Keeping chickens - logistical questions!

[Totally Scrambled]

A bit extravagant maybe but for an easy life & if it suits your plan this place will
cut a weldmesh skirt to size for you, ready to peg down under your turf.
http://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/chickenho ... _Runs.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just had a look. Good idea if you want an easy life but with minimal effort you could get 20 feet of 1.6mm gauge weldmesh for just £21. It's 36" high so with a bit of snipping you could get three 10" wide strips 20' long each.
So you'd get 60' of skirt for half the price of what they sell 48' for.
Just a thought.
Dom

[sunnyskies]

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh my word kitla I wish you hadn't posted that because I am IN LOVE with those chicken houses but they are a bit pricey ... **counts my pennies** ...

[julie62]

Hello welcome to the forum

Now when you're getting onto chicken houses that's a whole new load of decisions to make - plastic or wood/converted shed or coop - people do lots of different things.

Personally I've got a plastic house - the omlet and greenfrog ones are very good - and I'm glad I went for plastic cos of the dreaded red mite - easier to keep them at bay with plastic.

Having said that there are some lovely wooden houses too - decisions, decisions!!

Oh and if there's one tip I would give to someone it's if you do decide on a fox proof run do get one as big as you can afford and preferably six foot high (not the lower runs) just because they are so much easier to clean and the chickens will be happier cos you can put things in for them to play with and they can hop about onto branches and stuff.

[sunnyskies]

Hi Julie - thank you for the advice! I think it's now between the eglu and a very cute wooden chicken house that has a heart-shaped window (I'm so easily swayed ...) - but trying to be practical!

The benefits of the eglu so far as I can see are the plastic/easier to keep out red mite and the skirting/easier to keep out foxes ... So given I'm a total newbie and in this on my own, I think I might do that - plus at least I can get everything from omlet. At this point I don't have a car so can't travel to get chickens.

Thank you for all the advice everyone!

[sunnyskies]

(I am thinking about just getting a Cocoon hen house and just painting on some hearts ... ;-) )

[kitla]

A bit extravagant maybe but for an easy life & if it suits your plan this place will
cut a weldmesh skirt to size for you, ready to peg down under your turf.
http://www.flytesofancy.co.uk/chickenho ... _Runs.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just had a look. Good idea if you want an easy life but with minimal effort you could get 20 feet of 1.6mm gauge weldmesh for just £21. It's 36" high so with a bit of snipping you could get three 10" wide strips 20' long each.
So you'd get 60' of skirt for half the price of what they sell 48' for.
Just a thought.
Dom

you're quite right dom but..crikey its really tough stuff to snip!

[julie62]

I got some of the skirting from Flyte of Fancy cos I want an easy life - its good quality and you get tent pegs with it to to peg it down - I've got it on the extension bit on my introductions coop which didn't have any skirting on it. They'll cut it to size for you if you ask. Does the job very well.