September 18, 2008

Hutch/Chicken house

We’ve been working on the hutch again today which involved replacing the bolt on one door and cleaning down the other doors and frames so they shut again.

 

The silvery bolt is the one we put on. There’s an old broken one underneath it but it’s so rusted that I can’t shift the screws to get it off, and tbh I can’t be arsed.

Then we enlarged the hole into the sleeping part - which will be the nest box. (Note, we means me with an audience, and now and then a child might pass me hammer, screwdriver or whatever) 

 

And last we fixed some roof felt on the roof and put it back on. I’ve not fixed the roof down, figuring it might be handy to be able to lift it off at some point and it’ll prob need replacing properly at some point too - instead of the bodge replacement it has now….

 

That slight curved lift on the right isn’t there now, I just had to jiggle it into place and now it’s flat. Got to get the last bits for the run and make that and then we’re ready for chickens! Oh and I think a ramp so they can get in and out of the house might be good too…. 

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  1. ooh exciting! When you getting some chooks then? Well done on the hen house - looks fab.

    Comment by Kirsty — September 18, 2008 @ 8:50 pm

  2. Sometime in October I think, assuming it all goes to plan.

    Comment by Mummy Bonkers — September 18, 2008 @ 8:53 pm

  3. A lift off roof is a darn good idea, especially when it comes time to clean out the poop!! Nice job.

    Comment by Kris — September 18, 2008 @ 10:49 pm

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