***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[nnbreeder]

You lay the measurements out and the dig down to the depth that you want the thickness of the top to be. Then you add the steel rebar and a lifting loop in the center. No forms to build, the ground is used.

 

[prairiehen74369]

I'm sure that if i used proper filtration I could drink my rainwater.I do buy bottled water to drink and before i get completly down.....I plan to get a new pump in my well and get water back in my house just takes money which happens to be in short supply around here at this time. It seems I"m mamaging better than folks who have rural water at the moment. Hair washed in rainwater is really soft and by the way that maytag washer is a wringer washer.

 

[poultryand bees]

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so, essentially you are using the ground as the form in which to pour concrete?

 

[poultryand bees]

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Hope the rain comes your way. There was a good rain here, thankfully.

The wind blew open one of the gates and two hens seized the opportunity to escape. I searched everywhere I could, then finally found them in the backyard of a vacant house nearby. It took me over an hour to wrestle them around and get them back home. Those long handled fishing nets sure come in handy. Now I'm covered in mud and mosquito bites, the two captured escapees are in time out, and I'm whooped. So, so grateful for the rain and cooler temps though.

Hesitate to mention this. . . but unless you have to worry about varmits getting the birds, there is a pretty good chance they would have found their way back to the roost on their own this evening.

 

[poultryand bees]

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I wondered as much since you indicated you were carrying water from the rainbarrels. We sold a wringer washer in the garage sale we had in April. I think that one of EggMan's friends bought it. It still worked.

 

[dgibson]

We got one inch rain at my house cooler temp feels good .Sold twenty male birds just had a hamburger from boomrang as us red necks would say it dont get any better than this

 

[upcdayz]

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Hesitate to mention this. . . but unless you have to worry about varmits getting the birds, there is a pretty good chance they would have found their way back to the roost on their own this evening.

I wondered if they would return on their own, but was afraid to wait and see. The last time one escaped, about a year ago, she never came back. That was one of my Minorcas who was my favorite bird. I'm not worried as much about varmints as I am the neighbors getting a hold of them and having them for dinner. Guess I'm just over protective, maybe?

 

[nnbreeder]

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so, essentially you are using the ground as the form in which to pour concrete?

Yep. after all it doesn't have to be perfect.

 

[NanaKat]

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Roger and I both laughed at that! Glad you got some rain and sold some birds too.
Which Boomerrang? We frequent the one out on Kickapoo.

 

[nnbreeder]

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Hesitate to mention this. . . but unless you have to worry about varmits getting the birds, there is a pretty good chance they would have found their way back to the roost on their own this evening.

I wondered if they would return on their own, but was afraid to wait and see. The last time one escaped, about a year ago, she never came back. That was one of my Minorcas who was my favorite bird. I'm not worried as much about varmints as I am the neighbors getting a hold of them and having them for dinner. Guess I'm just over protective, maybe?

I don't think that you are overprotective at all. All of our birds, except a few, are locked in some rather hefty cages.