Problem Solving

I spotted a weasel.  While he was pretty cute this is not a good thing considering my five hens.  I have a chicken tractor butted up to the hen house but the weasels could get under and inside (as well as other vermin). 

We had been putting a large piece of wood between the tractor and the house but that was cumbersome.  So we needed a better door.

I rooted around for some scrap so I could build some channels to slide a thin wooden door in.

I found some trim pieces from the latest door project and some of the maple that we used for the front of my fridge.

I pre drilled holes so the thin piece of trim would not split and attached the rails to the front of the hen house with screws.

I put an eye hook on the front and tied some bailing twine to it and threaded it through another eye hook.

Problem solved!  The tractor is back in place and the door opens and closes pretty easily.

Now I can sleep better knowing the hens are safe from critters that might want to eat them.