tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915198895997970267.post8868942806425733460..comments2023-10-01T02:40:28.022-05:00Comments on SmallMeadow Farm: Almost DoneDancingfarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02542161200214992918noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915198895997970267.post-32942658907333654202007-03-22T08:11:00.000-05:002007-03-22T08:11:00.000-05:00Hah: you have discovered that Trim Covers All Sin...Hah: you have discovered that Trim Covers All Sins. Trim and caulk are the two things that save my architectural a** every time.<BR/><BR/>That is some big load of chickens, Monica. I am sitting here wondering how I will do with just 8. <BR/><BR/>That coop looks great. We didn't get around to putting a concrete floor pad in to our coop last year. I put about 1 1/2 feet of bedding down for the winter, and dang but the girls figured out they can still dig down and get themselves some worms. (There's a very deep foundation around it so we're not worried about predators digging under; we just wanted the concrete for ease of cleaning, but now we are wondering if we'll bother. All that bedding makes some great compost fodder.)Elhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14878724196098024140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915198895997970267.post-39697071879603396182007-03-21T17:07:00.000-05:002007-03-21T17:07:00.000-05:00In that case, pass our cardboard tip on to your so...In that case, pass our cardboard tip on to your son, so he can earn his gas money for less effort, unless, that is, you pay him by the hour, in which case timesaving tips aren't profitable!!<BR/>Stuart & GabrielleStuart and Gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886622731103783384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915198895997970267.post-83129448624225204472007-03-20T21:42:00.000-05:002007-03-20T21:42:00.000-05:00No Tim that's not a nefarious block of wood. It's...No Tim that's not a nefarious block of wood. It's there to stop the door because we didn't plan well and that lower pane of glass hits the corner of the "stick out". So we will try and save the glass---then replace it with plexiglass when we do (of course) end up breaking it!<BR/><BR/>Have a good day :-)<BR/>MonicaDancingfarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542161200214992918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915198895997970267.post-27187273394136099572007-03-20T21:30:00.000-05:002007-03-20T21:30:00.000-05:00Hi Monica,Great job.I noticed the block of wood to...Hi Monica,<BR/><BR/>Great job.<BR/><BR/>I noticed the block of wood to the left of the door.<BR/><BR/>Is that for sittin' or, gulp, something else.<BR/><BR/>Squeamishly,<BR/><BR/>TimTim Hodgenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15237942768894057727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915198895997970267.post-9338024223401772202007-03-20T14:44:00.000-05:002007-03-20T14:44:00.000-05:00I didn't think of that Stuart. Good idea---I will ...I didn't think of that Stuart. Good idea---I will see if I remember it next time since it would be a bit easier. Of course currently I have a teenage son who will soon need gas money to clean for me :-) That's the best way--some one else doing it hahahaaha<BR/><BR/>Thanks Cheryl---I was going to paint the door but I too like the color-- so creamy white it will stay (unless I come up with a really cool color ;-)<BR/>Yeah! funny isn't it that they will mouse. Our barn mice are small though and chickens will "take down" a number of small animals and reptiles. Our old batch used to steal the cat's catch---he wised up and started hiding until he finished killing it and ate it or they would do it for him :-DDancingfarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542161200214992918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915198895997970267.post-36330912609235395642007-03-20T11:59:00.000-05:002007-03-20T11:59:00.000-05:00I for one like the blue chicken coop (especially w...I for one like the blue chicken coop (especially with that nice white door).<BR/>I had no idea that chickens were good mousers!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034794313638177847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915198895997970267.post-52569961133288776372007-03-20T09:27:00.000-05:002007-03-20T09:27:00.000-05:00We've heard of chicken houses and chicken tractors...We've heard of chicken houses and chicken tractors but yours is definitely a chicken palace! I've seen houses locally not that well constructed.<BR/>A tip for the floor and droppings tray: cover it with waste corrugated cardboard (we get ours by the wastebins of larges hops or the local tip) then cover it with the sawdust or straw and when you're ready for a clean, just roll it up and place the whole lot on the compost heap. the cardboard is just carbon, a perfect partner for the almost pure nitrogen of the chicken poo = perfect compost material.Stuart and Gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886622731103783384noreply@blogger.com