I have bought my first house!!

A hen house with a run on the side :D
It's just been delivered now so all I need now I think is some water and food dispensers and some straw and food?? The local pet shop is not too far so will ask the guy to give me everything they need then I just need to get the hens :D

 

Nice one H,

Better off getting a 25kg sack of food, works out cheaper in the long run.

 

Will Ziggy, I will probly spoil them rotten I think they like fruit which is cool always have fruit going off in the fridge

 

Fruit, pasties, buscuits, spiders, woodlice, spagetti.....

 

Get straw by the bale from a farm/farm shop, remembering that they'll want an extra one to perch on and shout for grub. Newspaper on the poo shelf is much easier to change than straw/shavings/etc.

We use something like these galley pots for hanging on the run wire and putting grit in (but our have wire clips and came from Crofts pet shop in Banbury and were only about 50p each and there's one shown in the pic in my post #22 below):

+ pasta penne, rice, tomatoes, pizza, raisins/sultanas, brassicas, but most of all they just love grapes.

 

hens will need a father figure .... get one of these

Longest rooster crow - YouTube

 

Cheers scrungee makes sense to me.
Dim, I am the only father figure they need :D

 

Wow , i must be psycotic erm i mean psycic.....i was just checking my girls were tucked up and i honestly thought of you ......i was just going to look through previous threads to see if you'd given anymore thoughts on getting your girls.....
Great news,bet you'll be a real good 'dad'keep us posted

 

I wasn't going to say anything:WINK1:

 

What if he`s only got a short run, though, Zig?:(:D

 

Thanks lolimac :D I have been dying to get them for ages but not got round to it with Christmas and bank holidays. I'm going to cheshire chickens tomorrow to get the hens and all the other bits I need I can't wait will put some pics up when they are home.
Will I need a seperate box for each one for the journey or can I put them in one big box??
Thanks guys

 

It's about four or five foot but it came set up too coz was ex display It's in top condition though but a few of the nuts need tightening but I will extend it for them soon so they can bop about the garden lol

 

You don`t want them bopping too much H or the eggs will be "All Shook Up":D

 

Slugs, snails, lettuce, spinach, bread, worms, leatherjackets, grass, fat hen, chickweed, bindweed.....they are quite the little omnivores.

Hydrogen, I think they'll be fine travelling in the same box together, as long as it's a large, well ventilated box.
They tend to keep very still and quiet when 'in transit', I think they find it all rather un-nerving.

 

Watch out for Wilko's 75% off 'chicken mesh' fencing.