New chicken run and "house" for Gatsby and his wife.
Seeing as neither of this pair are at all productive in the traditional sense I wanted to find a way for them to contribute to their upkeep.
I also needed them out of the brood pen as Blossom is sitting on two eggs which should hatch any day now!
So anyway, here it is.
The run itself is made from plastic water piping, which we've had round the back of the shed for years doing nothing, and old stock fencing, topped with chicken wire. This makes it super light to move around.
The "house" is made from a broken wheelie bin, its not puuurty, but its water tight and (hopefully) fox roof, and highly movable. It even has wheels!
The run is simple for two people to move, so this pair will get moved around the garden, weeding and manuring as they go.
Also, the ore green food and bugs they get to eat, the less I need to feed them in grain!
Its a win, win.
A pic here of the old muck heaps, sporting their own crop of potatoes and onions. Because why take the muck to the veg., when you can cut out the middle man ; )
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