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[Chickielady]

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And kind of like the Jack Russel from across the street, he has Little Cock syndrome! Doesn't realize he's the small guy on the farm. Today he challenged the 2 big Exhibition Orpington cockerals from CGG to a duel through the fence. These 2 are huge, and one is starting to crow. Little Rascal (what Olivia named the bantam) was all stretched out and fluffed up, charging and jumping up at the fence in an attempt to get near eye-level with the big guys. They were leaning down to see him and I swear they were laughing - "Hey Chicken Joe, check out what this little runt does every time I fluff up my neck feathers!" Eventually they bored of the bantam and walked away, much to the dismay of the bantam "Hey, get back here! What's wrong with you two big oafs? Are you chicken?!!!"

I have not named the Orpintons yet, but I think I'm gonna keep them, I saw one of them eat a giant slug today and the other had a mouse! I'm thinking Sirius Black and maybe the smaller one Serius's younger brother Regulus .... just a thought. The kids like the Harry Potter names.

Post some pics of him!
He is adorable!!

 

[Chickielady]

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... and just what is it you were doing? Surely there must be a typo in there!

Dickies ?????

 

[VelvettFog]

I'm actually in the office today. It is an odd feeling because I've been working from home for so long.


I made pretty good progress on the Tri-Plex yesterday. I'll try and post more photos this afternoon when I get home from work (only doing half days this week). I am reconsidering the orientation of the roof joists, but I keep thinking -- this is a chicken coop -- if it is not standing in 10 years who cares, build another one

 

[Chickielady]

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Yeah....my DH over-builds EVERYTHING....but so far, so good. Oh and you might want to slope the roof the other way in the future...my DH sloped the roof backwards on the newest "sniper tower'' coop...so the snow slides right off into the runs.

However, we changed the pop holes to be in the floor--so the chickens come out the bottom of the coop and then out the sides into the runs. That way, they're not blocked in (or out) of the coop by snow when it slides off the roof. We get 4+ feet here every winter.

My house (not my coop) has the roof sloped wrong - it all slides off and makes a HUGE mountain in front of my garage bay! DH, who has a different garage than me because he keeps the garage such a mess that I won't share one with him, almost always has a clear spot in front of his garage beccause of the wind. I have to keep shoveling throughout every storm, especially when it has warmed enough to rain some into the pile, because if I don't knock the pile down by nightfall, I'll be using a pick-axe in the morning, carving my way through a solid mountain of ice! (Once I tried taking it down partway, then accelrated backward with all the power I had to try and get through/over the ice-mound. Got the back-end over okay (I sometimes hear a rattle and feel a shimy, but the mechanic can't see a problem); but I tore the front CV boots and broke the CV joint nearly clean through! It was barely hanging on ... I limped to Less Scwab, the car was shuddering the entire way (I thought it was the new set of chains I put on before I backed out) They displyed the destoyed CV joint in their shop for weeks.

Yup.
I told ya about that slope on the roof when I was there.
But your architect should have realized that for you when he designed the house since you were in snow country.
That is what you paid him for, sheesh.
But it is soooo beautiful!!
In the NORTH, all roofs slope away from doors.
My ex grew up on a farm in Northern Minnesota, and has told tales of the snow so deep that they entered & exit through an upstairs door (house was 2 stories) and in the summer, the door in the second story looked so strange with no stairs.........
They also had to dig a tunnel from house to the barn to see to their animals.

 

[Chickielady]

MY lumber truck just pulled in..lumber for the foundation forms...............

 

[Seattle_Chick]

We're in Seattle proper in the Ballard/Crown Hill neighborhood.

 

[BarnChick]

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to the club. We're a little crazy, but all loveable.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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to the club. We're a little crazy, but all loveable.

From yer neighbor to the (way) south in Ethel, WA. There ain't much proper bout us here but feel free to join right in. Just be prepared cause things tend to move pretty fast at times.

 

[TouchO'Lass]

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What kind of plastic do you have as the roof? How do you keep it on?

Sorry so late! I've been trying to keep up, buuuut...

It's the heavy duty vinyl canopy that came with a 10X20 tent we were using as a hay shelter, so it has an extra flap with grommets on the long under-sides that I zip-tied to the metal frame. Then I used plastic cap roofing nails to secure the outer flap to the outside top rail of the run.

On each end, there is a rope channel that snugs the canopy down over the gables, so I have the ropes screwed to the top rail, plus I used sheet metal roofing screws (AND more zip ties!)

to snug it up. This is a canopy dealers picture that kinda shows how it attaches to the horiz poles and the roped ends...

And this is mine from inside the run...

The entire tent (with four sides) was about $200 from Sportsmans Guide a couple years ago, but I know you can get just the replacement canopy for around $60.

Eventually, I want to do the whole thing in sheet metal to match the cabin, but until I win the lottery...

 

[Chickielady]

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Oh my, another Seattle chicken farmer!!
Rainwolf's secret hacititus club groweth!!
Welcome to the addiction!!!!!!!!!!!!!