Have washed the hens and creosoted the old broody runs to put them in. I've cleaned and painted the "hospital" (also known as the old rabbit hutch) and the battery hens are currently lodging in there.
That leaves *gulp* the BIG chicken house, which was built by a friend of mine before I had the hens and is a box on legs about 6 by 4.... the only thing is... in order to clean that, I'm going to have to stick my head in.
That run is absolutely ALIVE with mite, in fact, a chicken I put in there actually died
Its been closed up for a month..... can I just leave it over winter and starve the barstewards to death? I don't think a shower cap is going to protect me if I shove my head in there.....
I don't need it (or at least I can survive without it.....