Now that the first step of the house is done, designs are being made for the walls and roof.
Side view of the finished floor.
Weld of the stays and a hole for the chain.
Side view of rolling gear with 6 foot extention pipe in middle.
Floor joyces screwed together with chain for swivel.
A row of connectors
Level showing it is right.
Had to use my car jack to get it level.
Close up of right angle screw connector
Corner view of frame on joyces.
Side view of frame on joyce and rolling gear
Framed 2×4’s on top of floor joyces.
Started in the middle with a run of white oak rough cut boards.
Adding second row of boards from the center.
Had a rounded side of the board so I cut it out and put insert.
Progress on floor boards.
4 rows of floor boards with the quarter inche spacer.
Inspector on the job!
The above untreated boards are going to be sealed with dad’s saturating primer for all weather protection.
The whole reason a rolling house is being built compared to a permanent house is because of 2 important reasons for our egg farm: 1. Access to fresh foraging nutrition. 2. Keeping chickens on fresh grass reduces disease.
Many people talk about the permanent chicken barn. We will have a barn for equipment, supplies, food, brooding and breeding, but once pullets are feathered out they go into a rolling house.