

 

[aart]

I told him that the chickens wouldn't care and asked if it would bother him a lot. He hemmed and hawed over it but when I got back from my doctor's appt. he'd reset it.

The chickens might not care but a skewed 'foundation' can screw up the rest of the build.

 

[3KillerBs]

The chickens might not care but a skewed 'foundation' can screw up the rest of the build.

The day my DH builds something an avoidable half-inch out of true the sun will rise at midnight in the west.

 

[aart]

The day my DH builds something an avoidable half-inch out of true the sun will rise at midnight in the west.

You say that like it's bad thing
to your DH!

 

[3KillerBs]

You say that like it's bad thing
to your DH!

No, not a bad thing at all.

I've mentioned the family tendency to over-engineer before.

 

[Sally PB]

I've lost an official 92lbs in the past 2 years.

Congratulations! That is fantastic!!!