Construction Time

I have finally started construction of the Goose and Duck house!  My husband found a Cattle Panel Greenhouse that he thought would work for Our poultry houses.  I watched the video on construction of one on YouTube, but the ones I have been building are modified and heavier construction than those used for greenhouses.  I have to have mine strong enough to keep predators out of it and need hardware cloth attached to it.  The ones I am building are about 8 feet by 8 feet at the base and tall enough in the center for me to stand up in.

After making the one we are using for the turkey house, I modified the design a bit more and made the wall panel sections out on the back porch, then put them together in place to basically make the foundation part of the house.  I used 4 - 2"x6" pieces of pressure treated wood for the bottom and then cut 13 - pieces 21 inches tall to use on the walls.  I used 4 - 2"x4" for the top rail and attached the 21 inch pieces at the ends and center of 3 of the walls, the front I used 4 pieces, because of the doorway.  I then carried out the panels and attached them together using angled steel pieces.  I also ran long screws through for extra strength along the edge pieces.  I left the front panel off until I got the cattle panels placed inside then attached it too.  I used large fence staples and lifted up the cattle panels about 3 or 4 inches off the ground and hammered the staples in to hold them in place.  The panels overlap, so I used wire and safety wire pliers and wired the pieces together.  I also put long pieces of 2"x4" wood to make a doorframe to hang the door on, I also stapled the cattle panel onto the door frame too.

Today I will try and get the door made and get the wire attached to the top section and connect it to the cattle panel, I will need to add a couple more long pieces of wood at the back to staple the hardware cloth to and help with stability.  I guess I should get out there while there is a slight break in the heat and get busy.  One of these days I will add pictures...I just write on my iPad and have not figured out how to upload pictures from it on the Google Blogger site.