Recent content by Laroux66

They're wood chips, no pine shavings. I'll see if I can get some bigger ones! I'll take a picture in the morning of pine shavings vs wood chip in my hand for you!

They're just wood chips for chickens, not pine shavings. I'll see if I can get some bigger ones! Thanks again everyone, really appreciate the tips. Will update you hopefully with a story of success!!

Have also got a small bamboo border around the bottom as we quickly learned they love flicking the chips out!

I'm not home at the moment but this is what it looked like on the day we set it up, before it got muddy! theres an extra metre extension on now and a clear cover the same size as the green one on the rest of the roof. Wondering whether it needs cover on one side.

I just started thinking this, the farm I bought the wood chips from advised the netting to stop the chickens from picking through to the mud and bringing it up into the chips, which clearly hasn't worked. I'm moving them back to grass later and will try to sort out drainage in their usual spot

Ok thank you! Is it worth covering one side of the run to reduce the rain, or just leave it as it with rooftop cover?

Thank you, we have a camera-shy bluebell as well :)

I did try this, and the grass gets destroyed really quickly I think I'm going to make a good tarp canopy and start again with new wood chips after establishing a spot with good drainage! I do have the roof of the coop covered but sounds like I need the area rain proofed! Thanks for advice all.

Thanks!! Here are 3 out of 4 they're super sweet!

Hey everybody! Excited and grateful to be part of this lovely community! I am a fairly new chicken keeper and have 4 girls. Look forward to taking part in discussions and learning from the experienced!!

Hi all! I am fairly new to chicken keeping and wondering if anyone could advise me on how to keep my run clean?! I have an eglu go up, with 3meter extension for 4 chickens who roam the garden and play on their swing in the run during the day. Under the run I have plastic chicken netting on...