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Hi over the weekend OH and myself put up a bigger hen shed and run with a roof on it and small hole chicken wire around the sides , must say that they did need a bigger shed anyway and i put 2 new little 8 week old chicks out with the other hens i was keeping them in my spare bedroom till i had the new shed and run , just in case so rocky and red thats the 2 chicks, love it but it seemed like yesterday that i incubated them. Did anybody else put up covered run or do you already have one.
I would be loss with out OH helping me with these things.
jessie
We have covered over a small part of the chicken run with the aid of a tarp and some hazel poles which we recently cut. I'd be lost without my OH too - I wouldn't know one end of a whizzy screwdriver from the other (I can only use manual ones!!).
I've covered my run over with a large tarp now as well. I thought better sooner than later- my girls aren't all that keen on it, their laying has gone off abit (down to one a day) so I think its stressing them. I might change the tarp for some of that clear roofing material, they might be happier with that. OH says I should leave them in their run while I'm gardening too- It was very lonely out there this pm, I could hear them jumping up at the wire, poor things
*to the tune of "I'm going to build a little house" (for parents of preschoolers)*
I'm going to build
A chicken house
With a hole in the roof that the rain comes through
And a badly cut-out pophole that won't close to
And the dropping board too small to catch the poo
I'm going to use
A proper plan
That I've thought about and bought online
And modified a little to my grand design
The measures are Imperial, but I'm sure they're fine
I'm going to build
A nest box big enough for eight
And a perch too thin to take the weight
And a roof too low for a bantam to stand straight
And the whole thing ready six months too late
I'm going to blame
That beardy bloke
From the cover of the plan with his drill and his tan
In a stripy old shirt bought from Oxfam
And I'll bet that he sleeps in a manky old van
I'm going to build
A chicken house
It'll be a cosy shelter for those feathery little bums
And it doesn't really matter if I'm all thumbs...
'Cos they're only bloody chickens, they can take what comes
But I will build
That chicken house!
Last edited by hedgewizard on Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Hi over the weekend OH and myself put up a bigger hen shed and run with a roof on it and small hole chicken wire around the sides , must say that they did need a bigger shed anyway and i put 2 new little 8 week old chicks out with the other hens i was keeping them in my spare bedroom till i had the new shed and run , just in case so rocky and red thats the 2 chicks, love it but it seemed like yesterday that i incubated them. Did anybody else put up covered run or do you already have one.
