so today was another fun filled day of building...and another day of "wait why is it getting dark?"
but i managed to get hutch #2 done, the roof on both hutches, and managed to get a good start on the duck house.
heres what i did today (and i swear its level, my cameral however lol...
the enclosed part underneath hutch 1 has a none oening window...(i knwo it just looks like a hole right now, but there is a window in it...i used one of the storm window pannels from an old window and it worked perfectly, i was worried the house itself would be too dark, so problem solved.
the short side has a hinged locking door for egg collection, its big enough that i can climb in underthere if i need to. and the front is just attatched by a couple of screws so when i need to get in there to rake/clean it out, i just unscrew and the enitre front comes off
i was initially going to put hinges on the front so it would open up like anyother door, but i realized even if i did 2 peices it woudl be relitivly heavy and i didnt want to invest in heavy duty hinges.
the other end will be wire, and the front will be a wire gate like the wire side of the hutches so i can just open it up to let the ducks free range. have to do that this week...it once again got too dark lol.
i have to put a ledger board along the entire bottom (you can see it in the pics, i got it cut out but didnt attatch it yet, thats because the ground is soooo uneven (no amount of digging would fix it so i decided to leavel it out with blocks then block the gaps rather than start trying to dig out to even it up.
i managed to break a brill bit, and destroyed 2 screwdriver bits...what can i expect from the little toolkit, the interchangable screwdriver bits arnt meant for that kind of work...lol.
i think it looks good.
im planning on painting the whole thing in the found magenta, the 1x2's making the door and side will be white, and im planning on using some salvaged wood to make trim for the front which will also be white just to finnish it off.
Inside will also be white.
im realy proud of myself...
to the point that i rewarded myself with pizza LOL.
tomorrow is a crazy day...puppies need vac's and chip, dozer needs his final vac's. ruby, and the puppies need trims and baths, everyone needs nails doing too.
the place is a mess, i still have more work to do on the hutches (finnish up the duck run and trim it all out).
i realized i have nothing drinkage wise in the fridge for tomorrow...
and lord m tried and achey lol.
Cindi, was wondering if your still planning on comming over, if not thats 100% ok lol, just means i dont have to try and clean in the morning rush.
though if you do want to come over thats fine just let me know what time to expect you
in other news...pizza was delicious and i think ill be having fro-yo for desert...
and an early night with my good buddy ben-gay watching my back lol.