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Post by Mark on Aug 16, 2006 16:05:21 GMT 7
Well today is the ECCA public holiday in Queensland and i was stuck at home waiting for the realstate to come and do a inspection (I was given a 5 hour time frame) So i decided to make a proper chook pen for the chooks I did not get to finnich it today but its allmost there I got the timber from work (It was a palet) and the wire from Miter 10 I still have to make toe door and put the ply on it to block the wind and rain and a perch for then to roost on at night hopefully it will be finnished      |
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Post by Silvercloud on Aug 16, 2006 22:11:21 GMT 7
It's gonna be great when it's finished. Can you come and be bored at my house? LOL
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Post by Amanda on Aug 17, 2006 4:37:34 GMT 7
Forget it Jules..... He's Mine next! LOL I need hutches finnished, the lawn mowed etc etc LOL   |
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Post by Jen on Aug 17, 2006 6:51:53 GMT 7
Looks like you and my other half would get along well. He has to have all the fancy air-tools and compressor in the shed or he's just not happy. He's a car spraypainter by trade but I'm sure he's got just as many tools at home as he does at work. Mind you now I'm getting the hang of that air staple gun I'm starting not to complain as much. They can really come in handy! Next he's getting a new welder to build avairies with. I'd better go book myself into a welding course!  Anyway the chook pen looking good. Make sure you post a pic of the finished job so we can steal all your ideas! |
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Post by Natenla on Aug 17, 2006 9:45:39 GMT 7
HEY!! How come I didnt get a public holiday!?!?! Mustnt be all of QLD  Nice pen should look great when you finish it!!! |
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Post by Mark on Aug 17, 2006 15:54:26 GMT 7
I have some tool and the ones i realy need i go and buy (If there not too deer)
I also live next to a 50+ guy Who loves his tools he even has a extenchion on his house that is 90 square meters and it is a tool room / workshop si i just borrow most of them (as you can see in the first pic the airhose runs over to the fence ) lol
I post pic all the time so every one can see how i built it and have a go for them selves as it is too Expencive to have it done for it us these days !!!!
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Post by Jen on Aug 17, 2006 18:58:58 GMT 7
Thats not fair, if we had a neighbour like that then he wouldnt have an excuse to buy all those tools!  He bought himself a super-dooper air nail gun the other day that is truly deadly but I suppose I shouldn't complain too much as he bought me an electric table-saw to make nest boxes and brooder boxes with. Between that and the industrial size drop-saw we stole off his dad I'm pretty set. However I could do with a new jigsaw... Oh Sh#t, I just realised it must be contagious. Now I'm starting to want more tools........help!!!!!!  |
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Post by Silvercloud on Aug 17, 2006 20:37:27 GMT 7
LOL Jen |
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Post by Mark on Aug 18, 2006 17:44:44 GMT 7
lol its just adictive as getting birds for me
Ive always got to keep busy for some reason im always building things
Ive built cages , aviarys , nesting box's , cook pen , 27 holding cages for selling the birds at the markets and there just the things i can think of at the moment
Its a very adictive hobby just like birds for me !!
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Post by Jen on Aug 18, 2006 20:14:36 GMT 7
I get lucky because I work for a tractor dealership and we get huge heavy duty boxes and pallets etc made from nice untreated pine. Sometimes we get lots of jarrah etc We've built some nice solid work benches out of the jarrah but I've been storing so much wood that now we can hardly get in the shed. I'll have to start using it to light the fire I think  What a waste I think the next project will have to be a new nest box for the alexandrines because they are turning the bought ones into sawdust. destructive little sods they are |
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Post by Mark on Aug 19, 2006 5:08:26 GMT 7
I buy most of my boxs from a local guy he puts aliminum plates around the holes so they last longer as the birds can not chew thriugh it it realy works
Its just a flat plate with a hole cut out of the middle if it and it goes in the inside of the box's so the chewing is kept to a minnamum
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Post by Matt on Aug 19, 2006 10:30:34 GMT 7
Thats going to be great! Peter is the builder/carpenter here, I just feed the animals and clean them up, you know, the main work...lol. Though when I get the bug I will build nest boxes and stuff but I need to be in the mood! Dad has stockpiled about 20 large untreated pine crates in our back shed so thise will be the next round of nest boxes and guinea pig hutches. I agree with Eagle too Jen when he suggested metal liners for alexandrines, they are one of the most destructve birds and it would be a shame to find the bottom of the box chewed through when they have eggs or babies, I have seen it happen before. Even our 2 are chewing the hell out of thier 7 ply box and its a giant box too. Metal plating is the way to go!
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Post by Mark on Aug 19, 2006 19:48:43 GMT 7
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