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[ByN8ureHomstead]

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It looks like I have it. Today was suppose to be cold and raining, its 55 and sunny. I can try and sent it back if you would like.

 

[Ogress]

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You need a big screen in front of that rail! Sounds like you'll have a better time while they're freezing their bottoms off in the rain and the wind that is likely whipping up all that sand around them, and they still have to pack up all their gear before heading home! Serves them right for thinking they could have a good time without you!

 

[Ogress]

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It looks like I have it. Today was suppose to be cold and raining, its 55 and sunny. I can try and sent it back if you would like.

I'm waiting!

Just found my DD left her homework here - she put it in a plastic bag to keep it dry, but I made her go back in and change her shirt to something clean when I saw what she was wearing. She left her homework on the washing machine. Guess I'll drive it in, she so seldom completes it in time!

 

[ReiMiraa]

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THAT IS SOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!! Are you gonna make an entire quilt of different ones? Or pot holders? Or cute baby bibs trimmed in red gingham? Oh, the possibilities are endless!!!

Originally the patterns i bought this past weekend was for a wallhang, placemat, and table runner. but i realized i can start small and simple and just do one Running Hen block. there are also chicks i can make but just for now working on these...
I call this one the Barnvelder because the print reminds me of them.

The most annoying part to sewing/piecworking is trying to get the correct cuts and i use a rotary cutter.

All you guys made me afraid to open the shades to my room. well its cloudy out, the roads are wet but right now its doing nothing.

 

[broodytood]

I just fought my computer and iPhone for the last hour trying to put these up! What a pain technology is sometimes!! But I still love it.
So about the coop, I still need to put in dividers, insulate by sandwiching sheet foam in between plywood, and try to find easy to clean liners for them.
Oh and CL, sheet coir is coconut fiber in sheet form(definitely not sheet rock ) . Gonna try that in the bottom of the liner. It can be hosed off and reused after it dries. Might have 2 sets just so I can rotate. Then the entire house is going to get insulated and sided so it looks purdy!!! This will be the bantie coop once the big girls move into their big girl coops. That will be when the ground dries out enough to make a level spot in the dirt. Tried 2 days ago and the tractor I just slid all over the place makin' mud pies!!
I used 2x2's for the frame and 1/2" ex. ply for the rest. I'm also gonna chain the door so it will open level like a ledge. Hope these help somehow.

 

[broodytood]

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That looks great - you did a fantastic job! Lucky chick to have you as it's caretaker.

Thanks!

 

[Chickielady]

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Very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you cut & stuff the styrofoam insulation in the spaces, and then face with more plywood (or OSB) the walls will be warmer & not get all wet & moldy from condensation.
Should be easy enough to do with a few screws to hold the walls 'in place' while the liquid nails set up.
Cut the styrofoam, cut the inner walls, apply the liquid nails & press into place & a few screws should hold it in place until set.
Liquid nails: awesome stuff.
I have to show DH these pics when he gets home, he is off the the scrap yard for plucker parts.
When it rains, he works on the plucker.
Sun, we work on the coop.
And it is cold & raining here now..with what looks like BIG thunderheads full of hail floating over.

Oh Broody, I get the coconut fiber now, just don't understand why ?

 

[ReiMiraa]

Look closely at WSU's weather report for today....

Stupid Bipolar Weather.

 

[Chickielady]

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[Chickielady]

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I have lemon blue cochins (LF) in my incubator on a fertility test.

They are so adorable!!
Sweet and Calm, shy and gentle.
If they hatch, I will give you a buzz.

I'm looking for something like that, with a side order of broody and not prone to flight for the west yard with Ian and Sylvia; the Hamburgs are going on the northeast side, and I suspect I'll need a tall net roof to keep them out of the oak trees (which, to appreciate the joke, begin branching about 20 feet off the ground).

I have a 1 1/2 foot garden wire fence that I corraled around the gate to the Cochins pen.
I open their gate & they can come out & eat grass & visit.
So far, they have never flown over.
Sometimes I wonder if they know they can.
They will stand at the edge & beg for a treat...Heather must have hand raised these beauties.
They will fly the 2 feet to their roost, though, that is as far as they go.