My eco solution to rat problems

[chick wiggle]

Lovely looking run Alih

[Olly]

Well, Tony says hi to everyone on the forum!

 

I've got my quote.

 

It's a leetle bit more than I'd been bargaining on ... very good value, I'm sure, but I have a couple of other big expenses this month. Hmm, need to get the calculator out and see what I can squeeze, I'm sure I could probably live on what's in the freezer for the rest of this month and not do any shopping!

[Plum]

Congratulations Olly, looks like you are joining the run set.

[Olly]

Well I do really want one, not least because my poor chookies have to spend so much time in the run due to my work and social commitments, and the fox problem.

 

I just need to do some shuffling of funds. I may have to dip into my 'running away account'!

[Plum]

A what spill the beans

[Olly]

Every woman in my family has a running-away account! I have one, even though I ran away years ago and now live alone ... it's a little savings account, for personal use only i.e not household or bills.

 

My mum had one, she would never have left my father but she always said it made her feel better when he was being grumpy, to think she could go off somewhere on her own if she wanted to. It probably wouldn't have covered more than a couple of nights in a B&B, but she enjoyed the feeling of independence it gave her! (I should add that they were married for 56 years and generally very happy.)

 

Mine is not huge, but it's ring-fenced from my other finances, so it doesn't get spent on bills or boring stuff. In fact, it is mostly what was left in my mum's account when she died ... and somehow I feel sure that she would say that a WIR was exactly the sort of thing to spend it on!

[Space Chick]

We have the same in my family

 

Mine is called the "Debs Treat fund" sadly mine only has £23 in it at the moment, as I needed to use it towards my WIR when I went over budget, so I agree that a WIR is an excellent use of this money

[xScrunchee]

When I first ordered my WIR from Tony-I was a bit at the price.

I kept wondering whether to just get a cheaper alternative but OH insisted that once it was bought he didn't want to have to replace it in a few years because it was cheap and nasty so I should get the Tony one.

 

So-that's what we did and I can honestly say that I am so glad I did.

I do believe that you pay for quality with things like this. My run is standing as strong as the day it was made. I think I was the first person to get a Tony run and posted the pics on here-now look what's happened!!!

 

I think a WIR is a very good use for your running away money and you can always put the money back bit by bit once you have your run

 

 

 

I have just bought a 3 sided foldable to go inside my run to make introductions easier

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I'd actually be quite happy running away into my WIR . (If it wasn't for the poo .)

[Olly]

Thanks for that xscrunchee - I've got no doubt that it will be value for money, everyone on here speaks so highly of Tony and the Aviaries4U runs - it's just that the mental figure I had was about 2/3 of the total quote.

 

I was really just guessing at what it would cost, and part of the increase is the delivery, having it assembled by him, and the roof. I don't want to have it without a plastic roof, if I'm doing this I may as well make it a long-lasting structure.

 

I'm sure it will be worth it though, I can't order it for a week or two anyway as I don't know when the man is coming to prune the apple tree yet, and that has to happen first. By the time that happens, I will have adjusted my mind to the new price.

[Dickey Meadow]

just browsing and see some amazing runs that people made. I won't be putting up a picture of our attempt or you would have to take 'inspiration' out of the title of the thread !

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Not at all . Any walk in run is a work of art . Anyway, it's compulsory, you have to post step by step photos .

[kevtheplumber]

Ordered my mesh from hills of devon last week and turned up in 3 days so going to start the WIR this weekend hopefully, should only take a few hours

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Look forward to following your progress, Kev .

[chelsea]

Hubby erected this temporary roof over the top of our spare eglu - we had some ex batts holidaying with us over Christmas and thought this would keep them dry.

 

[Ain't Nobody Here]

That's very smart .

[sandyhas3chucks]

oh very good!

think I will copy that for my spare run

[Blue-DiamondChick07]

My boyf worked his socks off over the weekend and made this run. It needs a lick of paint, but its great, and gives my chooks room to flap without getting eaten by a fox

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/Emma2k/SDC14077.jpg

Edited January 31, 2010 by Guest

[mostin]

Very impressive , it's lovely to see them run about in safety isn't it .

[Blue-DiamondChick07]

Very impressive , it's lovely to see them run about in safety isn't it .

 

Thanks!

 

It is! havent been out in it today, weathers too bad

[fluffyfeet]

Here's some 'in progress' pics of the WIR my OH has built completely from scratch for me.

 

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2056460&id=1037287477&l=9db990f944

 

Can't wait for it to be finished - have already ordered some more girls to join my existing 4 - can't wait!!

 

Dawn x

[mostin]

Looking really good Dawn , I especially like the monkey bars in the last photo .

 

I bet your girls, old and new, can't wait to move into there.

[chick wiggle]

Looks great, well done

[Angie]

You are all my inspiration. My cube is 2nd hand with standard run and 2mths in my garden.

I have the ground paved now ,yippeee ! i thought that would do for now hehehe,

But after tripping through this thread i have decided i need a WIR....but i have

no one to make me one so i will have to search for a really good joiner.....

........So much inspiration. Thank you all so much.

[Chicken shack]

ok here is my new and improved run for those that haven't seen it in the other thread (I think it should be here as well), complete with guttering and a curved hole to allow the cube roof to slide

 

please excuse the bad grass, all will be made good when weather allows

 

 

 

 

 

edited to add in my bracket pictures

Love your WIR. Does the run sit on the base or is the base inside?