Omlet cube and run

[Mercedes55]

Well here are a couple of pics of our WIR. It still looks very out of place as the whole garden has been messed up with clearing space for it. We are hoping once we get some plants around it to soften the edges and the wood starts to weather down that it will all blend in nicely

 

Viewed from the conservatory

 

Showing the full length

[Bertrum]

Oh my lord that is HUGE!

Well done. Honestly now you have that you will be fine I'm sure.

[Mercedes55]

Oh my lord that is HUGE!

Well done. Honestly now you have that you will be fine I'm sure.

 

Yes it is kind of huge. I was going to go for something smaller but my OH was convinced we needed a bigger one

[sue marsh]

That's a brilliant WIR, how big is it out of interest?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

That looks fabulous .

 

(I've put it into the Chicken Run Inspiration - photos thread .)

[Plum]

That run is wonderful

 

If you feel it's a bit dominant in the garden what about dyeing it to match your garden seat. I love the look of natural wood though (says she with a green run ) As you say a few plants or rather shrubs will soften it.

[chick wiggle]

Wow! that looks wonderful, what a brilliant WIR

Like Plum said, it would look lovely painted the same colour as your garden seat which i love by the way

[Heidi-Hi]

Blimey, you've done well there! Now you can fill, fill, fill!!!

[Mercedes55]

The run is 24ft by 7ft with 2 main doors, an egg port hatch, half double doors at the back for cleaning out the trays and a small hatch bottom left at the back so they can get from the run into the border at the bottom. The reason we have a door at either end is so that IF we ever increase our flock size we can divide it easily into two and have the Eglu in one half and the Cube in the other and have a door to get into each half.

 

I do love the colour of our arbour, I think the colour is called Willow. We also have a summer house and shed that are painted Lavender and Sea Grass. Now I would love to paint the WIR to match, but OH says it would be a VERY arduous task and wonders if I have the patience to do it all. But it would look nice with some pretty clematis growing up it to not only soften the harshness of it but also to provide some shade in the Summer

[batcatz]

wow, that is lovely! Massive and well thought out as you can split it in half. Is it treated wood? Why don't you wait a year until it needs to be re painted then tackle that job?

[Dizzy-Deb]

Oh WOW what a wonderful WIR ... its massive and looks amazing.

 

I am so envious and would love to have the same as you have there. You have got me thinking now. ....

[Mercedes55]

Yes the run is made of pressure treated wood, so they did say it could just be left as it is. The hens are loving it in there today as the floor is now so much softer than the old woodchips and there is space for them all to scratch around and lay in the sun

[Margaret]

Wow, That is beautiful, well done you.

Mine was only moved to its new place in April and looks like its been there forever.

One suggestion, make a path to the WIr before winter that way you save the grass,

I learnt the hard way and lost it all during the bad weather and had to returf the whole lot in spring.

[Bramble]

Wow, that's completely fab, you have some very lucky little hens!!!!!!!!!!

[beach chick]

very beautiful!!

[Mercedes55]

Well OH has been busy painting it Willow over the weekend, needs another coat and also the inside needs doing, that's going to be quite hard I think

[scarlettohara]

Looks lovely

[sue marsh]

That's brilliant, the colour softens it already, hope mine looks half as good when it is finished

[Plum]

Looks really nice

[beach chick]

I like the way the glugs 'n grubs have taken over your lovely arbour seat!!! seriously, it's beautiful - wonder if I can convince OH to paint ours??

[batcatz]

That looks lovely and you've made me want to paint mine now.

[Mercedes55]

We still have quite a bit to do. We need to put some trellis on the front and then get some nice climbers to soften it even more. We did have a look around B&Q the other evening but their selection of climbers is very limited at the moment. We were going to get a few lavenders and rosemary shrubs too as I remember someone on here saying the girls won't eat them, but we will see

[batcatz]

My girls haven't touched my rosemary, but they have trodden on the lavender and broken the middle of it all, that's just to get snails. I would have thought that both would be fine once established.

[Heidi-Hi]

You must be so pleased! It all looks lovely, and picturing lavender and rosemary flowering around 'Willow' (that's what I've started calling your run ) I think it would stunning!! My sis-in-law had trouble with her lavender, but then she has got 15 chickens! And also, they were very young plants, so stood no chance. If you could somehow protect your plants for a season or so, I'm sure they will stand a better chance. Oh, it is all such fun, isn't it. I'm loving every minute of it so far, apart from the bits where I (very tentatively) approach the OH with yet another idea