Young bird sputnik

nice one hal, birds look happy in there...

They go out tomorrow unless the day is good enough for paint. The slats on the top are a 4 x 2 foot side of a crib. 2 inches apart, inch thick. Cut some out so 5 iinch gap for them to drop through. End of the crib I use as a dog door between rooms, hinged. Waste not want not!!

halcanada wrote:

They go out tomorrow unless the day is good enough for paint. The slats on the top are a 4 x 2 foot side of a crib. 2 inches apart, inch thick. Cut some out so 5 iinch gap for them to drop through. End of the crib I use as a dog door between rooms, hinged. Waste not want not!!

I like it Hal waste not want not I made all my sputnicks here out of steel bed bases (6x3) & commerical type windows (multi story)glazed & 1/4inch thick glass for the roofs as such. Mistake I made I feel was having wood base floors as I wish I had used some of the steel mesh I had on hand at the time back then for the floors.

It's good to see you like to re-cycle as much as you can Hal.

Why but it if you can reuse it!

Phil

lick of paint jobs a good in hal

Phil. Take more recycle stuff to the landfill than garbage. They have the containers there. Crib would not have reused anyway. Granddaughters are having kids but thy always buy new.

halcanada wrote:

Phil. Take more recycle stuff to the landfill than garbage. They have the containers there. Crib would not have reused anyway. Granddaughters are having kids but thy  always buy new.

Modern generation Hal buy new etc & put it on the card as such . Living in a fools paradise in many cases from my perspective, but just part of the crazy world we all live in now, sadly.  

ya wanna see it here its like steptoes yard got to have a good sort out here for the summer so I been instructed by her in-doors to get my backside in gear

We have gypsies queuing up at the gate to collect our junk - steel, tin, lead etc - ha ha!

Phil

oldstrain wrote:

ya wanna see it here its like steptoes yard got to have a good sort out here for the summer so I been instructed by her in-doors  to get my backside in gear

should see my next door neighbours Darren, ken hasn't visited for 5 years and couldn't believe it when he called the other week........

Sun is out!! Going to paint. Have the young red I lost over a week ago sitting on shed roof. Will see what transpires. Noise of the compressor and such.

halcanada wrote:

Sun is out!! Going to paint. Have the young red I lost over a week ago sitting on shed roof. Will see what transpires. Noise of the compressor and such.

great news the red being about hal ...not often they come back after a week

halcanada wrote:

Sun is out!! Going to paint. Have the young red I lost over a week ago sitting on shed roof. Will see what transpires. Noise of the compressor and such.

Great news about young-red Hal.

It is a wonderful sunny afternoon here in frogland.

My lovely wife has take our old birds for a training toss. 60 miles - this will be the penultimate training toss before racing starts in 2 weeks time, for the majority of our old birds.

We have a couple of hens that spent the first 10 weeks of the year in our stock loft, producing us a round of babies each, with our two Olympic cocks. They are only going to 20 miles.

I will let you know what happens.

Phil

glad to hear the red is back hal...


hope all goes well with the training phil, and the first race..........

First coat.

It's very dark Hal!

It that normal for your area?

What is it creosote?

Phil

No. Acrylic/Alkyd exterior walnut. Deck and siding stain. Washes up (spray gun etc,) with warm soapy water. I went over the original siding also. Harsh weather is not good for it. Tends to flake. Should be done yearly.

blueskylofts wrote:

We have gypsies queuing up at the gate to collect our junk - steel, tin, lead etc - ha ha!

Phil

Batting down the hatches Phil "Gypsies" lucky to have a roof on your house left there etc if they are on the scene .
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halcanada wrote:

No. Acrylic/Alkyd exterior walnut. Deck and siding stain. Washes up (spray gun etc,) with warm soapy water. I went over the original siding also. Harsh weather is not good for it. Tends to flake. Should be done yearly.

Looking good Hal Absolute No No thou   in what I would call mission brown here Yuppy green in my neighbour hood sadly, for all things wood       .