Ammonia smell in coop-first time owner

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Is that an old school type table you have under your eglu by the way?

Yes, minus the top . I used a pallet for the top with lino on top .

[RosemarysBaby]

Is that an old school type table you have under your eglu by the way?

Yes, minus the top . I used a pallet for the top with lino on top .

 

 

Ahaaa clever clogs just i spotted in our bowling club they have loads of tables sitting outside and they have been since last summer i was considering asking for one but i ended up adding eglu to outside and covering the gap at front of the eglu run with chicken wire which is probably why we look out some nights and find the odd wild bird in the run

[Janty]

The run looks great RB. I have been thinking about perches lately but thinking is as far as I've got.

 

This weekend we have got to empty son's play shed, dismantle it and clear the area for the foundations for the run.

[RosemarysBaby]

The run looks great RB. I have been thinking about perches lately but thinking is as far as I've got.

 

This weekend we have got to empty son's play shed, dismantle it and clear the area for the foundations for the run.

 

 

Good luck with the hard work ahead It will all be worth it in the end

[Janty]

Thanks. I'm going to get stuck in in a little while.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Ta da .

 

Maisie - "What do you think it is "

 

Molly - "No idea . Is it a chicken, do you think ?"

 

Milly - "Who cares, she's moved the compost bin . Come and have a dig ."

 

[Falkor]

Very swish ANH!!!

 

If you add anything else to that WIR there won`t be any room for the chickens!

 

So what's next?

 

I have just "acquired" a birdtable from a lady who was offering pots on Freecycle (i collected pots and the birdtable was in her skip!) and am going to give it a good sanding and paint and work out what the girls can use it for!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

If you add anything else to that WIR there won`t be any room for the chickens!

 

I know . I'm trying to resist the urge to put more stuff in (although the CDT dept at school has two workbench rest thingies which would make great perches ).

[RosemarysBaby]

What a lovely Butt you have ANH I know nothing to do with walk in run persay but I just got my first proper egg aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh so excited my lovely girl Murghana laid it i assume since she has the reddest comb and bigger comb the other girl her age is almost none existant in the face furniture (fresh from the omlet dictionary )

 

Been calling her a clever girl since i found it very proud mother indeed

 

 

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Congratulations on the egg .

[RosemarysBaby]

Congratulations on the egg .

 

 

Thanks

[Janty]

Congratulations

[KateG]

Can someone decide for me if I need a paving slab/aubiose floor to our WIR or if grass/soil and Aubiose will be enough?

 

I've got 4 girls going in there, they'll spend a fair amount of time in the run I should think.

[RosemarysBaby]

Can someone decide for me if I need a paving slab/aubiose floor to our WIR or if grass/soil and Aubiose will be enough?

 

I've got 4 girls going in there, they'll spend a fair amount of time in the run I should think.

 

 

Toughy well i am not too experienced but i would figure if they spending loads of time in there they would need access to the soil to get bugs although if there is a bit of spacing between slabs they can pick up a few here and there i would assume they would get more from natural ground layer x I was gonna keep mine in most of time letting them out to free range when i was in garden ended up letting the girls take over the garden so gotta keep checking the step before i step out

[Falkor]

Can someone decide for me if I need a paving slab/aubiose floor to our WIR or if grass/soil and Aubiose will be enough?

 

I've got 4 girls going in there, they'll spend a fair amount of time in the run I should think.

 

 

My run is half and half and all of it has Aubiose on top The slabs are to the front and are easily swept clean........the soil is at the back and stays dry The girls have a scratch about all over and don`t seem favour one bit over another.

 

I had intended on paving the whole lot but those slabs are heavy!!!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I'm quite happy with soil & Easibed in my run. The roof keeps it dry, it's really easy to poo pick (I keep a flowerpot and scoop handy) and they seem to enjoy scratching around in it (often staying in even though their freerange door is open!).

[RosemarysBaby]

I'm quite happy with soil & Easibed in my run. The roof keeps it dry, it's really easy to poo pick (I keep a flowerpot and scoop handy) and they seem to enjoy scratching around in it (often staying in even though their freerange door is open!).

 

 

Just got one question about aubiose, when it is windy doesn't it get blown out all over the garden. I find in our run even though we have wood chipping it turns into like a tornado effect in the middle when the wind comes thru one end actually less windy to stand out in the wind Gonna be getting some more funshades and plaster them about will add splashes of colour and hopefully reduce our tornado

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I attached plastic covers along the edges of my eglu run 'cos the bedding ended up everywhere . Doesn't seem to be a problem in the WIR somehow - I think the way it's positioned (and the girls kicking it isn't even a problem) .

[Janty]

Can someone decide for me if I need a paving slab/aubiose floor to our WIR or if grass/soil and Aubiose will be enough?

 

I've got 4 girls going in there, they'll spend a fair amount of time in the run I should think.

 

I am having a concrete base built for the run but the base will only be 30cm wide all the way around the edge of the run and the walk in run will sit on top. This will leave my lot soil (can't claim it will be grass ) and aubiose to scrab about in. I am also having the concrete built up to 10cm above ground so that it will help keep the aubiouse inside the run. It will also keep the wood above the ground and dry in case we have lots of rain.

[RosemarysBaby]

Can someone decide for me if I need a paving slab/aubiose floor to our WIR or if grass/soil and Aubiose will be enough?

 

I've got 4 girls going in there, they'll spend a fair amount of time in the run I should think.

 

I am having a concrete base built for the run but the base will only be 30cm wide all the way around the edge of the run and the walk in run will sit on top. This will leave my lot soil (can't claim it will be grass ) and aubiose to scrab about in. I am also having the concrete built up to 10cm above ground so that it will help keep the aubiouse inside the run. It will also keep the wood above the ground and dry in case we have lots of rain.

 

 

 

 

That sounds like a plan x goodluck

[Janty]

Thanks...we've been emptying son's shed all day. the conservatory is now a mess and we still have more stuff to relocate. I think his shed is the tardis.

 

[Chook n Boo Mum]

I thought the two words were interchangeable....especially having emptied one of my Dad's to move them I think the removal van was filled more from his sheds than from the house - and that's saying something!!!

 

DH has announced on many an occasion that having moved my Dad (who has magpie tendencies which I have inherited ) we are never moving from this house

 

Good luck with the relocation!!!

 

Sha x

[Janty]

Well here goes...the great shed sort out. Everybody is in bed so there can't be any moaning about keeping things we don't need.

 

My Dad was going to come over and help me but I have persuaded him not to. Dad is a 'get it done quickly' merchant. He's lovely but it's a bit like a bull in a china shop when he gets going. I'd rather do it methodically, sorting as I go.

[Chook n Boo Mum]

Well here goes...the great shed sort out. Everybody is in bed so there can't be any moaning about keeping things we don't need.

 

My Dad was going to come over and help me but I have persuaded him not to. Dad is a 'get it done quickly' merchant. He's lovely but it's a bit like a bull in a china shop when he gets going. I'd rather do it methodically, sorting as I go.

 

Good luck, it'll be worth it when it's done (which will be on my headstone !!!!)!

 

Sha x

[Janty]

Dad came over anyway.

 

 

However, all went well. I managed to reign him in a bit.

 

 

The shed has been emptied and dismantled ready for the great Omlet village to be built.