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Delilah · Site drunken fairy Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 3917

lololol

Is making a chicken house and run arty farty Laughing

Mr D is currently reading up on it.....................thanks Jags

apparently.................an ideal perch size is 2 x 2 inches lol

ventilation is imperative but there shouldn't be a draft Shocked

sliding shutters Confused

dropping boards.............. Shocked

......................and nest boxes needs to be slightly raised to give the bird the impression of safety and should be in the darkest part of the house Exclamation

and there should be pop holes................8 x 12 inches Shocked

looks like he has found himself another project Laughing

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baggy · Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 1304 Location: Kent

But will you pretty it up wiv girly window boxes n stuff ?

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Delilah · Site drunken fairy Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 3917

oooooo now theres an idea Laughing

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reedos · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject:

Now you said you'd never done pretty in your life Rolling Eyes

Ddin't believe you then either Laughing

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baggy · Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 1304 Location: Kent

Didn't you see the photo of her 'gingerbread' shed. I was so impressed. Not at all like mine which is held together with gaffer tape and pallet wood.

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gormless · Doc Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 644

be curtians and stuff next or will that be blinds for them Wink

reedos · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject:

Aye but that's a proper shed that is Bags Very Happy

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Delilah · Site drunken fairy Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 3917

its the garage Laughing

wish my shed had a pop hole Laughing

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reedos · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:40 pm Post subject:

A what

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gormless · Doc Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 644

yer whats a pop hole Shocked

Delilah · Site drunken fairy Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 3917

a pop hole..............................its where the chickens can just pop out........................ Laughing

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reedos · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject:

I thought it was one of them holders where you put a can of coke or summat Rolling Eyes

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gormless · Doc Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 644

ejector seats for chucks Shocked

wardy · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject:

Hugh Fernley W's chicken houses look great but nothing like conventional English ones. They're French I think and sit up in the air on a pole and you have to teach the chooks to climb ladders to get into them. I'll post a pic if I can find one. It's to make them fox proof apparently - I think Confused

daveandtara · Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject:

the ladder rungs have to be a specific distance apart and at a certain angle so foxy can't walk up 'em Very Happy

can't imagine it would stop the urban foxes round ere tho Confused

i swear them buggers can fly Shocked

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Delilah · Site drunken fairy Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 3917

just been reading that their perches need to be 2 x 2 inches because chickens sleep with their breatbone resting on the perch so if it was any thinner it could cause them alot of pain Confused

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reedos · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:32 am Post subject:

I saw some on the telly that were on the top of posts with a ladder down to the ground so that foxes couldn't up to them Very Happy

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wardy · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:53 am Post subject:

Oi I just said that Very Happy

gormless · Doc Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 644

thought it was a echo Laughing

wardy · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:59 am Post subject:

titter

reedos · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:58 am Post subject:

wardy wrote:

Oi I just said that Very Happy

I was just trying to steal your thunder Wards - and yep that's where I saw it too now I've actually read your post Very Happy

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Delilah · Site drunken fairy Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 3917

you just grasped that window of opportunity eh Andy Wink

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reedos · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:03 am Post subject:

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JAGS · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject:

wardy wrote:

Hugh Fernley W's chicken houses look great but nothing like conventional English ones. They're French I think and sit up in the air on a pole and you have to teach the chooks to climb ladders to get into them. I'll post a pic if I can find one. It's to make them fox proof apparently - I think Confused

Complete and utter poppycock............they won't go up a step at a time like........... maximum I would put the house up off ground is 6 inches...
but kept it to a more realistic3-4 Rolling Eyes