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I'm planning on using a stackable, black plastic tote thing for nest boxes, well nest box...I'm pretty sure one will do me unless all three need to lay at the same moment, lol. I of course, can't find a picture of them on Home Depot's website (mostly because I can't think of what they're called!), but they're about 18" wide and just a little less deep, maybe 16" or so. They have nice high sides and are pretty cheap, around $7-8! I figure if I get stacking ones, I can add a level if they absolutely need 2...or next year when I get a few more (shh)! The front is bent so you can get things out of them easily too.
The right side will be an access door that I can get in to, I may put the pop door over there too, but for now, I want to keep it on the left. I'm going to have to go into the run anyway to let them out in the morning. While I can get around all of the sides, it'll be a tight fit once the hardware cloth goes up! I suppose I could just open the big door for them, lol. Then , I could just engage the barrel bolt into a hole in the hardware cloth and hook the eye hook in it too...hmm....
That might just work!
As far as the cold weather goes...it didn't really feel all that cold with the sun shining on me. Until, that is, I was a goofy girl and spent an extended amount of time without my work gloves on...I needed fine motor skills to get the bits on & off the dremel, lol. That is a fun little toy to have by the way...I may take up building small gift boxes/jewlery type boxes just so I can use that more often! I already have a plan to create a little sign for the coop using all the doo-dads that came with it, lol. I don't think I'll be outside on the days coming up when it isn't supposed to be above freezing though...I don't leave my house until the thermometer says it's over 32! Not even to go to the store, lol. We're supposed to warm up to the mid-40's on Sunday again...but it's also supposed to snow!
I'll be out there even if it is snowing...I'll be under cover, lol. I really want to get this done before the chicks arrive (in 21 days!) that way I can spend as much time as possible with them and not worrying about their home! The run will have to wait until nicer weather and a day I can ply my other half with something enticing for him to help with that too. Putting up unruley fencing materials is definitely a two person job!
I may not have the best tools on the block...but they serve their purpose! I spent this evening filling out job apps...one thing I want to do if/when I ever get a job, is save up for some really nice tools...but those will be for only me to play with, lol. We have several of the "cheap" ones...as long as they last through whatever project they were bought for...that's good enough! I used the hand saw to cut boards today (forgot the power cord & didn't feel like walking back around the house, lol), that was a bit harder to do...I don't have enough arm strength at the angle I was trying to cut at to go forward, so I stuck the saw in and pulled over and over again, lol.
I also stepped on a nail...but I am always very careful how I walk around building materials, so I knew I did it and didn't put any more weight down. It went into the sole of my shoe, but didn't make it into the interior or me! Nasty, rusty one too... Bad me for not picking up those little wood & nails pieces the other day!
I'm planning on using a stackable, black plastic tote thing for nest boxes, well nest box...I'm pretty sure one will do me unless all three need to lay at the same moment, lol. I of course, can't find a picture of them on Home Depot's website (mostly because I can't think of what they're called!), but they're about 18" wide and just a little less deep, maybe 16" or so. They have nice high sides and are pretty cheap, around $7-8! I figure if I get stacking ones, I can add a level if they absolutely need 2...or next year when I get a few more (shh)! The front is bent so you can get things out of them easily too.
The right side will be an access door that I can get in to, I may put the pop door over there too, but for now, I want to keep it on the left. I'm going to have to go into the run anyway to let them out in the morning. While I can get around all of the sides, it'll be a tight fit once the hardware cloth goes up! I suppose I could just open the big door for them, lol. Then , I could just engage the barrel bolt into a hole in the hardware cloth and hook the eye hook in it too...hmm....
As far as the cold weather goes...it didn't really feel all that cold with the sun shining on me. Until, that is, I was a goofy girl and spent an extended amount of time without my work gloves on...I needed fine motor skills to get the bits on & off the dremel, lol. That is a fun little toy to have by the way...I may take up building small gift boxes/jewlery type boxes just so I can use that more often! I already have a plan to create a little sign for the coop using all the doo-dads that came with it, lol. I don't think I'll be outside on the days coming up when it isn't supposed to be above freezing though...I don't leave my house until the thermometer says it's over 32! Not even to go to the store, lol. We're supposed to warm up to the mid-40's on Sunday again...but it's also supposed to snow!
I may not have the best tools on the block...but they serve their purpose! I spent this evening filling out job apps...one thing I want to do if/when I ever get a job, is save up for some really nice tools...but those will be for only me to play with, lol. We have several of the "cheap" ones...as long as they last through whatever project they were bought for...that's good enough! I used the hand saw to cut boards today (forgot the power cord & didn't feel like walking back around the house, lol), that was a bit harder to do...I don't have enough arm strength at the angle I was trying to cut at to go forward, so I stuck the saw in and pulled over and over again, lol.
I also stepped on a nail...but I am always very careful how I walk around building materials, so I knew I did it and didn't put any more weight down. It went into the sole of my shoe, but didn't make it into the interior or me! Nasty, rusty one too... Bad me for not picking up those little wood & nails pieces the other day!
