Our introduction to keeping chickens, the high's, the lows and pics of our journey.

[NovaAman]

Well, you've convinced me... You are officialy a nerd now. Lol, that is so cool. Good looking, smart, make cute kids, funny... Your wife is one happy lady I am guessing. Now, if only would clone yourself and send that clone over here. But, you may need to send several clones... I know a few ladies... Lol

 

[Bens-Hens]

**blushes**

Thanks mate. Honestly I owe most of it to my lovely wife, she keeps me pointed in the right direction. Except my sense of humor, that's ALLLLLLL me hahahaha. Speaking of that, one week from today is our 'get together' anniversary. 17 years and I need to get thinking about something thoughtful for her (that does not involve zip ties or olive drums hahaha)

When our business is turning over some decent money, we will come visit Michigan, fix some cars, eat some good food and shoot the breeze.

I really want to take my family over there and look around again, without being on a work trip.

Nerd, I guess I am really. Can't argue about that when I got excited about finishing a poop drum! I used to think I was cool, maybe when I was younger, but these days I am more of a dorky tinkering dad.

Tomorrow is a new day

 

[NovaAman]

Lol, dork dad is good! Your boys will have good stories to tell their kids about their great tinkering grand-dad.

Before my dad broke his back he was a heavy equip mech for Mac Asphalt and for waste management. He always had erector sets, do-hickies, things like that. Then he got into computers and programming... You could present him with a problem and he could figure out a solution in no time. I used to make him so mad because I'd start a project with next to nothing that I actually needed and just fly by the seat of my pants with what I had to hand. Lol. I can solve a problem too... Just not to conventionally...

 

[Wrightsx4]

Lol- funny stuff. Hooray for the nerds! Lol. I'm one too - I admit. I never use the right tools or the right materials but I manage to put together something that works. But really, who needs real tools and materials when nearby theres perfectly good scraps I can piece together, a staple gun, a butter knife and maybe a roll of duct tape? My hubby rolls his eyes at most of my projects. We call it one of my "endearing qualities" He couldn't argue with 20 out of 21 eggs hatching in the tomato sauce can incubator though. Hahaha. Got him with that one. He is the type to draw it out in AutoCAD, make a materials list, go to the lumberyard...measure things....
I guess this chicken hobby and even the fact we hang out on a chicken website...must bring likeminded "nerds" together! Dork dads are the ones kids remember with the best memories, the ones that get involved and have fun with them.

 

[NovaAman]

So true!

My bro-in-law used to LOVE butter knifes and black electrical tape. I asked him why he didn't just use duct tape, he said he was partial to black... felt a kinship with it, and then laugh like a loon (he was a black man). He hardly ever had a screw driver for things, and butter knifes worked just fine. Now my sister is with a guy who does things like... Well, like your hubby Wright. He's a good guy though. Not like John, rest his soul.

I can remember my grand dad telling me how to do things the "right way" all the time. From the right way to mow the lawn, clean the hedges, wrap line in a weeder, to the proper way to hang a picture, fix a door, nail something. He was like that. My grandma, she had the flair. She's where we get our creative genes from. LOL.

 

[Bens-Hens]

Lol, I could do it the 'right' way, I could do lots of things that are ideal. There are two issues with that though.

Nearly always it takes a bigger budget, for tooling and materials. I simply don't want to justify spending more, when I know I can sacrifice some quality and do it on the cheap.

Secondly, I like the satisfaction of knowing I nutted out a project and resolved it. It's one thing to go to a shop and buy a ready made coop, it's another to spend a weekend int eh sun making your own.

One day when I get more land and a shed, I can make shop quality projects.

BTW, to rooster door devise worked today, perfect except in the fact that the $1.29 bucket hit the ground when it opened, and split the cheap Chinese bottom of it. Now to scratch up a better bucket for version 4.7 hahahaha.

 

[CB and CG]

Hi Ben, just found your thread. Luna looks like she isn't far off laying at all!

 

[Bens-Hens]

Welcome Thanks mate!

Yes Luna is doing a sterling job of holding out on us hahaha

I found you on chooknet too and saw what the CB and CG stands for! I am just over Tonkin in Kenwick, practically neighbors! About 2 months and I will on the phone for some of your blues.

 

[ozexpat]

Lol, I could do it the 'right' way, I could do lots of things that are ideal. There are two issues with that though.

Nearly always it takes a bigger budget, for tooling and materials. I simply don't want to justify spending more, when I know I can sacrifice some quality and do it on the cheap.

Secondly, I like the satisfaction of knowing I nutted out a project and resolved it. It's one thing to go to a shop and buy a ready made coop, it's another to spend a weekend int eh sun making your own.

One day when I get more land and a shed, I can make shop quality projects.

BTW, to rooster door devise worked today, perfect except in the fact that the $1.29 bucket hit the ground when it opened, and split the cheap Chinese bottom of it. Now to scratch up a better bucket for version 4.7 hahahaha.

you may need the $1.46 bucket upgrade

 

[CB and CG]

Welcome Thanks mate!

Yes Luna is doing a sterling job of holding out on us hahaha

I found you on chooknet too and saw what the CB and CG stands for! I am just over Tonkin in Kenwick, practically neighbors! About 2 months and I will on the phone for some of your blues.

Wow you are close by. Just hope my chickens are still laying in 2 months lol. The eggs will be a mixture of blue and black as I cross blue hens to a black rooster in order to get blues with nice lacing. Even if you cross blue to blue, only approximately half of of the chicks will be blue. The blue gene is strange like that. Just thought it was a bit of interesting info you might want to know.
Yes we advertise on chooknet a fair bit under chookboyandchookgirl. That username was to large for BYC so we had to shorten it a little to CB and CG.