redsunset Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Just as well there are two ferries between us then or that would be dangerous! I'd be very happy with 15 euro for a speckled sussex! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I bet you'll go to all this trouble, they'll have a lovely cosy shed (with chandelier, hot tub and complete Sky package)...and they'll still sleep in the tree! I just love that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 Shed has finally arrived.......slowest delivery ever. Ok it's all flat on the gravel but by nxt weekend surely the girls will have a new abode..........just need to run a cable for their sky dish or Mullethunter will have me for neglect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mars Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Shed has finally arrived.......slowest delivery ever. Ok it's all flat on the gravel but by nxt weekend surely the girls will have a new abode..........just need to run a cable for their sky dish or Mullethunter will have me for neglect! Don't forget the under floor heating redsunset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share Posted November 28, 2014 Underfloor heating, full package sky tv, sauna, flatscreen wide tv....feck it, I'm moving into the shed.....chooks can have my house.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 Shed is three quarters up, slight problem with the roof panels but will be sorted tomorrow Can't come quick enough as just cleaned three hen houses and when the roosting bars are so low to the floor......well let's just say I have a fairly strong stomach thankfully. The joys when due to the dark nights I can only do them on a weekend! Driveway hosed down, plus all the lower branches where the doodles still insist on sleeping. I think four of the doodles are going to be around banty sized along with another light grey one. They must be coming up for 16 wks now and still wee totty things. Either that or slow to mature as half Brahma? Lovely day for all those chores and really, really hope I have shed up and running next Saturday..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Can't wait to see some pictures of the completed shed I wonder what curtains you have chosen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 Curtains now as well? Lol! No pics of the shed until it's all painted up nice and bonny. Would like to paint the inside as well but that will also take some amount of paint so maybe nxt spring? Don't think we get redmite up here as never heard anyone complain about that yet. Maybe to cool up here? It's been mild so far as saw some flowers putting on another flush, unusual for almost Dec? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Shed is three quarters up, slight problem with the roof panels I don't think this is good enough redsunset. the girls were looking forward to spend the weekend in their new home and you are looking for excuses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 Aw, not fair Mars, I'm going as fast as I can! Lol! Roof now on shed but to wet to put felt on yet. Lino for floor arrived today (was delivered nxt door but chap kindly carried it round once it was established that it was mine) roosts to be built plus nest boxes added, then pop hole cut and a wee door fashioned. I expect gold plated eggs from the ladies after all this! Weather pants today and the mud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I expect gold plated eggs Will poo plated eggs do?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 Umm, no! Girls have clean duvets so minimal or no mess on eggs I'll have you know! Mud after today's monsoon is for me to slip and slide in! Funky wellies needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 Getting there..Lino in shed, roosting rack up, wee door on side of shed? Question mark is because I was late home from work so won't see it until tomorrow in daylight! This is my busiest time of year (hairdresser and very late nights up to the 24th) so don't see much of my wee girls. Really hope to have them in by this weekend as snow forecast 'possibly' on Sunday..... No nesting boxes sorted yet, but thought a few plastic basins with straw might suffice until I can do proper boxes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 This is my busiest time of year (hairdresser and very late nights up to the 24th) In fairness redsunset. with the extra money you are making now you should hire someone to speed up finishing the new girls house. especially when we consider the fact that the girls are helping your business, because I am pretty sure that many of your customers come to you to hear morehens disease stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 Oh I don't know about morehens stories.....but they get them anyway! Shed done, just need deep litter for floor. Now don't laugh but a client on hearing I was pondering re nest boxes said my husband has loads of empty sheep feed boxes and guessing around 19" sq? Plastic, easy to clean so said yes please! She will drop a pile of stacking boxes off soon so...hopefully they will be the nest boxes? I'm all for recycling and improvising, lol. I get the mickey taken out of me periodically when a client will overhear me on phone and say 'did I just hear some one book foils and a doz eggs?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Fair play to you, I thought you will never finish before mid January Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Girls will definitely be in new shed by this weekend big bags of 100L chook bedding arrived today and guy stacked them in my utility room (blocking of the door to the store room and where my freezer is!) Nice lady dropped of the plastic boxes for nesting and have to say they are a perfect size. Gonna be busy on Saturday. I have a patch of awful mud from the gravel to the shed and had the idea of s"Ooops, word censored!"ping off the worst of it and throwing down a good few bags of bark chippings? Any thoughts on that? I will put some slabs down next year but just can't afford that this year. The bark could be incorporated into the soil later and will break down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 The ultimate remedy for mud is drainage "if you have a place to drain into it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Unfortunately at this time I don't. When you have a lot of chooks, they strip the former grass (where the three coops are just now) so looking for a short tern solution for this winter. Better drainage next year but hoping the bark will help as a temp measure until then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Hi redsunset, if you can get woodchips instead of bark, I would go for that. Bark can go soggy and mouldy whereas chips esp hardwood chips stay drier. Dont know if you are on a treeless isle but might be worth checking with tree surgeons if they have any they want rid of. Good luck sounds like you are giving your ladies a fab new home. Ax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Thank you Sparkysmum, not sure if I can source wood chips but will look. While I have a lot of trees, a good part of this island struggles to grow any due to wind factor. Will have a chat at garden centre and see what they have. Hopefully just a temp solution for a few months? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 I would have thought shingle would be better. I tried straw on my muddy bits last year, was a nightmare. I don't like bark, just a personal thing. Found it got smelly and mushy under harsh conditions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Decided against any bark on your advice. Found a solution at lunchtime. Garden centre were selling railway sleeper type slabs off cheap as discontinued so bought 15 of them. Once I scape the earth a little it should make life a bit easier Treated the girls to a bucket of mealworms and with over forty gobs to feed it will be empty by tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
