Update, 21:38: Got a temp hatch on the ventilation hole in the henhouse (read: put a hinge on the polygonal chunk that Bev cut out several months ago and slapped it back up with some roofing material as an additional rain-shedding device.) The cat door is crudely in place. The cats did NOT help...
It just needs weatherstripping around the edges, and shimming around the actual cat flap (it's built to sit in an actual exterior door, not a piece of 1/4" plywood). Tomorrow is another day...
Well, I suppose I should START it before I finish it. I bought the cat flap, now I just have to cut a piece of plywood to stick it into. It's going into a sliding door, otherwise I'd just be cutting a hole in a wood door. Until now I've just left the door open a few inches for them to go in and out, and then shut it in the evening to keep them IN and the predators OUT. Now it's just too cold, and the fancy "already assembled glass and steel cat/dog door" things are almost $200 each! Forget that! Just got back from my dad's house with the jigsaw. Film at eleven...
ReplyDeleteDoing the same here, battening down the hatches and all.
ReplyDeleteHey, Crispian Cuthburdt has done something to his leg. It's hot and swollen and he's limping. Any suggestions? We've been keeping him quiet, but don't know much about chicken first aid.
Crystal
Sent you email re. Cuthburdt Rooster boy...
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