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I looked at that, and thought it would work well as something to put in the old greenhouse, rather than as a stand-alone. And I'm going to make a hoop-house out of the pipe I bought last week instead of messing about with saws et'c and so on. After I finish lunch, change out of town clothes, and see if the lady w/the BLRW hen has written back.
Sorry your Meniere's is acting up. Maybe you should rest for all of us?
Why didn't you think it would work as a stand alone? I think with roofing and exterior stain it should be weather worthy.
I've caught a nasty, nasty cold. Resting is not optional. If I can't stand up, I can't do much.
Sorry about the cold; some times I swear that respiratory viruses are the body's way of insisting on attention to needs for rest and comfort.
About the coop: I have a built-in aversion to low-pitch and flat roofs because eventually, inevitably, they leak, especially if they have flush edges instead eaves, and it's never at a convenient or fun to work outside in time. It's easy to retrofit a pitched roof on something, though, including one made of greenhouse cover and tape over PVC pipe.
The BLRW hen was gone, although I'm fine with that: I was getting a little twitchy at the idea of getting two kinds of chickens from two different sources needing two quarantine pens. Tomorrow morning I'll put a hoop-house over the raspberry bed and "build" a gate end* and a coop end** for it, not a problem, and then go get the Hamburgs. Monday I've either got to buy chicken feed or see what Paul has in the way of grain dust down by my corral. I also have to figure out how I'm planning on worming: I've got the wormer, but I'll need to rig a chicken squeeze chute because I'm one-handed and that one hand no great shucks for reliability.
Pouring rain. Wonder how many people heard the thunder just after 5:40? The radar is not encouraging for the rest of the evening, either.
*nesting box frames, hardware cloth over interior frame, top hinges.
**plywood, whichever sheet fits best, w/ hardware cloth to attach it to the last hoop.
