Show me your chicken toys!!

[CurvyCoop]

I'm building my very first coop and run and am looking for inspiration to decorate my run!
I've seen some really fun things like chicken swings and a chicknick table as well as different kinds of holders for snacks, but I am hungry for more!!

So if you have any cool toys or decorations that you're really proud of, please show it off here!

 

[Lor]

I'm trying to convince my husband to build a chicken jungle gym.
We certainly need some non-food related "toys" in there.

 

[DobieLover]

chicken swings

I don't think chickens like them.

chicknick table

They may like to perch on them.

Appeal to a chicken's natural instincts to scratch, perch and dust bathe.
I scour the curbs on garbage day looking for old wood stools or chairs people are discarding and take them.
You can get free pallets from the big box stores and lean them against the run walls.
You can get stumps of varying girth and height and make arrangements for the birds to perch on. I also spread food out on them at breakfast and the flock likes to spread out and eat at these different locations.
Install branches for perching.
Use a run litter that they can scratch through, dig holes in and bathe in.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I'm trying to convince my husband to build a chicken jungle gym.
We certainly need some non-food related "toys" in there.

If he has some scrap wood around, have him cobble together something similar to this (and no, they don't use the swing):

 

[Lor]

If he has some scrap wood around, have him cobble together something similar to this (and no, they don't use the swing):
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That's like what I want, minus the swing.
My hens didn't use the swing we made and I painted it all pretty for them. LOL

 

[Sally PB]

I'm trying to convince my husband to build a chicken jungle gym.
We certainly need some non-food related "toys" in there.

DH brought home a bunch of wood scraps from work. Small pieces for kindling, mostly, but there are lots of bits that got me thinking of building a jungle gym.

 

[Lor]

DH brought home a bunch of wood scraps from work. Small pieces for kindling, mostly, but there are lots of bits that got me thinking of building a jungle gym.

My husband is cleaning/organizing the garage. I try to look through the stuff he's getting rid of to see if it can be used for the chickens. LOL

 

[Sally PB]

My husband is cleaning/organizing the garage. I try to look through the stuff he's getting rid of to see if it can be used for the chickens. LOL

This is another branch of chicken math. It's the "How can I use/repurpose this item for my chickens?"

This area of study has been known to make people stop and go through another person's garbage on trash day. It has been known to make people look covetously at a neighbor's roll of fencing in their garage. Offer to haul away someone's scrap metal or wood, to "get it out of their way," knowing full well you'll use it to build something for your chickens. Ordinarily shy people will talk to strangers about "stuff," asking if they can have it or buy it.

Be careful; this becomes an addiction too, just like the chickens themselves.

 

[rosemarythyme]

This area of study has been known to make people stop and go through another person's garbage on trash day.

x2 - in my area a lot of folks put out free junk on the curb a few days before trash day, and that can be anything from scrap bits of wood to furniture to car parts. I always keep my eyes open for "chicken junk."

 

[Hermits Garden]

This is another branch of chicken math. It's the "How can I use/repurpose this item for my chickens?"

This area of study has been known to make people stop and go through another person's garbage on trash day. It has been known to make people look covetously at a neighbor's roll of fencing in their garage. Offer to haul away someone's scrap metal or wood, to "get it out of their way," knowing full well you'll use it to build something for your chickens. Ordinarily shy people will talk to strangers about "stuff," asking if they can have it or buy it.

Be careful; this becomes an addiction too, just like the chickens themselves.

Then I am doomed, because I've been this way my whole life and I don't even have chickens yet.