Single hen

[Hendy]

I've just finished building my chickens an extension to their home!

 

The right hand portion was added on today and means that the chickens are no longer going to be allowed to free range around the garden Unfortunately the amount of chicken poo around became too much to allow the kids out.

 

I'm quite proud of my DIY efforts! Cost less than £40 for all the materials. Both outdoor sections have corrugated plastic roofs.

 

[Guest]

Well done more room the better ...your £40 is well spent..thats why i am building my own too I have a great big roll of wire so am hoping its enough i just need batons and some brackets..good to see what designs are out there

indie

[Hendy]

Thanks I'm surprised how easy it was to do, I'm sure you'll do well.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

That looks great, Hendy . I certainly couldn't tell it was "home-made" .

[Hendy]

I certainly couldn't tell it was "home-made" .

 

Thanks - only the right hand run is home made, the rest was from pads4pets.

[Egluntyne]

Well done.

[Hendy]

Thanks

[Janty]

Nice extension...and well done for making it yourself.

 

[Hendy]

Thanks

[One_Box]

Well done

 

I'm sure your chooks will appreciate the extra space.

 

I think building your own kit gives a lot of satisfaction. When OH owned an ark for her bantams, I built an extension which not only saved lots of money but also had improvements over its commercial counterpart. Most of all, building it was good fun

[Hendy]

Thanks, you're right, it is fun to build your own!

[Plum]

Well done it looks very good.

[Hendy]

Thanks

[stoice]

Hendy - where did you get your stepping stones? They're just what I'm looking for. All the usual DIY store near me don't have any round pavers or wood effect ones and I thought it'd save my lawn from more punishment from me trampling it

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Hendy - where did you get your stepping stones? They're just what I'm looking for. All the usual DIY store near me don't have any round pavers or wood effect ones and I thought it'd save my lawn from more punishment from me trampling it

 

Me too . I'm worried that crossing our new lawn to our soon-to-be vegetable patch will wreck it .

[Seagazer]

Well done, you did a good job

[Hendy]

The stepping stones were from my local garden centre, either Ayletts or Burston, not sure which. They are just concrete stones made to look like tree trunk segments. Do the job well though.