They love the rain!

The rest of the flock stay indoors, but these idiots love it. Look like drowned rats.

Turkey House part 10

Finally got some of the top vent covers up. I used some hardboard that's been sitting at the back of the garage for many years. I'm considering clear polycarbonate (Lexan) for the front top vent. It is really expensive, so I'm looking for a deal.

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Turkey House part 9

The front roof needed finishing and I was going to use shingles. My son offered me an alternative, some left over eavestrough protector. It's like a 3' wide roll of shingle with a peel and stick back. I had just enough to cover the roof.

First I put some drip edge along the bottom edge of the roof. This makes water run off and not double back and soak into the boards. Very cheap, $3.75 for a 10' length.

 After a few hours in the sun it was stuck down solid. It's rained for a week and there were no leaks.

Turkey House Part 8

All the hardware cloth was fitted and the 2 windows are in so it was time to introduce the Ridley's to their new home. 

The next 2 photo's were taken at 7am and it is so light in the coop, better than I had imagined.

Turkey House Part 7

I did a bit of a rush job the other night so I could get the Ridley's in their new home. It is so bright it would make a great layer coop. I forgot to take photo's of the painted floor, if you need to see one finished take a look at my chicken coop posts.

Door on and 1/4 inch hardware cloth on the front.

 

This was 7am and it's very bright in there.

Still got to paint the door, add a lock and handle, shingle the front roof, and make shutters for the top vents. Then clean up :)

Turkey House Part 6

Didn't get much done today due to thunder, lightening, rain and mosquitoes.

Turkey House Part 5

I got the metal siding on this morning and spent a little time on the front roof. As soon as the siding was on the whole structure was rigid. Tomorrow I finish off the front, put the windows in and waterproof the floor. Just not enough hours in the day :)

I guess a door would come in handy at some point.