What makes a chicken coop easy to live with?

[jammybill]

2 weeks ago we bought a walk in run on ebay, it took 4 people 6 hours to take it apart and 2 weekends of swearing and cursing to get it together again however Lolly and Meg now have a new home. They were a little puzzled about climbing a ladder to their eglu house , however some strategically placed sweet corn seemed to do the trick – we will see what happen when they go to bed tonight.

Unfortunately yesterday when we were assembling the walls Lolly flew 6 feet up and then about 12 feet down again. We think she landed badly as she is limping today. Hope she improves, we feel a little bad as she has to go up stairs to bed.

Delighted they have some space now as they have to stay in a run all day when I am at work

Lucky Meg and Lolly

[Olly]

That sounds great, having a walk-in run makes life so much easier.

 

I wouldn't worry about the limping too much. One of my new girls got chased by the top chicken the other day and then I realised she was standing on one leg and holding the other one tucked up underneath her. I checked it, and she wasn't flinching when I touched it and it seemed to be moving ok, so i left her to it. Within 24 hours she was fully weight-bearing again - keep an eye on it, but they do sprain and strain things sometimes and it's usually not too serious.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Congratulations on the new WIR . We'll be expecting some photos, you do realise ?

 

I once thought one of my girls was really badly hurt as she was limping but within a day or so she was right as rain .

[jammybill]

Thanks everyone, she seems fine today so obviously she had the chicken equivalent of a sprain. The new run is great. They also have a perch which they love.

I will try and post some pictures