Mrs Webmuppet Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 (edited) Woohoo! The chicken house is ready. The OH spent this afternoon levelling the soil and layng the paving.................just need some chickens now. Well done Mr Webmuppet Hopefully we will get some chickens in the next few days. Little Miss Webmuppet wants a white pekin bantam, the OH wants a Lavender Pekin Bantam and I want a chicken that will provide eggs for the kitchen. Edited February 18, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 What an absolute palace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 yours looks a bit bigger than ours. It looks smashing, can't wait to see it occupied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted February 17, 2008 Author Share Posted February 17, 2008 It's a 008/009 chicken house from Albany Pets on ebay with a few tweeks by the OH namely the roof extra wire and hooks between the run and he house to make it easier to clean out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 It's a 008/009 chicken house from Albany Pets on ebay with a few tweeks by the OH namely the roof extra wire and hooks between the run and he house to make it easier to clean out. we got ours from them too (I posted on your other thread about it) but I don't know if ours is an 008/009 one though, it's the same design but yours looks a bit bigger. Anyway, it's very nice, your hubbie did a great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 That looks fab . You just need some little chickens to bring it to life . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Pekins are funny little chickens. Mine strut about the garden like a little mob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 (edited) It looks smashing. All that "nagging" paid off. Well done Mr W. Have you thought about names yet? Edited February 17, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 (edited) Here's another model from Albany Pets, I collected in person & they were extremely helpful people. We won this 705 on Ebay for what we thought was an amazing £129. I built a run & slapped some Cuprinol Ducksback on them to colour & protect! Before ....... when purchased, this is the suppliers example designed for 15-20 birds, our nesting boxes are on the opposite side ........ After, the white rope is to remotely lift the henhouse door ........ [/img] Edited February 17, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 very impressive fletch How many girls do you have? love your heath robinson door contraption and the colours of the set up are very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 very impressive fletch How many girls do you have? love your heath robinson door contraption and the colours of the set up are very nice. Hi Poet, we've got 6 so far, 2 Bovan Neras, 2 Isa Browns & 2 White Rangers all at POL, hopefully the eggs will come soon! The colours were pinched from traditional Swedish country house colours. My wife is Swedish so it was designed to make her feel a little bit at home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Very pretty indeed. I love the remotely operated door. Very high tech. You should put a longer rope on it and then you could open it from your bed. Just thought I'd mention....I notice you have used chicken wire. I don't want to alarm you, but foxes can very easily bite through it. Perhaps you might want to consider changing it to weld mesh, which is much more robust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 very impressive fletch How many girls do you have? love your heath robinson door contraption and the colours of the set up are very nice. Hi Poet, we've got 6 so far, 2 Bovan Neras, 2 Isa Browns & 2 White Rangers all at POL, hopefully the eggs will come soon! The colours were pinched from traditional Swedish country house colours. My wife is Swedish so it was designed to make her feel a little bit at home! I was trying to think what it reminded me of, that was it! It's lovely, well done I want to paint ours when the weather is better but haven't decided on colours yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 wow - two chicken palaces! Well done Mrs Webmuppet, your OH has moved a long way from refusing to have chickens, to modifying the coop! (Little Miss WebMuppet must have great powers of persuasion. You'd better watch out, her next project might be something bigger than chickens!) look forward to seeing the 'occupied' palace. I love the Swedish colours and the remote control door lift on yours, Fletch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 (edited) Just thought I'd mention....I notice you have used chicken wire. I don't want to alarm you, but foxes can very easily bite through it. Perhaps you might want to consider changing it to weld mesh, which is much more robust. Yes ........ unfortunately it was a design error before I learnt that foxes could get through that stuff! Fortunately, we've got a garden guard who only lives a few paces away, he's alert & doesn't like foxes .............. Edited February 18, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary&debbie&amy Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 so nice to see people still use the wooden one's ,just as easy to clean , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Yay! Congratulations to you and LMW for your persistence and to your OH for having the decency to give in gracefully and back the project! He won't regret it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 Not only did he build the house from flat pack & level the soil he wants his own chicken.............a long long way from no! I have to say some of the chicken videos from You Tube helped. He's even been reading 'Keeping Pet Chickens'. Once the school run is done I am off to the Hen House at Thorndon to get some chickens. woohoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Congratulations Mrs WM! You will all love keeping hens! Please remember the pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenlass Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Oohh those pictures are great...What lucky hens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
