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[superchemicalgirl]

 

[Cynthia12]

Wahoo!

It works! Stand by to stand by!

He he..you're cute.

 

[ronott1]

Yesterday, John the Contractor picked me up (at 0900) in his '57 Chevy flatbed and we headed off to purchase fence materials at Double Diamond Feed & Farm Supplies. There has been a little bantam rooster in the DD yard for months, but he's gone now. Some customers used to visit just to spend time watching him.

After 200 feet of six foot fence material in rolls, 7 lodge poles and 33 eight-foot T-poles were loaded on the truck, we went to HD for metal roof panels and all the accoutrement necessary to complete the coop construction. Expensive day.

John said I am gonna be perceived as a "rich" Chicken Lady. There has already been some eye-rolling at the Mt. Aukum General Store when I was trying to buy the most appropriate chain to hold up the coop windows, because I said I wasn't sure "my contractor" would appreciate my choice.

The owner said, "A CONTRACTOR to build a chicken coop!??!" One of the employees, when loading a big bag of BOSS into my RAV4 offered, "Hey, I do construction work on my weekends if you need somebody to build your coop..."

I will most likely hire somebody other than John to put up the run, as he is 62 and - while able to heft 14 foot long 2 X 6 boards for rafters - pounding poles into the "eight acre boulder" is not something he'd really like to kill himself doing.

After "we" unloaded the truck, we went to The Pub for lunch, then he dropped me off at home again. Work resumes Monday.

I plan on uploading photos to post them this afternoon or evening. I wish I knew how to do it with my iPad, but I send photos taken with my ancient iPhone to my e-mail account and don't know how to upload from here. Gotta dust off the PC in the office to accomplish the task.

Sounds like quite a chore.

I hope the work goes well!

 

[gryeyes]

three to whet yer appetites.

Hmm. Think I will stick with the medium sized versions.... These are too small (even though you can click on each to view the full sized photos, I prefer the medium size for viewing without an extra step).

 

[Cynthia12]

three to whet yer appetites.



Hmm. Think I will stick with the medium sized versions.... These are too small (even though you can click on each to view the full sized photos, I prefer the medium size for viewing without an extra step).

Lookin good!

 

[Arielle]

Quote:
T-111 great stuff to work with . Looks nice once it is painted. Looks nice when it's is not painted, too. ANd lasts!!

 

[Myrth]

I like T-111 too. Our barn at our last place was sided with it. Looks good and lasts.


Nice looking coops!

 

[chickadoodles]

Looks like it is coming along nicely

Linda

 

[dsqard]

Linda it is about time you posted some pictures!

It is looking fantastic so far.
We just got back a few hours ago from our trip to southern Utah. No passes to the Wave this time but I am going to keep trying dang it!
Still got some great shots. I sooooooooooooooo want to live down there if I have to live in Utah but a 5 hour trip each way to work is just not going to do it. Saw big acreage parcels for sale. Told DH I would "settle" for a 20 acre one.

 

[ronott1]

Linda it is about time you posted some pictures!

It is looking fantastic so far.
We just got back a few hours ago from our trip to southern Utah. No passes to the Wave this time but I am going to keep trying dang it!
Still got some great shots. I sooooooooooooooo want to live down there if I have to live in Utah but a 5 hour trip each way to work is just not going to do it. Saw big acreage parcels for sale. Told DH I would "settle" for a 20 acre one.

Very nice pictures!