Built a chicken cage for my new hatched chick in step by step process/ DIY

in homesteading •  7 years ago 

We have a lot of chickens here in our house.. but we lack cages for them.. So I came up with an idea! I'll make them one! Specially for the new hatched chick.

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I gathered my saw and some thick and long wooden sticks, then cut it in eight pieces.

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I guess I need more of it, so I got more just in case it is still needed

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I cut a small part of its ends in half so that I can connect them together into a box

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I used this tool to make it a bit smoother and straight

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Here's the result!

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So far these are my equipments, chisel, hammer, saw and the woods..

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After that step I did, I connected four sticks to form a square shape.

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I repeated the same step and made another square for the opposite side.

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Next, I gathered thicker wood (two piece of 2x2) so I can cut thicker frames for the other sides.

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Looks like im short in woods. I used this to make cutting the wood in half easier, the clamp do the holding while cutting im cutting it half.

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Take a look, I already cut the wood into two. That took me a lot of time and arm/hand strength just to cut it.

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I made a total of four of them.. It's kinda tiring to do this. But it would be worth it.

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Then, I connected them to the first square frame.

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.. then connected it to the other square frame I made.

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Here's the result, I have now a 3D square frame.. and to make a cage, I need to add screens.

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I used this nylon cable tie I bought to attach the screen into the frame.

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I put the screen on the sides of the frame.

I then used this to cut the cable ties so it won't be that visible.

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Here's the result, I have not cut the cable ties here yet.

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After that, I put the chicken and her chick inside hahaha

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And now they have their own cage!

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