Cube Mark One Run

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Great news . Look forward to seeing the progress .

[Lewis]

Hows it looking Plum ?

[Plum]

Very scarey!!!

 

Popped home at lunch to check leaking washing machine and defunct fridgefreezer to find a cavern at the bottom of garden surrounded by sleepers and 3 hunky men well 2 hunky and one lad who needs a good meal.

 

Late tonight due to loads of problem and work and found drive covered in rubble and more sleepers. Anyway by the looks of it I won't have so many steps to go down to see them. Just sorting out some progress pictures.

[Plum]

Before

 

and tonight

 

Girls are enjoying flicking bedding over the grass

[abwsco]

Ooooh, it's looking Plum

[Lewis]

Looks good

 

Looks bigger after too

[fantasticjudyann]

Looking good Plum -going away for a week now so looking forward to more pix when I get back

[Janty]

That looks a lovely area to keep your girls on.

[Lorimer73]

My WIR is finnished, it took to 4 weeks (eve and weekends) to build from scratch, girl power!!!!

 

Chickens love it, there had been some feather pecking problems but feathers are all starting to grow back now

 

Here are some pics

[Janty]

That looks great.

I love the colour of the run with the orange cube.

[Plum]

Wow, well done. Love the blue and the different levels. Lots for them to dig around in there

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Wow, that looks brilliant . Love the tiny little chicken-sized door . Lovely colour too .

 

I'll add your photos to the Chicken Run Inspiration - Photos thread .

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[pipistrelle]

That is fantastic!! My chickens would be so Well done , do you accept commissions?

[phenna_family]

Does everybody put their WIR on top of slabs/concrete? I was going to build one directly on to some ground which is just soil.

Is it to make it easier to clean or to fox proof it? I thought the soil might be better for the girls to dig around in.

 

PS That's brilliant Lorimer73.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

You'll probably find half of us do and half of us don't .

 

Mine is on soil but resting on a rectangle of slabs. I don't have any problems cleaning it out. I don't have a problem with rats or foxes (touch wood). I use Easibed which is wonderful stuff (if you keep it dry) with Stalosan F sprinkled down after a cleanout.

[Lewis]

Looks good

 

Like the colour too

[phenna_family]

Thanks ANH,

I was a bit worried about not using slabs but your run looks fantastic. I was thinking of slabs just around the edge and you have helped me with that decision.

[atsw]

Does everybody put their WIR on top of slabs/concrete? I was going to build one directly on to some ground which is just soil. Is it to make it easier to clean or to fox proof it? I thought the soil might be better for the girls to dig around in.

Setting the WIR on slabs makes it easier to construct the run, as everything is straight and level (assuming your slabs are of course!). In my case I have a completely slabbed floor. I've lost chooks to a fox in the past and the year before I built the WIR I had rats tunnelling into the Omlet run. Rats can easily tunnel under a single slab, make no mistake, the ones I had tunneled the length of the Omlet run . Since I've had the WIR there's been zero rat activity inside the run. In fact, I've not seen any signs of them outside the run either, although I did catch two in my compost heap in February this year. With a good layer of Auboise (or similar) on top of the slabs, the girls will be very happy scratching about. Cleaning and clearing out is also very easy of course. You can see pictures of the construction of my slab base and run by clicking here.

 

Andrew

[phenna_family]

I'm slowly buying all the parts for our WIR now. I am wondering which chicken wire people have used for theirs? I have seen I roll of 25 metres of wire for about £23 including postage on ebay.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Chickenwire isn't fox-proof. You really need weldmesh .

[phenna_family]

Sorry, yet another question!

 

I have all my paving blocks now and I have leveled the soil. Do I now just plonk the blocks down on a bit of sand on top of the soil and repeat until done or am I missing a step somewhere there?

[Plum]

Yup you get some burley men to do it for you

[phenna_family]

lol, I wish. All my money is being spent on materials. I have to do the labour bit myself.

[Plum]

Lots of interesting reading here

 

http://www.pavingexpert.com/layflag1.htm

[phenna_family]

Thanks "Plum" and "Ain't "Ooops, word censored!"ody here" for the help.