Monday night maintenance, chicken condo

Last night after work I got busy with another small Tacoma project.  The tailgate latch on the truck broke over the weekend.  Luckily a generic replacement latch was only $12 shipped to my door with Amazon Prime shipping. Of course any time I do auto maintenance anymore I have the camera in hand as automotive repair videos are some of my most popular on my YouTube channel.  The replacement of the latch was very straightforward, I had the entire job done in 15 minutes.  The $12 part obviously was not a high quality OEM piece but it should get the job down.

Last night Cindy and I were talking about chicken expansion options.  We have been rolling around the idea of building a large stand alone coop to give the four chickens we have more space as well as opening up the potential for us to get a few more if we want to.   I had been thinking about ways to do this.  When I was looking out in the backyard and looking at the smaller of the two sheds my gears started to turn.  Converting the shed to a huge coop with a large attached chicken run would be pretty awesome.  In addition it would be very secure and less labor intensive than building from scratch.

Of course this plan has complications as there is a lot of stuff in the small shed, too much to fit into the large shed so I would wind up probably having to get ANOTHER outdoor storage building.  So if that is the case I could possibly find a used small 8×10 shed on Craigslist that I could use for the same purpose.  The realm of possibilities is pretty wide open at this point.

Of course the availability of money for chicken coop expansion is going to be dependent on what we decide to do with the flooring in the house.  The current options there are doing the main living area with the wood simulating tile and carpeting the bedrooms, office and dining room with new but less expensive carpet, carpeting everything with new stuff just as it is now, or do nothing and let the old carpet ride for another year or so.  After work tonight I have an appointment with the flooring guy at Home Depot to attach some hard numbers to each option so I can make a decision between the three choices.