Chicken Towers is finished!!

[OverWyreGrower]

Mr OWG has finished the chicken and duck house - I am so pleased!!

When we made the pen, the ducks have been sleeping in the shed by themselves, but our goal was to have all the birds in the shed, leaving the old chicken ark for new arrivals/rabbits/whatever etc.

What with the weather and work etc, he has not been able to do the work until now, but finished it yesterday.

Shed interior with Chicken Towers inside (comprising of nest boxes and perches)


Exterior with original pop hole (bottom) and new higher entrance and ramp


Exterior/interior showing ramp set up


Chicken venturing down ramp!

[blossom]

I love that last photo.

[MaureenHall]

It's great Just like an adventure playground for chooks

[SarzWix]

"Wheeeeeeeee!!" Bless

(I really should stop reading this section, soooo jealous )

[Irie Jan]

"Wheeeeeeeee!!" Bless

(I really should stop reading this section, soooo jealous )

Echo that remark SarzWix! lol I would love to have some chickens but not sure what ay neighbours would male of it + I have my 5 moggies and all the neighbourhood cats that come to visit!

OWG I love your pics. As said by others lovely last pic, arnt chickens just so much fun! Smile

[HayleyB]

You aint joking, Chicken tower block, yikes I'd get seriously worried about coming down that ramp myself - fear of heights looks great OWG, very posh.....

[Flummery]

Brilliant! We didn't realise till we got ours what 3 dimensional lives they lead if they get the chance. Ours love to climb and fly up to their house roof. They fly onto the overturned garden chair I keep in the run too, and use it for a perch. I turn it over so it doesn't get soggy in the rain. To think our original run plans were for a lower one, like an eglu run. Chickens really love to flap around!

[Nicos]

Gosh- he's been busy!...looks great!

The look of concentration of that chooks face is fantastic!!!!

[OverWyreGrower]

Thanks guys... the girls have never had ramps before, so are getting used to them slowly! Actually, before this, they'd never got higher than 2 feet really as they had a little ark to sleep in.

I shut the bottom pophole today, to get them used to going in and out of the top hole and finding the nestboxes etc. We've had 4 eggs, so they seem to have got the hang of it.

The upshot of finishing the shed is that I have room for more hens now!! So we're off to the poultry auction in a couple of weeks to see what they have

[RedThorn]

The upshot of finishing the shed is that I have room for more hens now!! So we're off to the poultry auction in a couple of weeks to see what they have

LOL I was just gonna ask you when you're gonna get more.... looks great! congrats, the hard work sure paid off!

[davefromthechipie]

Looks ace OWG love the tower house ,Going to steal this idea if i get restless & end up upgrade again .

[bluemoon]

I love these threads where people show us their houses. All the different solutions to the same problems. My new one is still in the process of being painted, sort of pastel green with white trim, I've got this plan that my entire plot is eventually going to look like St Petersburg. I'm painting the shed yellow and white next, but don't tell OH. And blame Flummery, she put me on to Garden Shades paints.

[Hans Mum]

loooking good, your girls will be happy in there & the new ones when you get them

[Eyren]

That's a very smart shed, OWG - congrats to your husband!

I would love to have some chickens but not sure what ay neighbours would male of it + I have my 5 moggies and all the neighbourhood cats that come to visit!

Cats aren't a problem unless you have young chicks. Adult hens are a lot taller than cats, and it usually only takes one Jurassic Park stare to put the moggy in its place!

Dogs are another matter entirely...

[RedThorn]

Cats aren't a problem unless you have young chicks. Adult hens are a lot taller than cats, and it usually only takes one Jurassic Park stare to put the moggy in its place!

My 2 still chase my girls... never catch 'em as the girls just perform and scatter. I'm still waiting for one to turn around and zap a cat..... The cats think it's a great game at the mo.... am worried that if they don't zap a cat soon, I'll end up with complaints as my girls really do protest the presence of a cat.