New garage time!

[EddieWalker]

What does a dozen eggs sell for in your area? Here in East Texas, the stores are limiting people to two dozen at a time, and they are in the $5 range per dozen.

 

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I'm about to get started on my new garage. It's going to be 24x44x35, interior finished and heated. I'm doing 24" wide by 36" deep footers, then 2 block up. On the 2 block will be 10' 2x8's making the first floor 12' high for a 2 post and 4 post lift. 2nd floor will have 14" manufacturered floor joists and 8' ceiling, 3rd floor will have 14" manufacturered floor joists and scissor trusses giving vaulted ceiling. I'll have a metal shop on the 2nd floor and an office for work, 3rd floor will be used half for storage and half for a man cave with bay window looking out over my property.

2 8x10' doors in the front, on the side will have 2 man doors. all 3 floors will have radiant floor heating, I haven't figured out how I'm going to heat the water yet though. Going between floors will have a 5x8' elevator. 2 windows per floor on the side and 2 windows on the front on 2nd and 3rd floor.

I have a friend who is a contractor and will be doing the bulk of the work but i'll be on site to help. I'm doing the excavation myself with my 1953 Oliver backhoe, old girl is still kicking and never misses a beat.

Sounds terrific. Good luck!

 

[fatjay]

What does a dozen eggs sell for in your area? Here in East Texas, the stores are limiting people to two dozen at a time, and they are in the $5 range per dozen.

$5-7 for regular white eggs, but that's if they're in stock. I haven't seen eggs in the grocery store in a few weeks.

We're also facing a chick shortage, hatcheries have put out notice that there's no public sales, only commercial sales, and the commercial sites have very limited stock. Folks report getting some, then they die shortly after as well.

I'm getting ~2 dozen a day, and I have a waiting list 3 weeks long.

 

[fatjay]

Incubator ready and got some walls up.

 

[fatjay]

This sucker is sturdy. I'm going to get a couple 150lb struts to help lift the top.

 

[fatjay]

$30 hood struts off amazon, I'm impressed.

 

[goeduck]

Have you thought of putting some counterweights hanging off of the back side of that lid to balance it and make it easier to open? Looks like it would be heavy. Maybe you have already.

 

[fatjay]

I have received my vaccine administration system. I'm waiting on my refrigerated vaccines against marek's disease.

The vaccine comes in vials of 1000 doses that need to be kept at 2-8c. I have set up refrigeration to accomidate that. Once the vaccine is rehydrated, it's viable for 1 hour. Anything left over must be destroyed. Chicks must be vaccinated within 24 hours of hatching, which gives a very limited window.

For that reason, i've decided to hatch as many eggs as I can fit in my incubator. Non-viable eggs after 7 days will be discarded, so I'm hoping for a full batch of 30 if i start with 40.

 

[fatjay]

This was a low effort one.

String lights under my solar panels.

It looks nice, I think.

 

[fatjay]

Finally closed the trench. The kid watched intently. Afterward he got to sit on the tractor!

https://imgur.com/hXsp0Bm