Ladylucan Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Well,..... This is the before, all neat, shipshape, tidy.... and this is the after the girls have been let loose, !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tara Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Why are chooks so messy all the hard work we put in as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 At least they are having fun. Fab set up you've got there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Great attempt but I think you were probably asking just a weeny bit too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladylucan Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 It was worth a try though eh!!, i have just noticed i have a few bits of Auboise under my keypad on here,!!, god it gets everywhere, ... My hubby is very impressed with the white specks ( auboise) on the grass, he reckons it gives it that speckled appearance.. Never mind.. ( the pond was already there i just built around it, all the chooks ahve been swimming in it at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arowland17 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 our permanent run looked great at first too, neat little fence around the eglu run, hemcore inside, looked lovely but they have kicked it about so much it's all around the edge of the run and over the border and once it's on the grass is hard to sweep back up - it's getting such a mess I was considering taking the Henry hoover outside and just vacuuming it all up!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cinnamon Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I used to have Aubiose in my walk in run, but it got stuck onto the bottom of my shoes & got trodden all up the garden & inevitably into the house Its brilliant stuff, but I prefer wood chips now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I used to have Aubiose in my walk in run, but it got stuck onto the bottom of my shoes & got trodden all up the garden & inevitably into the house Its brilliant stuff, but I prefer wood chips now Sarah I am glad it is not just me, it is driving me mad everytime i enter the run it sticks to my shoes then ends up all over the kitchen floor, I will be glad wjhen it has all gone and i can go back to bark. Also I have found that the chickens don't like it very much either, I lined the nest box with it and they kicked it all out in protest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I mix the two and really do seem to get the best of both with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenlass Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 : What a lovely set up you have there...such a pity chickens just don't seem to care one way or the other what their abode looks like I wonder if someone has thought of breeding a house proud chicken ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Wow what a lovely set up. Even the after picture looks great. I have to ask how do they all stay in there? I have three regular escapees no matter how much space i give them. I'm so sick of it I'm building a permanent run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 your run looks lovely...ours love building moon style landscapes in their hemcore too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladylucan Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 I dont actually know how they stay in there,!!, they have their wings clipped and the only one that really gets out is the little bantam and thats because she slips out the end of the netting where it is against the fence. Otherwise they dont even really try, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Sorry to hear your hard work got wrecked - but did you secure the log rolls ? My chickens never managed to flatten mine. I think too that you may have been rather over generous with the hemcore/aubiose - I don't have it that deep They would do the same with wood chips if it is deep. Admittedly it can get on the bottom of your shoes - but so does the chicken poo, mud and shredded wood. I just s"Ooops, word censored!"e whatever is on the bottom of my clogs outside on a step somewhere and stand on a piece of newspaper on the door mat and remove them. I would not recommend walking around the house in shoes you have worn in a chicken pen - not really to be encouraged for health reasons. A bit like walking in excrement and walking indoors I find that most things stick to ones footwear when the weather is horrid and wet as it is now. Not nice at all is it - roll on the sunshine to dry it all out - easily dealt with then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arowland17 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 agree with shoe thing - since getting chickens we have an old pair of trainers that are 'chicken shoes' so are put on and taken off at back door Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Which is why I had a good reason to buy more crocs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 It really is worth getting chickens to have crocs - especially ones that colour co-ordinate with the eglus and cubes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladylucan Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 I only use my crocs for the garden/chickens, they get left at the back door, i do think i have used a bit too much auboise, but the log roll was dug into the ground, not just resting, but where they keep jumping on it they keep knocking it over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 But don't you just love them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladylucan Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 I wouldnt be without them xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutechicky Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Yes they are a bit messy Well I suppose with eggs there is a price to pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
