Couperman Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 (edited) I have been busy all day building the new run which will hopefully put all our recent chicken nightmares to bed once and for all. No photo's yet as I can't find the camera! I will post some once it is finished, tomorrow. The run is 3.5m x 2m and will join onto the end of the cube run. I have also built it so that it can be extended if need be in future (I can't imagine why we would want to do that )). Most of it will be on bare earth with buried weld mesh to keep out Mr Fox. I have been quite fortunate in that I managed to aquire all the wood for free! (well two pints and a dozen eggs) from friends and a neighbour who very kindly gave me about ten metres of 4" x 2" I just need to add the roofing sheets and weldmesh and build a door. I am going to add a lot of chickentertainment, perches, mirrors, Playstation 2 and a mezzanine deck to try and distract Flurry from eating her friends alive. I am also going to add an isolation cell in case she doesn't want to play nice. Once that is finished I will then create their exercise area at the end of the garden so I can get my veggie plot up and running and have a bit of lawn again. I really hope this solves the feather plucking thing, it would be nice to have fully feathered hens again. Kev. Edited April 19, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 YAAAAY. Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Well done, you've got me thinking again . . . about a run. I've just fitted a bumper bit to Hazel and am hoping the feathers on the others will grow back soon. Must be the weather!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Couperman Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 The new run is finally complete!! It took a bit longer than expected with work and the weather getting in the way Here are some pics of the ladies exploring their new home. We let them out to free range whilst I connected the Cube run to the new one, and they all charged straight into the new run rather than exploring the garden They now have about 9 sq metres to play in, so we might get a few more in a couple of weeks or so. Horah! I Just need to fence of the area at the end behind the greenhouse for their free ranging exploits and then I can get on with planting my veggies Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutrix Farmers Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Fabulous run, you've given us ideas and we've only had our eglu for a week!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezers Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Very nice ! Love the little platform, might borrow that idea when the chooks' chair finally succumbs to poop rot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Looks great....a very robust construction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 Looks great....a very robust construction! It can get quite breezy here so I thought I would make it hurricane proof as well as fox proof If I had bought the wood I would have opted for something a little more lightweight, but I was given a load of heavy duty wood, shame to waste it The girls like it! Hopefully they will behave now. Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Looks fabulous - wish I could build one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Fantastic! It's like a chooks adventure playground!!! Im impressed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 hey does this mean that we can get some more chooks how many more can we get??????? cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 That's very impressive . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 it's great, you just need to paint it purple and add some hanging baskets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Fabulous Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 it's great, you just need to paint it purple and add some hanging baskets I like that idea keeeeeevvv, get some purple paint cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Kev! That's wonderful! I love their ramp up to the raised platform. What a great idea . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 That looks great Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Eggcellent - very Your chooks will be very happy chicklits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMO Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Wow - looks brilliant Kev -well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirkwood Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 that is a lovely run well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 That's brilliant Kev.........well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenlass Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Looks fabulous!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicki9 Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 It looks great! I've shown my DH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...