My "Pinterest" Project Shed Build

[Finnie]

Well, he did it! Got the roof on, ridge cap and all. I definitely heard it more than a few times, over the last two weeks, what trouble it was to do that roof pitch.








Some of the hardware details. Funky little door handle for the double doors on the back:





Barrel bolts on the French doors




These pictures are not in the right order. This is the outside of the funky doorknob on the back of the shed.




I've already labelled those keys and tucked them in my file with all the shed receipts. Not planning to lock it, but I don't want to come across mystery keys years down the road and not know what they go to. We already have a few of those.

Well, I guess there won't be any more updates until I get busy and start my jobs. I've been thinking that I should start with a wire apron around the foundation. I wouldn't put it past those chickens of mine to start hiding their eggs under there. There were two particularly naughty hens who used to jump the fence and lay their eggs underneath my siding pile. Since I clipped their wings and we moved the wood, they might be looking for a new hideout.

But I might not jump right onto the shed projects this weekend, because I just put 25 eggs in lockdown, and my priority right now is setting up a bigger brooder than I'm used to using. I just got done ordering a continuous heating pad so I can make a Mama Heat Pad for them. Two day shipping for that, and then one more day till they hatch to get it set up!

My eggs:

 

[TerryH]

It is simply gorgeous!!!

 

[Finnie]

Thank you!

The chickens are already using it! For shade. It's suddenly hot here today, almost 80F. And with no leaves on the trees, shade is in short supply.



A lot of the grout has crumbled away from some of the windows. I'm thinking of re-gluing it back on.





Oh! And I'm pretty excited- I've been looking for Black Copper Marans hens for several months now, and there doesn't seem to be very many around here. Most of the ones I've called on, about 1 to 2 hours away, have been the hatchery kind that only lay medium brown eggs. But yesterday I found some on Craigslist, and they were only a half hour drive!

Introducing, "The Marys" (Mary Jane, Marybeth and Mary Lou):













They are in quarantine for now. I did get an egg this morning. I'm sure some Marans lay darker than this, but I'm pretty pleased with it:

 

[TerryH]

Cool. We are hoping that our 3 Marans will lay some super dark brown eggs as well. Guess it will be a while before we find out.

 

[Finnie]

So, I knew this would happen, lol. It's been over a week of "my turn" to work on the shed, and I have not done much! I did go to Home Depot and buy one gallon of the Henry Solar Flex White Roof Coating. I'm intending to build one of my poop boards and do a test coating of it to see how I like it when it dries. If I like it, I'll do the whole floor and all the poop boards. If I don't, then I don't know what I'll use the rest of the can for, but I'm sure I can think of some project to add to my list!

Speaking of which, I am experiencing a major distraction right now. I've found a collie puppy to buy. She will be ready to come home in about a week, so then my life will be thrown into upheaval, and all my various projects will become sadly (more than already) neglected. (Actually, the upheaval has already started because I'm very distracted with puppy prep, staring at the few photos I have of her, and surfing the net for everything I can find about collies. For instance, I need to buy ear tape and a grooming table!)

DH can only stand to live with 3 dogs at a time, so for the last 20 years, that has been our agreement. I love dogs and like (sort of) training them. Let's say, I love having them trained, but not quite love the process. But I used to like entering them in obedience trials, so to do the one, you gotta put in the time with the other. I would prefer to have 4 or 5 dogs, but in consideration of DH's feelings, I agree to only 3.

Well, my sweet, sweet 14 1/2 year old Sheltie died about a month ago, so I've been on the lookout to fill her spot before DH can get used to only 2 dogs in the house. (He had the gall to try to tell me that I'm getting older, and I might not be able to handle owning a dog when the new one lives to be a teenager. (Seriously?! I am 50 now, and he thinks I'm going to be feeble before I'm 65?!!)

Here is a photo of Birdie on her last day:

 

[MiniIndyRanch]

I love the look of your new shed/coop!! My DH suggested a she-shed in the garden that could be dual purpose and the picture that you posted from Pintrest got my attention as well. I can't wait to see how your's turns out!! (And I'm jealous of the Maran Marys, they definitely are a bit harder to find around Indy.)

 

[vasher]

Sorry about your Sheltie. Dogs never live long enough and are always heartbreakers. Yay for getting a collie pup, though. Our girl is the sweetest and best behaved dog your could ask for. Back when we were into dog showing, a grooming table was handy for blowing out and conditioning/hairspraying their coats without kneeling down, and the tape is needed (for showing) to get "correct" earset for collies as mostly all tend to prick, but unless you're going into confirmation, then you should be totally fine with existing grooming supplies (and don't mind a natural pointy eared collie).

 

[Finnie]

I love the look of your new shed/coop!! My DH suggested a she-shed in the garden that could be dual purpose and the picture that you posted from Pintrest got my attention as well. I can't wait to see how your's turns out!! (And I'm jealous of the Maran Marys, they definitely are a bit harder to find around Indy.)

I know! I looked for months. Mostly what I found were ads by people LOOKING to buy BCMs. I am seriously tempted now to buy a BCM rooster and hatch out some chicks to sell.

Btw, Agrarian is getting sexed BCM pullets from Meyer hatchery in their May 25 shipment, if that interests you. That was going to be my backup if I didn't find laying hens by then.

 

[Finnie]

Sorry about your Sheltie. Dogs never live long enough and are always heartbreakers. Yay for getting a collie pup, though. Our girl is the sweetest and best behaved dog your could ask for. Back when we were into dog showing, a grooming table was handy for blowing out and conditioning/hairspraying their coats without kneeling down, and the tape is needed (for showing) to get "correct" earset for collies as mostly all tend to prick, but unless you're going into confirmation, then you should be totally fine with existing grooming supplies (and don't mind a natural pointy eared collie). 

Thank you very much, Vasher. At her age I knew it would be within the year so I was prepared in my mind, so I thought. But it's still emotional.

My collie won't be a show quality one, but I still want her ears to tip, so I will work on it diligently and hope for the best. I was pretty lucky with that on my Sheltie. I found a good video on YouTube for how to tape.

Nice to meet another dog person!

 

[koopmaster]

Sweet koop! Great recovery from that high wind incident