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[Tab's chicken obsession]

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Me too, my windows in my 6 coops on one side of the barn all were at the curb, being thrown away. Work fine in a coop!

x2 or should I say x3
Our coop windows are from curb side. We've also put a couple old doors to use down in the barn. The good thing about free scrounged materials is that we've been able to make things that we otherwise couldn't afford.

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

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makes me think of this

(meant in humor)

 

[Henicillin]

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Ok, now I have to put a garden cart on my wish list, if that's what it takes to get *him* to do outdoor chores. If I had known it was THAT easy I would have bought one a looong time ago.

I was amazed!

It's like watching a kid with a new toy.

I'm going to love this cart when I clean the metric ton of pine shavings out of the coop in the spring. I have a couple of trees and bushes that need to be mulched, and pre-fertilized shavings will do nicely.

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

Sue
Is the feather club going to host another swap this year?

 

[Henicillin]

Tab's chicken obsession :

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Me too, my windows in my 6 coops on one side of the barn all were at the curb, being thrown away. Work fine in a coop!

x2 or should I say x3
Our coop windows are from curb side. We've also put a couple old doors to use down in the barn. The good thing about free scrounged materials is that we've been able to make things that we otherwise couldn't afford.​

He's also a fan of the Habitat for Humanity ReStore over in Pittsfield. The coop doors came from there for a few bucks apiece. Here's a handy-dandy list of NYS locations:

http://www.habitat.org/cd/env/restore_detail.aspx?place=70

 

[stonykill]

Cass you got a quick glance at our place. 90% of anything you saw was scrounged or DIRT cheap. 3 coops, 95% scrounged materials. Even the vinyl siding on one coop, and on my wifes shed was free roadside. I'm cheap, and a scrounge and proud of it!

 

[featherz]

Ooo. A garden cart. I need one of those. I think I'll have to get one. We have a lawn tractor with a cart, but it's not worth the hassle. I get all my feed delivered now and moving 10 50# bags into my barn from my driveway is no fun.

I have to admit I suck at finding used lumber but we did build two of our coops from structures already on the property - one from a kids play thing and the other from a horse run-in. I bought my windows on ebay after the cheapie windows we found just weren't doing the job.

My DH is never home but if I managed to scrounge something up he'd be quite proud of me.

 

[Tab's chicken obsession]

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You sound like my DH.

 

[featherz]

oh, I forgot.. we DID reuse a bunch of doors in building one of our coops. If anyone is in the area and wants a pile of crappy old doors, we have more!!

We left some by the curb and it took forever for someone to take them.

 

[Henicillin]

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This is ours: http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2295793 He almost didn't get it, as a couple of his misguided buddies told him not to give women work-related gifts. The heck with that - I'd rather have the useful items!

Speaking of new items, I think my fridge is on its last legs - the fan has been acting up, and it's in there making noise again. Grr. Oh, well - I've been coveting a French door fridge lately anyway. More room for eggs.