Warm boot recommendations please

[Cinnamon]

OK, I have been thinking of extending my little flock & getting a cube

Just thinking about it,mind

 

I wondered if I bought a cube with the extended bigger run do you think I could get so that the extension tacked onto the end of the run,with the original end still on, making in effect a partitioned run to help with the intros?

 

It may mean buying an extra door end panel, but what do you think - would it work???

[The Dogmother]

It would work Sarah, but you'd need to buy an extra end and run door which comes as one panel anyway. Give the girls at Omlet a ring and they'll get back to you with a quote. Oh, and don't forget to get extra run clips.

 

What colour are you 'thinking' about?

[Cinnamon]

ORANGE

 

This is what we have decided.

At the mo we have the big pen for the 5 big hens,& a smaller add on pen attatched to it for the 2 Batams.

The Bantams will be evicted onto an Eglu on the lawn (temporarily), & the new hens put in their cgae,so the all get used to each other.

Then I will hoik them out to sleep with the big girls in the cube at night.

There is only chicken wire between the 2 pens, so I reckon they will get used to each other quickly enough.

 

It will take a bit of juggling around of hens & Eglus, but this way we won't need to buy ANY run with the cube

 

I would like 3 more hens. I am thinking of a couple of blue layers (maybe the Medowsweet one) & a hen that lays dark brown eggs or another White Star