1. My laptop is dying
2. We've been spending our weekends building a chicken pen for our chickens. And here it is!
The frame is made from recycled pool fencing that had been sitting around hubby's parents place for the best part of the last decade. While it is excellent to be able to use the gate part, I wouldn't recommend it as it is SOOOO heavy. Or at least I would not recommend situating the new chook pen at the very far uphill corner of the yard.
The frame posts are secured with recycled star pickets donated by our neighbour. It is covered with chicken wire and recycled corregated iron from the nearby Dakabin Tip Treasure Market. We ran bricks around the outside to stop the dog (or anything else) digging under it.
The chook house is a dog kennel I purchased recently on ebay for $10. The lid is on a hinge so lifts for easy access to the eggs (when they start laying) and for cleaning. The ramp is made from a bit of pine with backyard sticks glued to it.
The chooks seem happy enough with it but they haven't yet worked out how to get up into the chook house which I find odd since I thought they naturally go to the highest point.
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