What killed the chicken coop?

Weekend_Sawyer · June 10, 2011, 11:48:02 PM

I have... had ... a nice hunting blind I called the chicken coop. I found it laying on it's side and thought high winds did it, but no....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Sbyq_uQrI

WDH · June 11, 2011, 12:21:18 AM

An egregious boulder?

LOGDOG · June 11, 2011, 12:49:42 AM

What? How in the heck? What's the rest of the story?

paul case · June 11, 2011, 01:19:19 AM

that onery rock did it. i always knew those things couldnt be trusted!
was there 2, 10 year old boys pushing it off the top? pc

Carpenter · June 11, 2011, 01:22:09 AM

Ouch! Must be tough to be a chicken coop in the way of a big boulder. I don't think any chicken coop alive could have withstood that. I bet she went down fighting.

Norm · June 11, 2011, 07:51:14 AM

How's the chickens!

pigman · June 11, 2011, 08:23:11 AM

It could have been worse. You could have been in the chicken coop when the boulder went through.

Mooseherder · June 11, 2011, 08:39:40 AM

Yep, good thing no one was in the Coop. ;)

Roxie · June 11, 2011, 09:02:09 AM

Are you kidding me?

Look at the size of that rock!!

Weekend_Sawyer · June 11, 2011, 09:14:16 AM

Here is the rock that knocked my poor ol coop off it's platform. We had a lot of rain this spring and it gets pretty steep back behind the blind. I guess it loosened it up just enough. That rock was making 10' hops just before it hit!

Jeff · June 11, 2011, 09:42:47 AM

Wow! Thank goodness you weren't out chicken hunting that day.

Weekend_Sawyer · June 11, 2011, 09:46:12 AM

Chicken huntin season isn't in yet here in WV :D

Jeff · June 11, 2011, 09:47:31 AM

Yea, So what. :D Get ya an Infrared Grill and you'll be shooting em outta season all the time. ;D

That dont happen to be a pudding stone does it? ;D

metalspinner · June 11, 2011, 10:24:15 AM

If only you used 2x4 bracing instead of 1x4's we might not be having this conversation. :D

Mooseherder · June 11, 2011, 11:40:16 AM

The stairs looked rickety anyways and needed redone. ;D

SwampDonkey · June 11, 2011, 12:21:02 PM

I thought you didn't have rocks down there below the glacial ice line?

Mass wasting at it's finest work eh? :D

Thank goodness you weren't out there for sure. What are the chances though, 1 little shack out in the middle of the woods? ;D

WDH · June 11, 2011, 12:23:31 PM

Sounds like a very colluvial incident.

sandhills · June 11, 2011, 01:59:44 PM

Swamp Donkey, if that were my little stand out there, the chances would be pushing 110% it would be in the way :D. Sorry to hear the coop "flew the coop" but now you can build a bigger one ;).

Weekend_Sawyer · June 11, 2011, 02:11:56 PM

WDH, I guess you could say a big load of colluvium just arrived!

Weekend_Sawyer · June 11, 2011, 03:39:10 PM

Jeff I beleive its limestone, very porous, we find alot of clamshell looking fossils on the side of this hill, the hill is basically pure rock with some soil sprinkled over it. Lots of sink holes too. My property line is a sink hole you could drop a small house in!

Jon

Ron Scott · June 11, 2011, 05:55:57 PM

Wow! What are the odds of that happening? Be thankful that it didn't happen during the hunting season when you might have been in it.

WDH · June 11, 2011, 05:57:13 PM

Remind me not to wander around in the dark on your property

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gunman63 · June 11, 2011, 10:47:50 PM

just think, half of the world on each side, and mother nature bowls a strike!

doctorb · June 11, 2011, 11:25:37 PM

Unbelieveable!

Randy88 · June 12, 2011, 02:37:17 AM

Nice rock, now just out of curiosity what are you going to do with the rock? Look at the bright side now you can make the changes you always wanted to make for improvements to the chicken coop.

At least nobody got hurt, anything can be repaired or replaced but when injuries occur is when things really get bad, I know its not easy to take but it could always be worse or thats how I look at things like this anyhow, it seems to help some knowing that.

thecfarm · June 12, 2011, 08:24:39 AM

Sounds like my luck.

bill m · June 12, 2011, 08:32:36 AM

I think I would check to see if that rock has a twin still up there before I rebuild anything. ;D

Ron Scott · June 12, 2011, 12:58:58 PM

I'd move the coop to a safer location. ;)

Weekend_Sawyer · June 12, 2011, 02:56:47 PM

Randy, That rock gets to stay right where it is.

Ron, What are the odds of it happening twice? but I will scout the area first.

Jon

cutterboy · June 12, 2011, 07:29:24 PM

I think there is a big buck up on the ridge trying to get even with you. :D

isawlogs · June 12, 2011, 08:43:03 PM

That thing had momemtom written all over it. When you set the coop back up and are in the rebuild mode, put a window looking out the back and at least two ~~exit~~ ememergency openings out the sides with a clear path out a ways

LOGDOG · August 07, 2011, 09:37:54 AM

I think I found the culprit y'all .... Does this seem irresponsible to anyone else?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBgbBK85I0c&feature=feedrec_grec_index

clww · August 07, 2011, 01:27:46 PM

WS-That is incredible! Thankfully nobody was injured or worse when that boulder took it's stroll!

Paul_H · August 07, 2011, 01:44:36 PM

Makes a lot of work for the fallers to clean up the carnage and puts them in danger from the snapped off trees and widowmakers.You can bet they have a drill rig close by but were unwilling to take the time.

sandhills · August 07, 2011, 02:07:04 PM

I don't think "irresponsible" is the word I'd use for that.

beenthere · August 07, 2011, 02:18:08 PM

Likely a lot more than that rolled downhill from that road cut. But I won't judge what was done, one way or 'tother. ;)

5quarter · August 08, 2011, 01:14:35 AM

I'd put the chicken coop right back where it was with one major addition...skid that boulder back up and put it directly between the hill and the coop. ;)

Weekend_Sawyer · August 18, 2011, 08:50:17 AM

I was up taking it apart a few weeks ago. I had been given some old windows and a real old door to use in it.
Not one of them was broken.

My plan now is to rebuild it across the field from that hill. When I was clearing the field I moved a few medicine ball sized rocks from the area, might have been an indication huh? Ah well, some people need a hint, some need a brick, looks like I need a boulder!

Jon

isawlogs · August 18, 2011, 09:52:17 AM

Put it back where it was , now you have a shootin' lane ;D

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