Locking Bar Eglu Classic

[atsw]

I love your blue and purple arrangement. Have you swapped the trays and doors over yet?

Yep .

 

 

In the picture above I'd not swapped the trays, but have now, although don't have a picture of the current settings.

 

Andrew

[Olly]

Oh Andrew, thanks so much - that's exactly what I needed to know! I lurve the blue/purple arrangement, they look really

 

I don't think I can get over there to collect one, I need to check with a friend that I can have it delivered to her work, so I don't have to take a day off for delivery, and then I can order!

[chick wiggle]

Olly, I ordered my new eglu just the other week , no run. It was £235 + £15 delivery, so not too bad at all. We also got the glug +grub and egg boxes and a sun shade all in! Plus if there is anything else you need from the shop order it at the same time for no extra postage!

[fluffyfeet]

I never thought I'd EVER be able to post on this thread but it's finally happening - my OH is about to build me a WIR for my bantam girlies!!!

 

I am so happy I could burst.

 

This is my birthday present (which was in July - very patient me). We have been and bought the weld mesh today - Reynard aint gettin my girlies - priced up timber, roofing and bought my first bale of Hemcore to trial in existing run.

 

Run will be on slabs but most of internal floor will be on (tatty) lawn/soil. Hemcore (or whatever) will then go on this.

 

Anybody have any thoughts/recommendations for floor covering/anything I should know?

 

Dawn xx

 

PS - There will be room for more chooks too - yay!.

[Janty]

Congratulations.

 

 

My run is on a concrete base that just runs around the edge with soil / aubiose in the middle. It sounds similar to what you are planning. It is easy to clean out and the girls love throwing the aubiouse around.

[chick wiggle]

Yay, great news fluffyfeet Sounds similar to mine too. We built ours on concrete but there was a very old filled in pond in the middle, so they have a bit of concrete with easibed on and a bit of soil with woodchip on - best of both, they seem to love it anyway

We keep the two areas seperated by log roll.

Please let us see pictures when you get started

[Missus]

that looks fantastic! Lucky hens

 

My locally built WIR is done and it gets erected this Friday

 

I can't wait

 

The fox had my girls and dragged them around a bit but they're much better now so a walk-in run is so I can let my girls have loads more space to do chickeny things without the worry of the fox getting them. Concrete footings in place so I hope Reynard is thwarted

[chick wiggle]

Ooo, exciting! just 2 more sleeps DONT forget the pictures!

[Missus]

Here it is. The new WIR. It's a bit tall but my husband plans on turning it into a shed once the chickens are no more

 

They moved into it this afternoon and seem quite at home already

 

here are a few pics

 

http://s558.photobucket.com/albums/ss21/lady-lav/

[Ain't Nobody Here]

That looks fab . I hope your OH realises that he will never, ever have a shed .

[Space Chick]

It does look great

[chick wiggle]

looks great Missus, far too good to be turned into a shed

In fact, an extension is probably more likely as you get more & more chickens!

[Janty]

The run looks great.

 

Clever hubby for building it but silly hubby for thinking he's getting a shed one day.

[Lewis]

I think I'm giving up with the DIY route - priced up some of the wood to make one similar to a Tony run and its getting to stupid prices, then the effort to make it in the rain.

 

I've been pricing up Aviary panels and its cheaper to buy those and put them up, than to make them ourself ... so at the moment thats the idea. Have emailed a few places about the gauge weld mesh they use and what wood they use so at least we know it should stand up for a while once up

 

Need to work out how big it is and where it needs to go now - that'll be the biggest problem with father

[sjp]

try great barr saw mills on the Aldrigde road just up from Asda I got the cladding for mine from there

but for ply best to sick with the diy sheds

[Lewis]

try great barr saw mills on the Aldrigde road just up from Asda I got the cladding for mine from there

but for ply best to sick with the diy sheds

Thats where we went when we made the vivarium and incubator - grandad lives round the corner so then I went to his + he has a workshop so made them there.

[Ziggy]

After months of waiting, I can finally join here saying 'yipppeeee... my run is being built' .

I've been wanting one for ages, and it's finally getting done. We had looked at getting a Tony, and while chatting with my usual garderner/landscaper, he mentioned he had built those before and we got talking and as he was regularly doing work for us anyway we decided to give him a try... so we're getting a 'nigel' rather than a 'tony' ...

 

Once the chickens' one is done, assuming we're happy with it (Nigel is usually very good at what he does, so not expecting bad surprises), we're planning to get another one done for the bunnies...

 

It will be so lovely to be able to go and see the pets, and actually be in the room with them rather than just feed them from the outside... plus of course all the room they'll get!!

 

Can't wait...

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Congratulations . Looking forward to progress piccies of your Nigel .

[Janty]

Congratulations.

 

[Ziggy]

I haven't quite got to taking pics of the works in progress... Nigel and his helper are really lovely, but I feel a bit shy about barging in the middle of the action armed with a camera... usually when I go out there it's with cups of coffee!!

I will definitely post pics of the finished product though, I'm told it will be finished tomorrow, so hopefully by tomorrow evening the chooks will be moving into their Nigel...

[Ziggy]

By the way, once they have a WIR, how do most people fit their grub, glugs and superglugs?

[Falkor]

By the way, once they have a WIR, how do most people fit their grub, glugs and superglugs?

 

Check out this thread: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=41630&hilit=grub+holder

 

 

Although I have stopped using the grub and glugs now and have switched to traditional shaped plastic drinkers, feeders and troughs but this is mainly cos I have more chooks than a grub can feed.

[Ziggy]

Check out this thread: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=41630&hilit=grub+holder

 

 

Thank you . Some of the pics on that thread seem to have gone, but it's still helpful, I knew there would be something on here about this...

 

Trying to decide whether to make something for my current feeders, get some more traditional ones, or both... I like my grubs, and especially my superglug, but some of the more traditional stuff looks nice too, and the superglug is so heavy it needs quite strong support... ummmm.... decisions, decisions

[Falkor]

If you scroll down to Redwings pics you will see her Ikea rails:

 

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=55600&p=828375&hilit=ikea+rails#p828375

 

I think this is the best solution I have found for the superglug.

[Ziggy]

My 'Nigel' is finished