New plan! (LOTS O PICS, adding them as I go)
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Lol, this is where I admit to being a lazy couch potato in "real life" right?
The A-frame is a no-go...they never responded to my email. At that price though, I'd be surprised if it wasn't snatched up in a few minutes! The rest were all between $300 (for a dinky old dog house) to $1100 (a huge A-frame that I could do jumping jacks in and is all coop)! The one closest in size to what I'm building (much nicer, but the builder uses dresser drawers for nest boxes) was on a local guy's website for $700.
The A-frame is a no-go...they never responded to my email. At that price though, I'd be surprised if it wasn't snatched up in a few minutes! The rest were all between $300 (for a dinky old dog house) to $1100 (a huge A-frame that I could do jumping jacks in and is all coop)! The one closest in size to what I'm building (much nicer, but the builder uses dresser drawers for nest boxes) was on a local guy's website for $700.
Keep trucking u doin ok
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I got an earlier start today.
We host a D&D group every Sunday, or rather my other half does and I find things to do that keep me away from the bratty 3 year old one of the guys brings. So, a little before 10 I had my SO help cart one of the crates around back. I was planning on just stacking it on the already vinyled side while I finished up there, but I had to change tactics, lol.
First, I got the floor done! Well, not first...it was too cold still and the glue needed to warm up a tad before I could do it. But, we'll pretend and work our way "up", lol. Again, not straight, but close enough! The first tile I laid that I had to cut, I did it completely backwards! That was an easy fix theough, especially since it's under the wall and frame.
These are the cheapest tiles you can buy at Home Depot by the way...$0.36 each for the singles compared to the "next cheapest" at $0.47 each...it adds up! For the full 28 I used (had I needed to purchase all of them), it would have been $10.08, the next up would have been $13.16! Not a ton of money, but it adds up quickly when doing a major project! We bought a box of 45 tiles to do our bathroom for under $20 (I think we got it at Lowe's...I'd have to dig up the receipt for them though) and we only used 25 for that project.
Like I said though, I couldn't just sit the crate up like I had planned orriginally. If the floor didn't weigh a freaking ton, I could have adjusted the brackets on the cocrete piers to allow more room up top, but even with help, once the floor was put together there was no way I could lift it! So, I spent the better part of the morning cutting off what wouldn't fit under the deck supports (2x6's turned on their skinny side)! I had to take a break to go buy more saw blades...the saw came with a fine grain wood cutting blade and I went through that one very quickly! Off to Harbor Freight I went, 20% off coupon in hand, to get more blades and a backup battery for the drill! After I got home, I promptly return to Harbor Freight to get the correct battery... Then, back to work! Here are the far right and center supports on the crate...after I got the crate up on top of the flooring! The second pic is the center support.
After a little modification...I have a crate upside down and in place!
Next came a wall...if you look close, you can see the screws still sticking about half way out on the left. That was due to a low battery in the drill! I'll try to get them in after a good charge, if that doesn't do it, I'll break out the corded drill, lol.
After I decided the drill wasn't cutting it today, I switched over and decided to open up the center area of the coop (where the two crates will sit next to each other). That went fairly nicely, the crates are put together with a nicer wood that typical crates (and shorter nails). It looks so nice right now! I like how the back wall looks from inside, just need to finish screwing it down now!
That pile of nails is from the crate boards I took off...they're not the greatest, but they came out fairly straight...I reused a few to tack up the "jigsaw boards" to line up the crate against.
And here is what I did today all in one, cleaned up, place! The window to the left in the first picture is to my family room (where my office is being moved to if Mr. tech guy ever gets his rear in gear and get the network stuff done). Right now our pinball machine is sitting in front of it, lol. The second picture is by far my favorite so far! I walked out from under the deck and was standing just to the left of the big Maple (it might be an Oak, I forget what the tree guy told me it was) that sits next to our deck (the stairs are the only access we have to the back of the house unless we go in from the gates out front. The sun was shining just perfectly when I took it too! The board on the right was what I was talking about nailing in place... There won't be a lot of room on three sides of the coop...but I'll at least be able to scooch around all sides. That'll give the gals the most unobstructed run area.
Well, that's "all" I got done today...my back is killing me now and my hands and wrists aren't feeling so great after the prolonged use of the reciprocating saw either! We're supposed to have more "good" weather tommorow (high of 41), so hopefully I can get the other crate worked on and added to what's there! I'll be modifying it in the garage though...I'll need to get it behind the house on my own...I think I'm gonna strap it into my ancient wheelbarrow (a hand me down from my mother...my father bought it almost 10 years before I was born!) and try wheeling it that way. I'll take pics if I do!
After the crates are up, I can start adding the big waals where there will be doors and stuff!
First, I got the floor done! Well, not first...it was too cold still and the glue needed to warm up a tad before I could do it. But, we'll pretend and work our way "up", lol. Again, not straight, but close enough! The first tile I laid that I had to cut, I did it completely backwards! That was an easy fix theough, especially since it's under the wall and frame.
Like I said though, I couldn't just sit the crate up like I had planned orriginally. If the floor didn't weigh a freaking ton, I could have adjusted the brackets on the cocrete piers to allow more room up top, but even with help, once the floor was put together there was no way I could lift it! So, I spent the better part of the morning cutting off what wouldn't fit under the deck supports (2x6's turned on their skinny side)! I had to take a break to go buy more saw blades...the saw came with a fine grain wood cutting blade and I went through that one very quickly! Off to Harbor Freight I went, 20% off coupon in hand, to get more blades and a backup battery for the drill! After I got home, I promptly return to Harbor Freight to get the correct battery... Then, back to work! Here are the far right and center supports on the crate...after I got the crate up on top of the flooring! The second pic is the center support.
After a little modification...I have a crate upside down and in place!
Next came a wall...if you look close, you can see the screws still sticking about half way out on the left. That was due to a low battery in the drill! I'll try to get them in after a good charge, if that doesn't do it, I'll break out the corded drill, lol.
After I decided the drill wasn't cutting it today, I switched over and decided to open up the center area of the coop (where the two crates will sit next to each other). That went fairly nicely, the crates are put together with a nicer wood that typical crates (and shorter nails). It looks so nice right now! I like how the back wall looks from inside, just need to finish screwing it down now!
And here is what I did today all in one, cleaned up, place! The window to the left in the first picture is to my family room (where my office is being moved to if Mr. tech guy ever gets his rear in gear and get the network stuff done). Right now our pinball machine is sitting in front of it, lol. The second picture is by far my favorite so far! I walked out from under the deck and was standing just to the left of the big Maple (it might be an Oak, I forget what the tree guy told me it was) that sits next to our deck (the stairs are the only access we have to the back of the house unless we go in from the gates out front. The sun was shining just perfectly when I took it too! The board on the right was what I was talking about nailing in place... There won't be a lot of room on three sides of the coop...but I'll at least be able to scooch around all sides. That'll give the gals the most unobstructed run area.
Well, that's "all" I got done today...my back is killing me now and my hands and wrists aren't feeling so great after the prolonged use of the reciprocating saw either! We're supposed to have more "good" weather tommorow (high of 41), so hopefully I can get the other crate worked on and added to what's there! I'll be modifying it in the garage though...I'll need to get it behind the house on my own...I think I'm gonna strap it into my ancient wheelbarrow (a hand me down from my mother...my father bought it almost 10 years before I was born!) and try wheeling it that way. I'll take pics if I do!
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And..I finally let the neighbor I hate know that I'm getting chickens. Oddly enough, it was a different woman than the one I dealt with last summer...I wonder who that "woman" was then, lol. Both she and the guy that were outside were really nice about it!
MY GOODNESS
Oh my gosh!! That looks really great!! You are doing a great job!!
Its just amazing what you are building with the little bit of money you have invested. Keep up the great work..... everyone's dying to see what the end results will be..... myself included!!
Keep the pics coming. Love them. We're taking a few days off to relax and recoop. We are sore all over.
Its just amazing what you are building with the little bit of money you have invested. Keep up the great work..... everyone's dying to see what the end results will be..... myself included!!
Keep the pics coming. Love them. We're taking a few days off to relax and recoop. We are sore all over.
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Okay, first..."recoop" made me giggle a lot...maybe I need more sleep, lol. Thank you so much for your kind words!
I finally got pictures from the guy selling the cheap coop on Craigs List...so not worth $175 in my opinion! The frame is nice enough, all 2x4 construction and painted... But, the actual coop is only 3' deep by may 2.5' wide! I kind of expected that, but since there was no mention of a run being attached...I was hopeful, lol. Also, the whole thing was wrapped in chicken wire (yuck!) and not even normal chicken wire...the gaps were at least twice as large as the regular stuff! I was nice and declined purchase, lol. And also passed on a bit of "knowledge" about what chicken wire doesn't keep out...my good deed for the day...
abChicken...is that a good "my goodness" or a "I can't believe how much time you wasted today" one? Lol! All I really did was cut a few boards, lay a few tiles and scoot things around a little... Oh, and I halfway put in 6 screws, lol.
The plan of attack for tommorow is the other crate...then I can get the other wals up! And figure out how to cut out doors...
Okay, first..."recoop" made me giggle a lot...maybe I need more sleep, lol. Thank you so much for your kind words!
I finally got pictures from the guy selling the cheap coop on Craigs List...so not worth $175 in my opinion! The frame is nice enough, all 2x4 construction and painted... But, the actual coop is only 3' deep by may 2.5' wide! I kind of expected that, but since there was no mention of a run being attached...I was hopeful, lol. Also, the whole thing was wrapped in chicken wire (yuck!) and not even normal chicken wire...the gaps were at least twice as large as the regular stuff! I was nice and declined purchase, lol. And also passed on a bit of "knowledge" about what chicken wire doesn't keep out...my good deed for the day...
abChicken...is that a good "my goodness" or a "I can't believe how much time you wasted today" one? Lol! All I really did was cut a few boards, lay a few tiles and scoot things around a little... Oh, and I halfway put in 6 screws, lol.
The plan of attack for tommorow is the other crate...then I can get the other wals up! And figure out how to cut out doors...
WhySay -No Im in complete awe, reason being i built a 8x16 coop 2 summers ago used
the large pallets like large mowers come crated in. If i ever learn to do pictures on here
i will post them I am a computer idiot so dont hold ur breath. I just stood the pallets up and
bolted them togather used them for walls bought new lumber and plywood to finish it.
The other coops i built I just went lowes and got what i needed..cul
the large pallets like large mowers come crated in. If i ever learn to do pictures on here
i will post them I am a computer idiot so dont hold ur breath. I just stood the pallets up and
bolted them togather used them for walls bought new lumber and plywood to finish it.
The other coops i built I just went lowes and got what i needed..cul
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