MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

Can you explain the gap beneath. Maybe with photos?

It's got legs either side which leaves a cavity beneath.

It didn't take long for the hens to knock or flick food under there. If I don't clean it up, it'll attract rodents.

So I'll block up that cavity. Probably with a piece of timber.

 

[MaryJanet]

I'm hopeful the feeder will solve my wild pigeon problem.

 

[micstrachan]

Very little. It's a slow-moving thread.

I am grateful for that. The fast paced thread is getting away from me a bit.

 

[micstrachan]

It goes too fast for me too. I kept reading every post for much longer than my availability allowed but had to give up.

Every now and then, I read a few pages at the tail end but there's so much I've missed of other people's flocks I no longer know what's happening.

So grateful for Bob tagging me though, because I like to know what's going on with his tribe.

Yes, the tags are helpful!

 

[micstrachan]

I love how your build is coming along, MJ! And it makes me think maybe I coild build a coop by meself if I needed to!

 

[MaryJanet]

I love how your build is coming along, MJ! And it makes me think maybe I coild build a coop by meself if I needed to!

Thank you! I'm very happy with it so far.

I think I will try for a mini orb roof. There's a lot of it in the shed and I'd like to use it up. Also, it's very lightweight. I remember when I was putting the big fox proof coop together and attaching its mini orb panels to make the roof. I feel like I can do that again if I've got the right self-tapping screws.

It's a corrogated surface so the rain will run off it nicely. I plan to store the rain in the small galv rainwater tank, then use it on the plants in the vicinity.

You could totally build your own, especially with a builder partner to help you out when you get stuck.

 

[MaryJanet]

Awww I was a place of refuge when Janet was kicking up a stink.

Look at Blossom back there, supervising.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Yes, the tags are helpful!

What are the tags? How does that work? I’m a little slow, lol.
I am asking because I haven’t been able to keep up at all lately due to too much other stuff I do.
The struggle is real.

 

[MaryJanet]

That's great. Glad you got some help on the calculations!

The funny thing was, he was adding 2.5 to 2.5 and getting 5m2! I had to say, no wait, it's a multiplication


So we came up with 2.3 x 2.15m to be on the safe side. That's wide enough and almost as deep as I'd hoped.

I may even make it 2.5 x 2m to give it a slightly deeper eave on the sunny side.

 

[RoyalChick]

Today, my brother took a look at the future roosting box and gave it a big

With special recognition of how sturdy it is

And we calculated the dimensions of the roof, which must be less than 5m2 to avoid the formal approvals process.

Well done!!