Ailie Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 We ordered this 12' x 9' x 6' run from Bay Animal Housing, painted it green, added a sloped roof, guttering and a water butt to the rear. We're delighted with how it turned out (it's a very good quality run) and are so glad that we didn't try to build one from scratch! We're planning to raise the eglu off the ground and add some perches/extra stimulus, but we were just so desperate to get the roof on before it decided to rain again that the girls are having to wait until the weekend for that! Next job is sorting out that disaster of a fence and the mess around it. Fun times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janeears Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Congrtaulations! Your WIR looks fab - lucky chooks! We got our run from Bay, too, and are really pleased with the quality. We've added yet MORE branches and a mezzamine (sp???) level today - talk about spoilt chickens! I love watching them hop from perch to perch, though: you can tell they thoroughly enjoy their 'adventure playground'!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alet_chicken Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Congratulations! It looks really great, I love the green. I'm waiting for a run from Bay Animal Housing too; hopefully they will come and put it up later this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 It looks lovely and I'm another one loving the green Mine is cacky brown as we already had LOADS of timber treatment in and I was too tight to go out and spend yet more money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailie Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 Aww, thanks all! Yes, they're 3 very lucky ladies... When I think about the lives of battery hens and their tiny, cramped living conditions, they seem even more indulged Corporal Cluck's been trying to eat the aubiose (even by chicken standards, she's pretty dim), so the sooner I get some more levels and perches in to keep her occupied, the better! I considered leaving the wood au naturale, or painting it the same brown that the main garden fence has been painted, but the green works really, really well to blend the run into the garden and soften the lines, which is good as it's a pretty hefty structure. I also paint-rollered some of the stain onto the weldmesh, which seemed to make it 'disappear'. My top tip, that! alet_chicken, I'm sure that you'll be very pleased with your run - they're really very good quality. Please post some photos when it's up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Argh, why didn't I see this earlier! ARGH!!!!! Oh well. I've bid on one of these on ebay, not realising it, for quite a bit more. Grumble. Let's hope I don't end up paying as much as I've bid for it, or I shall be really very cross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailie Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 Argh, why didn't I see this earlier! ARGH!!!!! Oh well. I've bid on one of these on ebay, not realising it, for quite a bit more. Grumble. Let's hope I don't end up paying as much as I've bid for it, or I shall be really very cross. You can retract a bid on ebay! Just say that you entered the wrong amount: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/questions/retract-bid.html Hope this helps you out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Good looking run Mine was from Bay too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
