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[Stumpfarmer]

Hoop House

Dimensions: 8' by 50" interior dimension by 52" high
Materials: pressure-treated and recycled untreated 4X4s, 5/8" pvc pipe, 3/8" plywood, 2X4s, 2X2s, 1X2s, 1X4s, screws and fender washers, 1" mesh chicken wire, 1/2" mesh hardware cloth, zip ties, hinges, bungee cords.
Structure: tension and suspension

Moveable: with rollers and winch

Chicken Proof: yes
Cat Proof: yes
Dog and coyote proof: needs buried wire
Raccoon proof: needs dog proofing plus additional layer of 1" chicken wire, better door latches
Weather proof: currently warm weather only. Needs layer of greenhouse cover (own greenhouse cover; can't move roll. Oops). Needs coop built adacent to solid plywood wall (I own a jigsaw!) for winter use.
Doors: need security latch

Adaptable to free-ranging: yes, except is in the yard next to the driveway, so fencing would be needed.

Lessons learned: if it's not level, it can be plumb or square, but not both.

 

[RustyHen]

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I don't think it's your connection. Rare Feathers and I have the same problem. All the other sites work fine. Just BYC isn't doing too well. Just keep clicking. It will finally go with out showing the bad connection page.

Same here - seems better now. I tried responding to several posts in the past 2 days and then just gave up because it took forever for anything to load, and then half the time I got a connection error.

Me too I have centurytel and I'm in Oregon I could not do a thing on here yesterday or the night before.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Tower of Solitude

Dimensions: 28"X 50"X six feet tall

Materials: steel garden trellis, metal trellis part (top of door frame), chromed steel curtain rod (ridge pole), 1" mesh chicken wire, 1/2" hardware cloth, steel binding wire from rolled wire, painted and glued, 2x2 and dried branch perches, scrap lumber for water fountain shelf. 5/8 pvc pipe as door frames 1/2" copper pipe as door reinforcement. Bungee cords, one zip-tie (bracing water shelf) No, wrong, there are two more holding the metal trellis bit to the trellises, I had no strength for bending heavy wire (and light wire was inappropriate for the purpose).

Movable: with good gloves and help who can follow instructions in 3D

Security questions: I have nightmares, but it's in the coon and coyote proof yard, and he'll be out of there before the orchard and berries are bearing.

(the cat box was meant to be weather-proof shelter, but Elvis thinks that it, and the top of the lower doorframe, are just more ways not to be on the ground: the boy is perch-mad)

Lessons learned: needs must when the Devil drives. Things always take longer than they should. Running stitch in steel wire is character building, or something.

 

[Ogress]

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Nice Job!

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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My feeder is rather tall and narrow and easier to tip than the big metal or 5 gallon bucket ones, so I used a little something from the house. It's called Quake Putty (aka Museum putty). I bought it at Lowes or HomeDepot after the last quake that shook our house enough to get my attention. It's like ultra super sticky silly putty or floral putty. It's original purpose was securing fragile items to a shelf in case of a quake. It's used in museums, too. Anyway, I have my feeder sitting on top of a 4x6 and I put a wad of the quake putty on the bottom of the feeder to keep it from getting knocked off. It works very well. It definitely fits into the "easy" category.

We have lots of rocks. We use them a lot. Maybe a big rock would work.

I put a rock in the feed pan with grit, but that won't solve the poo problem; I'm going to have to hope my ribs are good enough tomorrow that I can run a saw.

 

[CarolynF]

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Thats one of my feed stores! We are in Pierce and just down the road from DTF. Are you on the Key Pen?

No, we were visiting friends on Key Penn. over Memorial Day weekend. We live in the Silverdale / Bremerton area.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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Nice Job!

Thanks. The next thing I build, the Hamburg Extension University, will take lessons from this structure, although it will be at least twice as tall, because it will contain the rasberry bed.

 

[VelvettFog]

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I dig this.

 

[DIYSeattle]

CR the wife mentioned something about bees and wanting them. My grandfather had them, and I like honey. Whats your take on building a top bar or a conventional hive? I have all the stuff to make them aside from the wood, and depending on that I may have that too.

Any tips for a city lot beehive? Im on a corner lot, and about 6 feet above street level. What are your suggestions?

 

[Chickielady]

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I am close to you, and go to the Monroe/ area once a week.