Chicken house and run

The last few days i have been busy making a new large run for the chickens.I have made it so i can walk in and also put on a plastic roof which i obtained from a friend who had taken their conservatory down.

The roof not only provides shelter for the hens but also stops other birds droppings into the pen and most of all is another roof for me to collect water from.

I am VERY proud of what i have made all by myself but now have sore hands,especially my fingertips :(

There is still a few minor adjustments etc to do but the ladies love it :)

The chicken house Hubby and i made from our garden shed.We cut off the bottom 18" off the shed all round and used this to make the nesting box which the chickens used straight away.

The shed was then lined with hardboard.

We then put in a small run with a hatch leading into it.

C H I C K E N S !!!!

Well i am now proud to say that i am the owner of 5 little hens :)

I have had these now for 2 weeks today and they are already looking a lot better than when i collected them.

They are ex battery hen and collected from a rescue centre.The poor things didn't have many feathers but now showing signs of new feathers.They was also very scared and huggled up in a corner when i went near them,now they are taking food from my hand and come up to me when i arrive which is twice a day or more.

I am getting 4 eggs a day now,they have been laying since i had them,at first it was 3 a day but now 4 and i must say they are VERY yummy with dark yellow yokes :)

I have named 3 of them so far,Doris,Hilda and Bridgett lol.

busy busy busy!!!

Well it has been some time since i posted on here.My last post was about planting my spuds and in this post i am about to tell you that today i have dug up my first crop of potatoes for this year!!!
Everything on the allotment is growing well dispite the lack of rain here,it's a good job i have plenty of water butts scattered around has thr rain is my only source of water.