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  1. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Yes there should I went to update phone after another bulge dunk. This time I had to put in a bag of rice for 2 days. Phone came back alive and verizon rep talked me into waiting till end of month for better promos. I hope they promo a VR headset with the s8. Lol Scott
  2. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    No table saw? I looked and don't see a belt driven one on there website that is a craftsman. What I can tell you is that I bought a direct drive craftsman table saw when I was 20 ish. I hated it. Loud and so not smooth. I ran my fathers belt drive for 10 years before that saw and loved his...
  3. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    We have a craftsman 3h belt driven quick slide. I want a grizzly. They are 45 mins away and make awesome affordable machines. The craftsman was a gift and probably @ $500 new (@10 year old). I could pull off over twice as much from grizzly for a little over double the cost of the craftsman...
  4. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Well I got around to starting on the silkies Dr seuss style house. and I thought of another helful tip on building coops. In the pics I had to hold a camera. but think of it as in my left hand I hold the square and in the right hand the skill saw. You can make perfect straight cuts when using...
  5. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Aart I will be doing a thread on the Dr Seuss /meets rustic silkie coop on here . Then maybe breeder pens or back to the mini woods coop. Scott
  6. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Yes we bought a mill a year or two ago. It's the only reason our hen house looks as nice as it does. The silkie coop and breeder pens will be all cut cedar framing and left over siding and t&g from the house. I still want plywood on the floor.lol and osb on the roof. Although wife wants tin...
  7. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    I know. I've got the floor plan and that the most of the little money we will spend on it; is the floor. So that is a little hold up. Plus I need more logs to cut and frame it out. Ya I really do need to hurry up.lol Scott
  8. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    We got 8 silkies @1 week old that need there own coop. It's still just drawings and thoughts. I plan on helping a friend with some leaks in his roof Sunday and wakeboarding and surfing on Monday. Now that the tourist are gone we have our lake again.lol Scott
  9. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Sound well thought out. I am tinkering with a raised coop design. I will remember to not put the floor to high otherwise Samantha wont be able to clean it easily and I'll have to do it. lol No really that is smart with a raise coop or any to think ahead about the function. Scott
  10. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Is the roof removable? don't see one in the pics? scott
  11. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    I watch the geese(4 Toulouse) start honking at some of ur brainless chicken when they wandered too far out in the fields. Once the alerted the dogs (sleeping cause there up all night) then the dogs came over to lay between the chicken and the open field to the woods ( national forest). Scott
  12. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Our are great Pyrenees. Molly fully blood. Flokie is 1/8 kumondor and rest is great pyreness. Can't really see the kumondor in him. Scott
  13. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    I may change my mind some day as we have all those predators here in SW MO. But just the other day Samantha confirmed a run was not in the works. I told her we could easily use up the 2 rolls of hardwire building a run for the silkies new coops in the works and then breeder cages for some that...
  14. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Yes and No. we lost about half of a new flock and a yorky over 4 attacks this spring. We added 2 more geese to make 4. And 2 lgd. Flokie and molley. At @9months and 7 months old now I have not had anything get close to the house all summer. They patrol, and bark all night occasionally bring back...
  15. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Oh so true. and for Us and our new incubator. I say I maybe will change that rule to of 4. 4 new coops are needed. Scott
  16. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Ill get threw it just if I had to have a scar on my face it would have been cooler above the eye, like a pirate. No really I think what it was is I had became too relaxed using the saw on top of that I removed the anti kick back and blade cover cause the get in the way of ripping bigger material...
  17. ScottandSam

    Helpful hints for building coops

    Heres my helpful hint for any construction project. Never work with power tools when you are tired. 30+ years working with table saws and finally my luck ran out 10 days ago. 40 min in ER $$$ for a bill 5 stiches 10 and counting days with sometimes sharp pain in my ear when I eat AND THATS...
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