Tried to build a solar dryer out of scrap pallets - ended up with a new chicken coop

Last month I got it in my head to make a passive solar food dryer using old pallet wood and a sheet of plexiglass I found. Three hours in, I realized I'd built the frame way too big and it looked more like a small shed. Now I've got 4 chickens living in it and my wife just shakes her head when I bring up the dryer idea again. Anyone else have a project go sideways into something totally different?

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amy_west1mo ago

Well hell, you got a free chicken coop out of it. That sounds like a win to me if you ever wanted chickens. Chickens are way less work than a solar dryer and they give you eggs every day. A solar dryer would just sit there drying a few tomatoes once a year and gather dust the rest of the time. You saved yourself money on lumber and plexiglass too since you already used it for something useful.

the_olivia1mo ago

Right?! Same thing happened with my "greenhouse" kit. Way better as a shed.

angelarivera1mo ago

Yeah but chickens are more work than people think though...