What makes a chicken coop easy to live with?

[Graham0602]

We have 3 chickens in our Eglu Classic and 3m run

 

They love running around when they free-range in the garden, but seem a tad bored inside the run

 

I want to make the run a bit more interesting/exciting for our chooks. Has anybody added features to ther Eglu run to make it a bit more fun ? I'm thinking of getting some logs and nailing them together to make some perches and a climb over sort of feature - would they like that sort of thing and would it sensibly fit into my Eglu run ????

[sari]

I have shoved some long apple branches throught the upper mesh, to make an escape perch for my poor bullied legabr ( walk in run being planned as I type!), I have a rockery stone, which they sit/poop on, and wipe their beaks....an upturned flowerpot, for sitting on.....a cabbage and 2 cuttlefish and a dustbath, I have only seen them eating the sand....I have an exteneded run..if this sounds like a lot. They will be FR from saturday......they seem to be ready now!

[karena]

Long branches too for them to perch on. Flower pot for them to perch on and hide behind. They make their own dustbaths. Corn on cob hung in. And I always hang plants in for them to munch on. Usually loganberry and other weeds.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Ikea shoe racks make good perches .

 

[Dizzy-Deb]

I love the shoe rack idea. am looking for ideas too for when WIR is done and what to put in. xx

[njoy]

I have 2x1 lengths of wood criss crossing through the bars at different heights, a dumpy wide plantpot with soil and some turf in it (they are on woodchip), and today they had some broccilli hanging up which they stared at curiously!

[daxigirl]

Lots of great ideas, good old Ikea, I like any excuse for a visit. Mainly just for the Dimebar cake.

 

Will be buying the girlies one of those shoe racks for their run. Cuttlefish, hadn't thought of that one. Will look for a rock too.

[Redwing]

A small car or trailer tyre is good as a dustbath and they like to sit around the edge of them too

[sandyhas3chucks]

A small car or trailer tyre is good as a dustbath and they like to sit around the edge of them too

I have an underbed plastic storage box, which as has wheels does help in getting it out to clean and add to