Man, there's a lot of work being done here! I love it!!
Sam and I got out this evening for a couple hours and got the chicken run finished up. Staples and staples and staples and staples and staples!
Words cannot express how proud I am of this kid. He's a great helper with projects like this. I need to keep him busy with this kind of thing cause when he's not busy, that energy goes to... unproductive tasks lol
The cicadas already love it. Sam gathered a dozen of em off of it with Babo before he was needed for helping.
What we got done
We got the roof completed and stapled.
We got some corrugated tar board put up on the end of the run where the coop is going to be.
And we finished the wire on the top half of the run.
We're ready for the coop and chickens!!
Its a bit hard to tell from the picture, but it's all ready. The coop is going on the south end of the run. It'll butt up to it and get screwed together. Any gaps will be patched with chicken wire and it'll be good to go!
I think we'll have a big compost bin under the coop so when we clean out, it'll all just go into the compost. Quick and easy.
Theres a big section of 6" pvc that the previous owners used for a feeder. I'll probably rig it up for a similar purpose as well.
The ground inside is mostly sand. I'm not sure if I need to put some mulch or hay or something in there. I'll have to look it up and see. I wonder if they'd do alright with some pine needles. We have plenty of those from the big pines shedding. That reminds me: I probably need to clean off the carport again.
Still work to be done, but we're at a good stopping point here. That's good cause I've got a couple things I can weld up for my parents...
Off to work! Y'all have a good evening :)
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