Look what my DH brought home from the dump!!! Toy Car!!

[dixygirl]

You could attach the hardware cloth with screws and a washer maybe. or nuts and bolts if you can get at it from both sides. Firm them up with some construction adhesive. I would maybe cover the front and back windows with plastic too though so they don't get rained on.
It is adorable

 

[DawnSuiter]

oh boy, wait for it.. wait for it..... maybe a hillbillly chicken RV! !!

complete with an awning shooting out from the side!!! I can just imagine it now...

 

[ams3651]

with little lawn chairs and chickens in camo ball caps

 

[moenmitz]

Oh I love the hillbilly RV idea! You could even add a little redneck satellite dish made out of a galvanized chick feeder bottom...lol Use wafer head screws to attach the hardware cloth- they are like a screw with a washer attached already one piece-very easy and looks nice and neat too! I just discovered them and am telling everybody!

 

[DawnSuiter]

I thought I would update all of you on what happened to Snoozer!

Well.. Snoozer became a brooder, so I won't go on at length but here she is...

Plastic hardware cloth has been hot glued on all the windows and the big side access window is glued on one side only, and held on with clothespins at the none glued side. We raised it up on a plywood platform, and the light hangs through the sunroof. I taped a large piece of cardboard over the spot with the missing door (after all it was at the dump) and it's ready for chicks to arrive today!

Clothspins on the far right side to hold the plastic net

and with the big "window" open for access

 

[dixygirl]

I love how you used deer netting here! I just would redo it attaching the netting on the inside of the car instead of on the outside. It would look neater.

For the fourth window, get some Velcro tape from Home Depot or Lowes. You peel and stick one side to the net and one side to the car. If needed you may have to stitch the velcro to the net. You press the two textures together to hold it down.

 

[DawnSuiter]

Hi Dixy,
i considered putting the net on the inside, but the chicks would be picking at the ends constantly and their safety is the reason of course for doing this at all... they enjoy pecking at the smaller nodules where the net meets in each square.. it's called Plastic Hardware Cloth.. if that's deer netting, then cool! Its the same stuff we used on our dog crate brooder to keep the little ones in.

We have lots of velcro tape around here, but it makes too much noise opening & closing, the curve of the car made it difficult to attach any kind of full pieces. Dots might have worked but i didn't have any of those.. 4 clothespins glued to the backside work great.. and so easy to release! They are left over from some embroidery circle christmas card displays we made a couple of years ago. I also couldn't figure out how to attach the thin netting to the velcro! Maybe more pink tape!!

I think it looks plenty neat, specially on the inside, where it counts

 

[SterlingAcres]

Wow! That's really cool! Good job

 

[dixygirl]

I put that same netting inside my pen so the chicks couldn't get thru the larger wire. I also have it over top of another pen as a roof net. It came in 7' x100' rolls so i stitched 2 rows together with a needle and thread and made it 14 feet wide. You could also stitch the velcro trip with needle and thread to the net the same way. Then maybe sandwich a strip of duct tape or gorilla tape over top for a little lip on the edge. Don't worry about the curves with the velcro tape. It is very flexible or you could even cut the strips. You could also cover the edges of the netting on the inside with duct tape for a neat little frame.

It is very creative of you and very functional I'm sure.
Enjoy!

 

[DawnSuiter]

Thanks shellie & dixy.

I'm glad we used it as a brooder.. it has that toddler like image to it, and its endearing to look at... can't wait till my fuzzy butts arrive... it could be today... could be tomorrow....

THEN, it will be complete