Over the weekend I was able to work on Chicken Fort Knox, and I must say I am rather pleased with the results so far. Not one chicken has escaped. Not one. Nada. At this point it’s still looking a bit ghetto with the downed logs at the base of chicken run, but I’m making progress.
Not only did I relocate the chickens away from the house, but I added BIRD NETTING to the top of the chicken run. Holy canolies Batman, why didn’t I think of this before? It was pure genius I tell you.
Now the only possible way out is via underground tunnel. Buff the Wayward chicken is beside herself.
On Sunday, my neighbor Mrs. Hillbilly came over to check it out. She was impressed. Mrs. Hillbilly even gave me a few unsolicited suggestions on how to make the chicken Shangri-La a little more appealing. In the end we decided I needed to add some sort of hedge {viburnum perhaps} to the base of the run and a flowering tree or bush to one particular corner.
I love Mrs. Hillbilly, she’s a little bit country, and a little bit rock n’ roll all in one. Plus she likes to barter. Which is a major plus.
See those eggs? Mrs. Hillbilly took them home, and left me with a sack of peppermint patties.
She loves me.
Susan says
We put the chicken fencing over the top of our garden every year! The crows LOVE freshly-sprouted green beans. They pluck them out and leave them there for you to discover!! SOOOOOOOOO frustrating! It doesn’t help that the neighbors feed them daily.
If one gets trapped in the fenced area, it isn’t long before the others start SCREAMING all around the garden. I go out and open the gate. Eventually they escape. Luckily that doesn’t happen too often.
Sarah says
I love that you barter with your neighbours…I’d barter with you if I lived closer!
My Eglu arrived on Monday but the box that contained the run was almost destroyed and I had to refuse delivery on it. So frustrating! So now I’m waiting for them to reship the run attachment.
Mavis says
Oh that stinks! What color did you get?
Sarah says
I got the green one because I’m not a fan of yellow and I thought the red would look worse if it fades than the green would if it faded. Plus green would blend in a bit better with the landscape. Yes I’m that obsessive. lol 🙂
Mavis says
My first little Eglu was green too! It does blend in. 🙂 LOL
Lisa says
Oh my goodness BIRD NETTING! I was thinking about this last night trying to figure out how to enclose the run before I get chickens next week.
I was looking at the stuff just the other day in a farm supply store to go over my cherries, duh!
LaToya says
Dumb question here… But how many eggs do you get from a chicken? I think I heard 1 egg per chicken per day. Was thinking of getting a chicken…or two… I’m not so smart when it comes to these things…but really, it only takes a day to create that thing? Or maybe I’m completely off the mark on this one?
Mavis says
Hi LaToya,
I think it depends on the chicken. Some of our chickens lay 6 eggs a week and others only 2 or 3. 🙂
If you want to order a chicken go to mypetchicken.com and check them out. When you click on a specific chicken it will tell you if they are a good layer or not.
Also, you would want to buy more than 1. They would get lonely if they didn’t have someone to hang out with. 🙂
LaToya says
At least 2 chickens….off to check the site; thanks Mavis!
Tanya Peila says
I think we are going to have to start locking our chicken run. My 3-yr old loves to let them out every day. And they are so used to it now. They also have devoured my garden and have started going OVER the small gate I had surrounding one bed. I think I need to do some work to their run to give them more to do and keep them in there so I can grow more than they eat!