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Building My Widowhood Boxes i have been requested by a young fancier who would like me to show him step by step instuctions on how im building my boxes as he will be doing this shortly . Please note these boxes are not as standard widowhood boxes as turned 90'degrees to suit myself and are 4 inch smaller than standard sized widowhood boxes  as a sheets of chipboard is 8 FT X 4 FT so easier to work with half a sheet cutting down on overall costs .Please do not post on this board till i have completed the boxes , many thanks Mark

im off Monday to go and get wood yard to cut my wood to size then when its delivered i will assemble , and take pictures as i go along as requested

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im off Monday to go and get wood yard to cut my wood to size then when its delivered i will assemble , and take pictures as i go along as requested

there you go guys..oldyellow is a specialist in wood as he is in racing pigeons..welldone mark m8...

the sheet cutting plans were taken in this morning , the wood cost £102.17    £3.20 of that was to have it cut , now a pack of jigsaw blades would be double and the time to cut down would be a couple of days so money well spent . Wood should arrive tomorrow morning , bang there goes my sleep in

how many boxes will that make mark.?

ill have  16  widowhood boxes ( 2 ft x 14 inch ) rember the back wall has already been lined with chipboard  i could get another 2 rows in bottom creating another 12 boxes but im going to use this as storage space , and wouldnt like to over crowd my birds ,  the days of bending over are nearly over lol

oky doky.. have you already got the black blocks and the plastic fronts?

no i aint at that stage yet ill build the boxes then ill get the fronts then the nest box floor grills as i dont want to damage anything as room will be at a shortage my hen loft is not done either and the amount of stuff in there is incredible , will have to move all my corn out of the widowhood loft today as thats where i have stored my last supply. then ill take a few pictures of the lined wall and floor to add to this post.

pic taken early on this year will  update it , traps both in middle now and all doors have vents on

wood came at 7 am this morning had to be raining but was well covered and dry will make a start after the school run and taking our lass to town

good stuff

ran out of brackets have them on order should be here tomorrow , so should have the boxes done with a bit of luck , note the brackets i use these as when i want to change the base i just unscrew and put a new board in

the boxes look like they're coming together nicely Mark  

had to wait all day for brackets ariving started at 4 pm i did not finish till 9 pm im aching too much today so having a well deserved day of , ill go buy my fronts

looking good mark..but weres weres the tops on the top of the boxes?

i dont put tops on top box

what about if theres any drafts on them m8..?

theres no draft in the loft believe me ventilation yes draughts none

looking good mate  

guessing your using the german type roll over fronts?

no just the standard Sue Fronts localy sourced

looking good mate

The boxes look good Mark. I think the idea of turning them around 90^o is good if you have liitle space.

and the other reason is can get 6 cocks at top ,  pigeons dont like the bottom boxes so as well as saving my back im actualy making them happier

ya he has made a good job of them been round to see him today,

yu will have loads ov problems with them boxez plenty ov snapped flights tried it before and happend 2 me!

not if you put privacy covers over during week

what are privacy covers i yhink i now what yu are goin 2 do iv they are widow boxes are yu goin 2 keep the hen in one side cover them up so when the cocks go out in the morning and nite yu let the hens out ov boxes 4 food and drink and then 10 minz before yu get the cocks in you loke hens up and do yu cover the box up so the cocks dont see them am i right.

privacy covers are a piece of plastic that clip over the fronts this will stop the flytes from getting snapped like a traditional style widowhood box , but the hens will have there own section as they wouldnt be keen enough as would constantly know there cock was so close

i think yu mite ov put me on to somethink there mate nice one

privacy covers  
http://www.everythingforpets.com/widowhood_privacy_cover.pet/use.id.5.item_id.962.dept.202/