I got my dirt pile Friday. I moved dirt Saturday and got the dirt pad for the chicken hoop coop to be built on. It may not look like much, but that’s between 30 and 40 trips from dirt pile to dirt pad on my little 23HP Kubota tractor. Plus raking it smooth periodically.
Sunday was church, lunch, took the rest of the day off and watched a movie.
Yesterday I started on the hoop coop.
I worked sheep until noon. I ran both flocks, the middle field first, then the front field.
Then I proceeded with raiding the shed remnants. I got out my chainsaw. Filled it with chain and bar oil. Got a hammer and wrecking bar. Of course, I didn’t have the foresight to get the hammer or wrecking bar, which meant more trips to the portable building to get what I needed.
There were 2 boards laying on the ground, so I tossed them over the fence.
I pulled nails out of the plywood. Had to go get the hammer. Some wouldn’t come out, had to go get the wrecking bar. Put nails in my back pocket. Filled my pocket up.
I used my chainsaw to cut the bottom and middle 2x6 off the 4x4’s.
Then I pulled the 4x4’s and top 2x6 over, it fell on the plywood. I put blocks under the 2x6 to lift it off the plywood and cut it away from the 4x4’s.
I dragged the 2x6’s over the fence. I picked them up, 1 at a time and carried them to a table. I cut 2 nine foot pieces for cross members. I measured the 2x6’s from the back wall, they were 13 feet and some inches before I cut them loose.
I carried the boards to the front yard, laid them down and screwed them together.
I dragged up 1 cow panel and 2 hog panels. I laid them on the frame, popped up one end and dropped it in place, 3 times. I put bricks under one end of the cow panel and stapled it to the board. Then I did the other side.
