Building a new run

[Castara]

No nooks or crannys just Gloss

 

[Castara]

Time for a window

 

[Castara]

Alittle Heavy Rock got the vent hole sliding bit sanded nicely

 

[Castara]

Rain rain rain , Mayby I should get Ducks ?

 

[chrismahon]

Cracking job Castara -or should I say 'crackless' job? Yes they do eat those. A chickens' beak is a powerful weapon!

 

[Castara]

Time for some work on the run

 

[Castara]

Door time or Not 09

 

[Castara]

Cracking job Castara -or should I say 'crackless' job? Yes they do eat those. A chickens' beak is a powerful weapon!

Hmmm , Might have to confine the chooks to barrack/Run for june then . We get a lotta Stag beatles flyin around but their gone by July

 

[Castara]

Thats better , nice n cozy 17

 

[Castara]

:lol: Put some 2"x2" inside to mount the brakcets for the perches , And just a lottle bit more filler

 

[Castara]

I think I've come up with a workable solution to the sliding vent system I wanted , Found this 90 deg Ali stuff at B n Q.

 

[Castara]

View attachment 2

 

[tygrysek75]

Love the vents,so clever of you.How big they are,are rat is able to squeeze thru 'total eclipse',will you put some wire net to stop them getting inn?
Just went 1 page back and got my answer 08 all will be surronded by wire mesh 17

 

[Castara]

Cheers mate lets hope it works when I stick it all together. As for rats the'll get into the run if they want, so i reckon 38 mm ,bit tight for a rat , it would defiantly use it as a starting point and gnaw away , but would take some time. mouse no problem but hey , thats the mouses lookout , I.m more worried about our resident Stag beatles flyin in. It could get messy

 

[chrismahon]

Good idea Castara -wooden runners are time consuming to make and very bulky looking. I've used the plastic angles before now but I then slit them into two flats with a sharp knife and tacked them onto the back of wooden runners to make channels. The flats in the store were the same price as the angle, so I did the job for half the price!

 

[Castara]

Started decorating the coop

 

[Castara]

Nest box with lid

 

[foxy]

What a posh nest box! 08 Really looking forward to seeing the finished house, not that I am impatient at all!

 

[Marigold]

All it needs is few eggs in it, from some real hens!

 

[Castara]

Arrgggggg, Tell me about it !!!!!! I had a day on my own last week got so much done , It is nice to work with me old Pa again ... but this decision by committee is doing my head in. now I wait for the Missus to wake so I can go out and get on with it ...sigh