Cant you use /rebuild the little greenhouse to use as a coop? And use the chicken coop for the pots and small tool?also!
they DO seem to use the little greenhouse like a run. they are always in there to get out of the rain and be in a DRY pot. and i can sit in there with them in a chair (and not on a roost. lol!)
but there is nothing else in there that would be interesting for chickens. just tools and empty pots and stuff.
Chickens communicate with each other. Sometime with a lot of noise. Sometimes very soft. Like a whispering.
Well they chat to each other all the time - I imagine that is one of the many things they talk about. Along with how clever they were to escape to your place!
thank you!
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also! what did you mean in your article about painting with de and oiling the roosting bar?
Oh we all love a good chicken housing design project!thank you!
i have been considering this!
the little greenhouse (with the polytunnel beside it) used to be where the new greenhouse is being built.
i made my husband help me move it, which wasn’t as easy as it sounds. (and him being really annoyed about me wanting to change it is only a minor deterrent
we lost a few roof panels during storm eowyn and replaced them when we moved it. also, the handle on the door, which is what keeps the door closed is broken and i can’t find a replacement or think of a good way to rig it (yet)
there is very nice garden soil under the weed barrier that is on the floor. we were going to get pavers for it. but i definitely don’t need to do that.
i’m telling you these things because these are part of the pros and cons i have been thinking about.
it is much warmer in that spot. from the sun, and it is only about a metre away from the boiler shed where the vent comes out of the wall (i will take some photos but it is still a bit dark outside yet)
where warm air, when the heating for the house is on, comes out)
my questions and concerns (that i can think of at the top of my head) are:
ventilation. there is a window on the roof, and the door. that’s it. the side panels go the whole length from top to bottom. i don’t remember, but i think i would have to remove them whole roof to get them out.
would i need to remove all of the side panels and put hwc there instead? would keeping the wall against the block wall be ok?
the roof. can it be clear like it is and hwc outside? it would keep the panels from blowing away.
i was looking into this a couple of days ago and someone mentioned something about the panels flying off in storms (which they obviously can) and it giving a greenhouse effect.
in short… how much of the plastic would need to be removed to make it suitable?
it is hardly ever hot in ireland. and always rainy.
i think that’s why they go in there so much because it is warmer and dry. also, they can see more of their surroundings.
i do understand that hwc is necessary all over. (how i would attach it, i don’t know? self tapping screws with washers?)
i know there is stuff that i am forgetting. maybe i will think of it when i get the pictures.
but yes! i was even thinking it would be drier for them there too. between the sheds where the polytunnel thing is now seemed like the safest place with the 3 walls around it, but it doesn’t get as much sun (sun? what’s that? ha!) and it’s not as warm.
my heart won’t be broken to not have a potting shed.
Sorry my tip worked out totally wrong. But at least they had enough space to pass their time.
it's a little floppy. it's noisy when it's windy but it doesn't seem to bother them. they are used to it. even when i open the door that has a very strong magnet at the bottom, it makes a really loud sound. but they don't even flinch.
