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[gpeters3]

Dare I ask WHY you are going to drill another hole into your sewer pipe??

OK, I ASSUME you don't actually plan to drill into the sewer pipe but I would not choose to place a post on top of a sewer pipe at all

I just grazed it so will move the post an inch or so and finish the hole by hand. A previous building inspector said they use a loose scale Did you know a ditch witch will stall when it hits 2 aught cable, 4 strands. I laid all the lines myself and when my wife screamed the power went out, the light went on (figuratively). I kept the plastic conduit I cut out for the repair as a reminder for quite a while

I knew the sewer line was there, just not exactly where. Couldn't remember if I used two 22.5 elbows or one 45 coming out of the barn. Code only allows two 45's between a building and septic tank. I'll work on that tomorrow and Saturday finish the holes. (4 of them are for my wife's grape arbors at the end of the garden)

 

[gpeters3]

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Originally Posted by McKinneyMike

Got the holes bored for the covered run/run area today. Tomorrow start setting posts and mixing concrete. The covered section of the run will be 8x12 and the uncovered area will be 12x12.

I highly recommend pea stone instead of concrete for setting posts. Concrete leaches the womanizing out of the wood and rot sets in more quickly. Pea stone is self compacting and will set the post as well as concrete as long as the hole is deep enough. You can use concrete for shallow holes as a ballast but it's not recommended.

 

[Red Banks]

Got the holes bored for the covered run/run area today. Tomorrow start setting posts and mixing concrete. The covered section of the run will be 8x12 and the uncovered area will be 12x12.

Built a ramp to allow chicks to get access to roost yesterday. Slowly coming together. The girls are not sleeping on the roost yet. I was hoping that the ramp would entice them to get up there easier. They explore up there, but are still all huddling into a corner every night on the coop floor.

Lucky chickens...... looks beautiful!

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Got the holes bored for the covered run/run area today. Tomorrow start setting posts and mixing concrete. The covered section of the run will be 8x12 and the uncovered area will be 12x12. Built a ramp to allow chicks to get access to roost yesterday. Slowly coming together. The girls are not sleeping on the roost yet. I was hoping that the ramp would entice them to get up there easier. They explore up there, but are still all huddling into a corner every night on the coop floor.

What's the demenions to that coop it's very nice

 

[McKinneyMike]

What's the demenions to that coop it's very nice

The building is 10x12. I partitioned the inside into a 7x10 coop space and the remainder is used to collect eggs, store feed, bedding, tools.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Well I like it a lot and I have a 4c8 coop but with a turkey and 8 plus large fowl chickens it is starting to get a little snug and I have no more room for any more roost space but I only build the coop a few months ago with only two chickens then

 

[Sylvester017]

Got started today, drilled one hole, hit my sewer pipe on the second, hit a rock on the third and all the way on the fourth. Used one man ice auger, broke the safety handle.off and sprained my elbow and then it started raining. Drilled the last hole in the rain. Saturday i'll rent the proper auger (on a cart) and finish all the holes. I did buy another post so i can set up a 4' sliding barn door. I'll hand dig the sewer pipe hole and back fill all holes with pea stone (trick i learned on my back deck) pea stone is self compacting and is like cement with no tamping. Great stuff

Maybe you should hire Tim "The Toolman" Taylor to help?

 

[gpeters3]

Well I like it a lot and I have a 4c8 coop but with a turkey and 8 plus large fowl chickens it is starting to get a little snug and I have no more room for any more roost space but I only build the coop a few months ago with only two chickens then

I hear that! My coop was fine for up to 10 birds but now I have 22 if they all live. As soon as I get the run finished I will put some in the run and some in the coop and add another roost. I have to separate them anyway because the hens will kill the chicks. I'm thinking hens in the coop, chicks in the run. In my old coop they all roosted on one perch and were pretty tight when all were on it. I'm trying to give them more room in this one.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I'd put hens in the run and chicks in the coop

 

[Sylvester017]

Built a ramp to allow chicks to get access to roost yesterday. Slowly coming together. The girls are not sleeping on the roost yet. I was hoping that the ramp would entice them to get up there easier. They explore up there, but are still all huddling into a corner every night on the coop floor.

It's possible they have to learn the big scary window won't hurt them at night? I had a 2x4 plank added in our coop we ordered from Utah and my girls preferred the narrower rounded-edge perches that came with the coop. You just never know what a chicken will prefer.