Busybird Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) It was still pretty dark when I went out to open the Eglu door this morning. With about a foot of snow on the ground the Eglu run was an enclosed tunnel so I was not surprised when no chickens appeared. I looked in the egg port to check the girls were okay but decided that the snow may offer insulation so left them to it. A couple of hours later the run still looked unusually dark. Then I realised that the roof had sagged alarmingly under the weight of the snow. The girls were coming out of the Eglu for food but the roof of the run was rather close to their heads Armed with a spade I went out and removed a 10 inch covering from the run. It popped back into shape and everything looks much brighter in there now. I wonder if Omlet ever tested their wire mesh for loadbearing As an aside, I took photo's of all this but take my hat off to all you Omleteers who have mastered the technology required to upload pictures With my children off school (closed due to snow) I cannot spend any more time trying to get the darn things to show Off to build a snowman now... And returned (having built snowmummy, snowdaddy, 3 snow children and 3 snow chickens!) to find useful info on how to post pictures. Now, I wonder will this work... here goes! Edited February 6, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moomin Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hi Busybird, if you take a look at this link - viewtopic.php?f=45&t=21972 you can see how to load pics. I use Photobucket to store mine, took me a while to sort it out but it's not too difficult once you know how! I'm in Swindon, don't know how far that is from Derry Hill - been snowing here all morning! I have an Elgu outside with a thick covering of snow, no run on it yet though, it's for my new chicks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splodge88 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 moomin I'm a Swindonian as well!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moomin Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I've just PM'd you Splodge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busybird Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Thanks Moomin - I can post pictures now! Derry Hill is quite a way west of Swindon - a few miles beyond Calne if you know where that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moomin Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Good pics Busybird. Well done for mastering it so quickly! I hope the snow stops soon will be worrying about me new chickies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Brilliant pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Ooh! My sister & family live in Studley near Calne ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Bless them, no wonder they were slow to come out this morning . We have the extension and converter on our run making it quite floppy and we had to strengthen it with plastic sheet over the top on Thurs due to the weight of snow and ice on the top of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Wow! Thats a lot of snow! I have been off school for 2 days now from heavy snow ( about 8 inches ) and loving it! My nan lives in calne and my uncle and aunty live in studley Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moomin Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Calne's not far from us at all My son is in year 10 and he's been off school all week - 8 hours of gaming a day - Jammy Dodger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
