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[jkl]

Hi everyone,

 

After much thumb-twiddling and reading of posts here I have now slabbed half of my WIR with concrete paving slabs and put down aubiose.

 

GOLLY - ain't aubiose great!!!

 

The stinky swamp is gone . The rabble known as my flock are much impressed by the aubiose - especially when I chuck in a cup of mixed grain so they can scratch about in it!

 

The other half of the run is still bare earth (but dry as the rain doesn't get to it) but they like it and fed up with waiting for me to get the old washing up bowl out of the shed, they have dug themselves a little dustbath pit!

 

Best get their ensuite dustbath sorted tomorrow!

 

oh yes - I've just ordered a nice shiney new bright orange superglug for them!!!! (as a special treat for the chooks as they have been popping out loads of yummy eggs recently!)

 

Feeling very happy tonight

 

Cheers,

Edited March 7, 2010 by Guest

[chick wiggle]

Dont ya just love it when a plan comes together

Lets see them enjoying it then *coughPHOTOcough*

[Cooks]

very subtle Chicky..

[Laura & CTB]

Sounds wonderful - aubiose is fab and mine love it come clean out day when they know I'm going to mix in some tasty treats when the new layer of aubiose gets scattered!

[jkl]

.........as I hit 'Submit', I realised I had broken the unoffical rule and not posted a photo.

 

 

@CW - Nasty cough you got there - hope its better for when I post some pics tomorrow showing the perching branches I've also installed. (Should that be 'branches as perches'?)

 

 

cheers

[DonnaS]

Still waiting for those pics jkl

 

Hope the conversion went well - did you get the dust bath in yet too?

 

Cheers. D (soon to have WIR!)

[jkl]

OK now - apologies for the wait! Work got in the way!!!

 

Paving slabs laid direct on the ground with slabs round the edge

 

 

Some of the perches (branches are windfalls from some trees near my home)

 

 

Super glug!!!!

 

 

From outside the WIR

 

 

Fresh Aubiose ....

 

 

 

The varmits scratting around one of the (empty) borders which the last lot of aubiose is down as a mulch after being dug over. The chooks loved the digging - loads of worms!!

 

 

cheers