Plastic kennel for coop?

[Scarlet]

What's wrong with baking?

[veggiechicken]

Its a long time since I've eaten Baking and Eggs, Scarlet

The die is cast, I've just ordered the biggest one @ £94.99 (£99.99 - £5 for signing up to their newsletter). Its £140 on the Long River company!

[veggiechicken]

Tonight, Mrs Brown and Mrs Black are sleeping in their new kennel-coop

Flap down

Flap up

Removable end in place

End removed for cleaning. It lifts out easily.

Two girls checking out their new house


The drop-down flap has been made from clear perspex with "rungs". Its hinged to the base and lifts up and fastens at the top of the door. Its been modified since the photos were taken with a bit of reed-screen to give them more grip.

So far, so good. It will be much easier to keep clean than the big shed behind it.

[mothhawk]

Gosh, speedy delivery, VC. It looks really good,perfect for the job

[Snadger]

It would have been better if it had came out of a skip for nowt.

[veggiechicken]

I agree Snadge but beggars can't be choosers

[Snadger]

I agree Snadge but beggars can't be choosers

Why do I have a mental image of you sitting on a street corner with a bit of cardboard round your neck asking for donations towards a plastic chicken coop?

And yes, i probably have that mental image because............... I'm mental (just before anyone else adds there two penneth!)

[veggiechicken]

I need more than "two penneth" in the collecting tin

[Bigmallly]

Well, for what it's worth, I think it's the dogs doodah's..............& a lot cheaper than an Igloo.

[veggiechicken]

An Update!

Since the sad demise of Mrs Black last week, I didn't want Mrs Brown to be lonely so I'm having 2 ex-commercial hens from Red Hen Rehoming Wales - Red Hen Rehoming Wales. Picking them up tomorrow or Thursday.
To make more room in the "kennel" I've made an external nestbox from 2 tiers of a wormery. That was this morning and Mrs Brown has already laid her egg in it!



Hope the new girls get on with Mrs Brown as she's a very sociable girl. Yesterday she helped clear the GH

[happyhumph]

Looks good! Hope Mrs brown likes her new friends.

She's doing a good job in the greenhouse - when I had hens I'd always pop them in there for a bit to clean it out at the end of the year as well.

[Nannysally99]

Lovely smiley pics VC, see your tomatoes look bare like mine
More pics of the newbies tomorrow please

[veggiechicken]

I'm stripping that GH out, NS, winding it down for winter. Still plenty of toms in the other GH - where I've been "helped" by the mob today

[Small pumpkin]

Love that nest box VC.
Does Mrs brown help you keep the puppies in order
Photos of the new arrivals as soon as they turn up please

[veggiechicken]

As requested - the 2 new girls! Apparently they are Isa Shavers, about 62 weeks old, from a farmer who is retiring. They lived in a barn and could go out to free range. Every morning and evening, the farmer would talk to them and they are very friendly. Can be picked up and stroked and don't run for cover.
Mrs Brown is not impressed and took herself off to have a word with next door's cockerel who lives the other side of her run. The pecking hasn't been too vicious though and tonight, they're all in the kennel together!
The puppies are curious - you can see them lurking outside the gate in the 3rd photo!

Any ideas for names?