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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: knightquest on August 02, 2010, 01:04:51 am

Title: Home made chook run ...
Post by: knightquest on August 02, 2010, 01:04:51 am
Just thought I would post a pic of the chook run taken last week just after I got the girls.

The house is a thirty year old dog kennel and the run is made from pallets and wire.

(ignore the mess around the place, I had only just finished it)  :) :)


Ian
Title: Re: Home made chook run ...
Post by: Cobra on August 02, 2010, 01:37:54 am
What a great job you done there  ;) Amazing what you can do with a few bits and a bucket of enthusiasm.
Title: Re: Home made chook run ...
Post by: woodlandproductsfife on August 02, 2010, 11:08:29 am
looks great, job well done!!
Title: Re: Home made chook run ...
Post by: sheardale on August 02, 2010, 11:47:02 am
Oh looks very nice.  You have done a great job.
Title: Re: Home made chook run ...
Post by: Fleecewife on August 02, 2010, 11:51:39 am
That looks very neat and effective.  The wood stain/paint just finishes it off nicely.  Hope the hens appreciate it  :)
Title: Re: Home made chook run ...
Post by: doganjo on August 02, 2010, 12:51:46 pm
Wow, that's a palace!  What do you have on the ground, Ian?  Did you put slabs or concrete down first or is it just dirt?
Title: Re: Home made chook run ...
Post by: CameronS on August 02, 2010, 03:21:24 pm
it's a palace,
 well done  :farmer:
Title: Re: Home made chook run ...
Post by: miccon63 on August 02, 2010, 03:25:56 pm
Very nice indeed
Title: Re: Home made chook run ...
Post by: knightquest on August 02, 2010, 10:00:56 pm
Wow, that's a palace!  What do you have on the ground, Ian?  Did you put slabs or concrete down first or is it just dirt?

I've got stone chippings down in there. They've been there for about 8 years  ::) The girls love to root around in them but eventually they will be too soiled and i'll then put bark chippings down.

Thanks for the nice comments everyone. It means a lot  :) My wife thinks I'm turning into a rag and bone man  ;D

It took about four weeks but was worth it in the end

Ian
Title: Re: Home made chook run ...
Post by: woodlandproductsfife on August 09, 2010, 03:30:48 am
Hi Ian Just a comment on bark chippings, I read they were really good in the base of the house, as they stay open and let everything wash down through. In my case this was simply not the case, they just ended up like mash. in a very short period. I meshed the floor in my run so chippings were to prevent sore feet on the wire. Hopeless it was. anyway another piece of hopeless info but certainly worth considering.

                                        Craig
Title: Re: Home made chook run ...
Post by: plumseverywhere on August 09, 2010, 09:06:09 am
Ian, that's brilliant!!!
Title: Re: Home made chook run ...
Post by: sheila on August 09, 2010, 09:08:54 am
There are some very clever people on this forum. Well done!
Title: Re: Home made chook run ...
Post by: Sandy on August 09, 2010, 09:37:53 am
I could live in that!!!!
Title: Re: Home made chook run ...
Post by: knightquest on August 10, 2010, 12:11:48 am
I could live in that!!!!

Because I spent so much time after work and weekends making it, my wife thought I was living in it  :D

The chooks seem to like it anyway so that's what counts but thanks again for the nice words.

Ian