The Front Porch Swing

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Don't feel stupid. We all get taken at one point or another. Just continue to be your kind lovable self. They will get their just rewards!

Isn't fancy? Isn't fancy?? Isn't fancy??? I love it and it is RED! The sign is perfect. Good to have you back!

Lisa :)
Yep Boomer Sooner RED. Is there any other color? LOL
 
@luvblues... I LOVE your setup! Those hoop coops are especially perdy! I also love how they are "in order". I like your feeders against the wall. I believe I may do that, ought to solve a few problems.

@Leslie... don't let jerks get you down. That's the only pleasure some get out of life. As Bee said, dust your feet off and move on. It's their loss.
 
**I've got a question for you guys that use pvc pipes for feeders... will it be deep enough if you cut it directly in half long ways and make two feeders out of one long piece OR do you have to cut just a small section off for the other to be deep enough?**
 
**I've got a question for you guys that use pvc pipes for feeders... will it be deep enough if you cut it directly in half long ways and make two feeders out of one long piece OR do you have to cut just a small section off for the other to be deep enough?**
I took one 4" X 5' piece of PVC pipe cut it in half and then in half long ways then put the ends on it. That gave me 4 feeder/waters. I love mine and the cost is about $25 total for the four feeders. So to answer your question YES they are deep enough when cut in half long ways
 
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Hey..... who got my spot on the porch floor? Been gone sick a couple three days and when I come back SOMEONE got my spot. Blooie did you give my spot away? That's okay that's why God gave me such a BIG butt I'll just root my way back in. Excuse me... excuse me....coming in.....awww there we go all nice an comfee again. Could you please past me a Diet Coke (just kidding) I'll take a glass of decaf sweet tea. Lots of catching up to do and all the talk about building new coops has got me wanting to show and tell about building mine last year. But first things first...... Rose... sorry to hear about your Hubby. There is nothing as bad as a sick husband. I would rather take care of 5 sick kids than one sick man. Windy..... good to see you back. Got your PM thanks for the reply. And oh congrats on the soon coming of the new additions. I have/had BLRW..... it's so hard to get good color and keep the correct conformation but I bet you will do great. Bee.... love the grandbaby video. What an facial expression. She is a keeper for sure. And the Jeanne Robertson clip was so funny. She always calls her husband "Left Brain". Too funny too funny. Lisa.... just want to know that you are a pure ray of sunshine to my soul. Love you girlfriend! Leslie.... All I can say about the advice is UNBELIEVEABLE !!!!! and last but for sure not least Blooie.... Hang in there you will get that coop done today. It is a lot of hard work but so worth it. And now that brings me to my show and tell part of this post. WARNING PICTURE OVERLOAD COMING ....... As I have told you before in an earlier post I live on the old family homestead and we are the third generation to live here. There is an old and I do mean old barn (my daddy was building it when my mother was pregnant with me 57 years ago) behind my house and I had converted half of the loafing shed into a coop for my chickens. It was about 15 X 8 and I was making do but Donald said if I wanted a new coop design it and he would try to make me what I wanted. It is not the fanciest coop but it is what I wanted so here are the pictures of the building process..... Building the hoop coops inside the shop and a lot of sweat equity Moving them outside Building the outside pen area Built a north wall for protection from the weather We then cut a door into the old coop area of the barn and converted it into a nursery Of course then the barn had to be painted to match the north wall Installed feeders and waters New coop all finished notice the Caution sign above the gate.... Inside the nursery/feeding station. The white barrel has my FF in it with a light to keep it warm. Works GREAT! Thanks Bee for the help getting started on FF. Notice the orange bucket upside down, yep Blooie that's the watching station I sat on. I have two brooders set up one for little babies (the tent looking one) and then one for when they are older but still need a little heat And the last picture is an outside picture of the two tied together. I also have rain barrels set up to catch the run off rain and that's what I water with. So Blooie after the aches and pains are gone you will be so glad you built what you wanted. Like I said I know mine isn't fancy but it's just what I wanted and I do enjoy it so much. Thanks for letting me gloat just a little and enduring so many pictures. You ladies are the GREATEST!
Fantastic setup!!!
 
I posted on FB asking for practical help with something. Someone had lots of questions for me about why I need help ... then had advice, very VERY obvious advice telling me to do the opposite of what I've decided I need to do at this point ... so I asked them if they could give the practical help I was looking for ... and then I got a nasty reply from them telling me I was out of line to ask. So I apologized for stepping out if line. Then they accused me of being sarcastic for apologizing.

You can't win for losing on that one. Blow it off. We love and respect you. Truly.
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  I took one 4" X 5' piece of PVC pipe cut it in half and then in half long ways then put the ends on it.  That gave me 4 feeder/waters.  I love mine and the cost is about $25 total for the four feeders. So to answer your question YES they are deep enough when cut in half long ways

Cool, no wasted pvc! Did you make waterers out of them somehow too?
 
Hey..... who got my spot on the porch floor? Been gone sick a couple three days and when I come back SOMEONE got my spot. Blooie did you give my spot away? That's okay that's why God gave me such a BIG butt I'll just root my way back in. Excuse me... excuse me....coming in.....awww there we go all nice an comfee again. Could you please past me a Diet Coke (just kidding) I'll take a glass of decaf sweet tea. Lots of catching up to do and all the talk about building new coops has got me wanting to show and tell about building mine last year. But first things first......

Rose... sorry to hear about your Hubby. There is nothing as bad as a sick husband. I would rather take care of 5 sick kids than one sick man.

Windy..... good to see you back. Got your PM thanks for the reply. And oh congrats on the soon coming of the new additions. I have/had BLRW..... it's so hard to get good color and keep the correct conformation but I bet you will do great.

Bee.... love the grandbaby video. What an facial expression. She is a keeper for sure. And the Jeanne Robertson clip was so funny. She always calls her husband "Left Brain". Too funny too funny.

Lisa.... just want to know that you are a pure ray of sunshine to my soul. Love you girlfriend!

Leslie.... All I can say about the advice is UNBELIEVEABLE !!!!!

and last but for sure not least Blooie.... Hang in there you will get that coop done today. It is a lot of hard work but so worth it. And now that brings me to my show and tell part of this post. WARNING PICTURE OVERLOAD COMING .......

As I have told you before in an earlier post I live on the old family homestead and we are the third generation to live here. There is an old and I do mean old barn (my daddy was building it when my mother was pregnant with me 57 years ago) behind my house and I had converted half of the loafing shed into a coop for my chickens. It was about 15 X 8 and I was making do but Donald said if I wanted a new coop design it and he would try to make me what I wanted. It is not the fanciest coop but it is what I wanted so here are the pictures of the building process.....

Building the hoop coops inside the shop and a lot of sweat equity




Moving them outside






Building the outside pen area




Built a north wall for protection from the weather


We then cut a door into the old coop area of the barn and converted it into a nursery




Of course then the barn had to be painted to match the north wall


Installed feeders and waters




New coop all finished notice the Caution sign above the gate....




Inside the nursery/feeding station. The white barrel has my FF in it with a light to keep it warm. Works GREAT! Thanks Bee for the help getting started on FF. Notice the orange bucket upside down, yep Blooie that's the watching station I sat on. I have two brooders set up one for little babies (the tent looking one) and then one for when they are older but still need a little heat




And the last picture is an outside picture of the two tied together. I also have rain barrels set up to catch the run off rain and that's what I water with.


So Blooie after the aches and pains are gone you will be so glad you built what you wanted. Like I said I know mine isn't fancy but it's just what I wanted and I do enjoy it so much.

Thanks for letting me gloat just a little and enduring so many pictures. You ladies are the GREATEST!
Wow, just, wow. Outstanding. That would take up most of my land.
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Hey..... who got my spot on the porch floor? Been gone sick a couple three days and when I come back SOMEONE got my spot. Blooie did you give my spot away? That's okay that's why God gave me such a BIG butt I'll just root my way back in. Excuse me... excuse me....coming in.....awww there we go all nice an comfee again. Could you please past me a Diet Coke (just kidding) I'll take a glass of decaf sweet tea. Lots of catching up to do and all the talk about building new coops has got me wanting to show and tell about building mine last year. But first things first......

Rose... sorry to hear about your Hubby. There is nothing as bad as a sick husband. I would rather take care of 5 sick kids than one sick man.

Windy..... good to see you back. Got your PM thanks for the reply. And oh congrats on the soon coming of the new additions. I have/had BLRW..... it's so hard to get good color and keep the correct conformation but I bet you will do great.

Bee.... love the grandbaby video. What an facial expression. She is a keeper for sure. And the Jeanne Robertson clip was so funny. She always calls her husband "Left Brain". Too funny too funny.

Lisa.... just want to know that you are a pure ray of sunshine to my soul. Love you girlfriend!

Leslie.... All I can say about the advice is UNBELIEVEABLE !!!!!

and last but for sure not least Blooie.... Hang in there you will get that coop done today. It is a lot of hard work but so worth it. And now that brings me to my show and tell part of this post. WARNING PICTURE OVERLOAD COMING .......

As I have told you before in an earlier post I live on the old family homestead and we are the third generation to live here. There is an old and I do mean old barn (my daddy was building it when my mother was pregnant with me 57 years ago) behind my house and I had converted half of the loafing shed into a coop for my chickens. It was about 15 X 8 and I was making do but Donald said if I wanted a new coop design it and he would try to make me what I wanted. It is not the fanciest coop but it is what I wanted so here are the pictures of the building process.....

Building the hoop coops inside the shop and a lot of sweat equity




Moving them outside






Building the outside pen area




Built a north wall for protection from the weather


We then cut a door into the old coop area of the barn and converted it into a nursery




Of course then the barn had to be painted to match the north wall


Installed feeders and waters




New coop all finished notice the Caution sign above the gate....




Inside the nursery/feeding station. The white barrel has my FF in it with a light to keep it warm. Works GREAT! Thanks Bee for the help getting started on FF. Notice the orange bucket upside down, yep Blooie that's the watching station I sat on. I have two brooders set up one for little babies (the tent looking one) and then one for when they are older but still need a little heat




And the last picture is an outside picture of the two tied together. I also have rain barrels set up to catch the run off rain and that's what I water with.


So Blooie after the aches and pains are gone you will be so glad you built what you wanted. Like I said I know mine isn't fancy but it's just what I wanted and I do enjoy it so much.

Thanks for letting me gloat just a little and enduring so many pictures. You ladies are the GREATEST!
What a beautiful build out.... I love your thought processes....

deb
 

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