Captnrex
Chirping
And why having an actual (blueprint) plan is a good idea, cause I didn't lol
My original idea was I knew I wanted it 8 foot long (bottom 4x4s) but finally figured 6 foot wide.... + the 2x4s running on the outside of the vertical 4x4s
buddy works at a hospital equipment delivery place so he had plenty of 24-32"x4' plywood pieces he let me grab
area where the accessing the roost will be
walls done
other side of door for roost nest (kinda jump ahead to roof on)
started painting, did dutch style door (more obvious here)
put roof plywood on some 2x4s to slide into place on top
used my tractor to raise it on top with buddy guiding it inside, then had him on top to put on corrugated panels
found a window/screen (window panel can be taken off) finally at a habitat for humanity store around the right size (sure it was for a screen door lol)
mostly cleaned up inside
added solid rubber wheels on door side so I can move it around with my tractor easier
at this point it was done enough to move em in, I have sealed as many gaps I have been able to notice
put a solar powered wifi camera inside so I can keep an eye on them (there's more bedding now I underestimated how much i needed at first)
gonna grab an awning or something like to put over the door, gonna set up the gutter system on the back to collect the rain water in one of my 55 food safe drums, among other things I need to add. Will update as it goes
My original idea was I knew I wanted it 8 foot long (bottom 4x4s) but finally figured 6 foot wide.... + the 2x4s running on the outside of the vertical 4x4s
buddy works at a hospital equipment delivery place so he had plenty of 24-32"x4' plywood pieces he let me grab
area where the accessing the roost will be
walls done
other side of door for roost nest (kinda jump ahead to roof on)
started painting, did dutch style door (more obvious here)
put roof plywood on some 2x4s to slide into place on top
used my tractor to raise it on top with buddy guiding it inside, then had him on top to put on corrugated panels
found a window/screen (window panel can be taken off) finally at a habitat for humanity store around the right size (sure it was for a screen door lol)
mostly cleaned up inside
added solid rubber wheels on door side so I can move it around with my tractor easier
at this point it was done enough to move em in, I have sealed as many gaps I have been able to notice
put a solar powered wifi camera inside so I can keep an eye on them (there's more bedding now I underestimated how much i needed at first)
gonna grab an awning or something like to put over the door, gonna set up the gutter system on the back to collect the rain water in one of my 55 food safe drums, among other things I need to add. Will update as it goes
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