With the west wall taken care of there was the matter of moving the minivan coop so it sits farther back into the area of the aviary. The whole point of dropping that hard ass tree that was behind the coop was to allow for the moving of the coop. I cut the stump down enough to allow for the coop to be moved back at least three feet. I also had to shift the van coop over to the left by about a foot and a half since it was up against the west fence, with only a foot of space. This would make trying to clean the coop from the side of the sliding door difficult if not impossible. With the aid of the tractor, the van coop was pushed back and pulled to the side enough to reestablish its position where it needs to be for the construction of the rest of the aviary walls. Now for the east fence wall. Just like on the west fence wall, I started off with attaching a board to the north fence with which to anchor the first fence panel. This time I was able to use a regular 2x4 instead of a 4x4. Unfortunately I didn't have any more PVC pipe so I had to resort to just sinking the posts the regular way with concrete. Once the first panel was hung, I was able to determine where the next couple of posts would have to go. With the position of the first post, I found that for me to be able to use the tree to the left of the Ranger Cab Coop, I would have to shift the fence line by a few degrees. While this would not be desirable in establishing a fence, I didn't really have any viable options. I drilled the next fence hole where it would put a slight angle in the fence line going up to the tree. I also had to attach a short 2x4 to the tree so I can hang the fence panel against the tree without it sitting at an awkward angle. I will need to source one more post to finish up the east fence wall, which should only require one more 8ft panel to finish things up. Once that's done, I can start sinking posts along the front wall. I have a chain link gate panel assembly that I want to use for the front door since the front wall is going to be open save for the chicken wire, all of which will allow for ventilation through the aviary. I will probably need four, maybe five more posts to cover the run of the front wall, and will need to hang 2x6 boards along the tops of the posts to start the actual roof/wall junction of this structure. Things are coming together.
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