Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: funky chicken on May 20, 2009, 16:12
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Our girls will be living in what was an outside flight for 30ish budgies till a kindly soul broke in and let them all go.GRRRRR >:( (note to self,lock up at night)
The area is slabbed and has a plastic roof,we are planning to put the hen coop in there so that the girls are locked away at night,and also have a covered shelter for rainy days.The Hubster is going to extend the run onto what is currently grass,not for long I know so that they have an extra 7x8 ft,so they'll have about 15x8 altogether.
Will this be big enough for 3/4 hens and do we need to cover the new bit with a mesh 'roof'.
We are not planning on leaving them in the open run when we go out,and the existing flight has a gate,bolt,and will have a padlock on it so that they can potter about in daylight hours when we're not around.Although it's rare for there to be no-one home at all.
It's mostly our foxy friend that worries me,although after our budgie experience we are much more security concious :(
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umm whats a flight??? :)
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Sorry,a flight is the outside 'cage' where the budgies flew about during the day,its an outside aviary if you like,the size of a med/large shed
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Helly funky chicken,
Welcome to the Forums.
Sorry to hear about your budgies.
Depending on the height of the extension, it is a good idea to have something over the top.
cathangirl
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Our run is covered by corregated clear plastic and weighted down by bricks in the corners. It works a treat.
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We were thinking 5ft high? :unsure:
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We bought an offcut of butyl pond liner, cost £8 it won't rot and because its quite heavy it hangs over the edges with no problems, just put a few bricks on the hold it when very windy.