Solitary chicken - need advice

[atsw]

Just for fun, obviously, but this picture amused me! It was my girls first morning in their new run and with their new feeding station.

 

 

Andrew

[Mutrix Farmers]

 

lovely chickens!

[poachedegg]

[Cooks]

lovely fluffy bum as well!

[Guest]

posh run can we see the whnole thing?

[atsw]

posh run can we see the whnole thing?

Yes, you can. There are some static pictures here and a slideshow of the whole build here.

 

Andrew

[julia55]

That is absolutely fab. What do you use for your flooring please - looks lovely, fresh and clean.

[atsw]

That is absolutely fab. What do you use for your flooring please - looks lovely, fresh and clean.

I've started with Aubiose. I was going to get Easibed, as there's a stockist just a mile from where I work, but when I got there, they had just taken delivery of bales of Aubiose, so I got that, as it was my original first choice of floor covering. I will put chipped bark by the door to prevent the Aubiose being trodden around the garden on peoples shoes as they exit the run after collecting eggs or topping up the food and water.

 

One 20kg bale of Aubiose covered the whole run (15ft x 6ft) as shown to a depth of 1" to 2".

 

Andrew

[Barkisland]

Lovely run and gorgeous girls! I love how you have your chook watching bench in there I could while away hours sat on that...

[kathyschix]

Lovely, fluffy girls!

[mostin]

Love that photo, and those fluffy bums

[flowerangelk8x]

lovely girls.. lovely run...

i've only had my eglu for a couple of weeks and i already want a run like yours

 

i'm going to leave the photo up on the screen, see if my OH notices it

[Egluntyne]

Lovely set up. All that pristine Aubiose.

[Seagazer]

Love the photos

[chelsea]

funny pic

 

I LOVE the run, very impressive and your hens are gorgeous.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

What a fantastic photo . I hope you've added it to the "post a photo" thread!

 

I've been looking (again) at your photos (in closeup) to keep me going till my run arrives . I like the little gizmo for holding the chicken door open .

[HENthusiastic]

Lovely run. Very nice.

[moomin]

I really like your simple idea for supporting the grub & glug Andrew, does it just prop up against the side of the run? What size weldmesh is it? Lovely set up!!

[Chickvic]

Great photos! Girls and run look fab.

[atsw]

I really like your simple idea for supporting the grub & glug Andrew, does it just prop up against the side of the run? What size weldmesh is it?

Actually, that is something of an experiment, which I'm testing for Tony at Aviaries4U. It's free-standing, so can go anywhere in the run. It's got weldmesh stapled to the wood frame (same wood as the WIR), with spacing that enables the Glug and Grub containers to hang at the desired height, just like they would in an Eglu run. It needs a little fine tuning, but it's got potential, for sure.

 

Andrew

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I'm getting "something to hang the grub and glug on" from Tony . Wonder if it'll be that ?

[Cooks]

yes probably

[sophiex]

they are gorgeos chickens!

lovely picture. shame one of them

doesnt seem to like photos! lol

x