The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Brick built house Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3  Next          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Feeding and Housing Author Message thewinkingtiger Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 936 Location: East Yorkshire, UK Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:11 pm    Post subject: Hi Bhindi This is our brick built hen house! We actually built it (well Mark did!!) for our German Shepherds, but when our bitch died last year our Dog refused to stay in there and now lives in our conservatory!!! So the chickens have taken over!! Back to top George Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 5661 Location: London Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:16 pm    Post subject: WOW very impressive, can I have one Back to top summayah Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4289 Location: luton Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:41 pm    Post subject: oooh excellent house and run for your girls. I think the rest of us had better keep our girls away from the computer for a while, or else they'll all want one as lovely as that! Back to top richard Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 258 Location: somerset Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:49 pm    Post subject: I'm new to chickens & I have a small ark at the moment but I'm building a wooden house but with a raised concrete floor for easier cleaning. I thought it would be the best of both. Back to top thewinkingtiger Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 936 Location: East Yorkshire, UK Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:52 pm    Post subject: Course you can have one George!! You just need to dig up 3500 old 2 and a quarter inch bricks - and I'll send Mark over to come and build one for you!!! (He spent months and months digging up the bricks for that house - Bless!) We've actually got a hedgehog living in there at the moment - so although the girls potter about in there during the day - they are sleeping in the wooden hen house! (There's no accounting for taste!!) The side with the window blanked off was where Running Bear and Little Dove slept - before moving in with the rest of the girls. That is now prepared ready for our next additions!! (Not sure what yet - would love some pure bred Marans - preferably ones that lay eggs!!! lol or to get some more Lavender Araucanas) The side with the open window is where the hedgie is - once he/she has moved out - I would love to get a breeding trio of something - but that's when I've got a bit more experience under my belt!!! Debs Back to top Bhindi Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 1643 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:45 pm    Post subject: thewinkingtiger wrote: Hi Bhindi This is our brick built hen house!........ that was exactly the sort of thing I had in mind, and I would have been REALLY envious had it not been for the fact we're shortly about to move and i've got this..to convert to a hen house So all things going to plan, I think I will be happier dealing with the weather this winter.... God I could say some foul language when the wind would pick up all the paper i'd just laid I look forward to planning the logistics of the internal issues.... should I make an access on the outside to collect eggs???? Back to top NannyP Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 11631 Location: 86310 Nr St Savin Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:50 pm    Post subject: No need, it looks like you'll be able to walk in. Hang nest boxes on the walls at waist height is what I would do That way there'll be no stooping down to pick them up. If you build or lean a ladder up against the wall next to the nextboxes, the hens will be able to hop up and in. Hopefully, when we move, I'll have a convertable building for chooks. I know so much more now, I'll be able to customize it so that there is little hard work Back to top thewinkingtiger Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 936 Location: East Yorkshire, UK Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:20 pm    Post subject: That looks just perfect Bhindi! From the pic you've posted I can't see a reason why you would need another access. How many chooks could you get in there do you think??? Hee Hee Debs Back to top Bhindi Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 1643 Location: Rugby, Warwickshire Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 7:04 am    Post subject: Being as its quite close to the house I had a struggle negotiating with my partner for it to be the chook house at all so I dont think I should add to my stock of 6, unless 1 pops off... and then I KNOW you must be in pairs at least Back to top Aussie Chick Joined: 23 Apr 2005 Posts: 2737 Location: Milton Keynes/ Brisbane Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:28 am    Post subject: That looks great. I think brick built houses are the best.!!! ( mmmm, thinks where can she build her own brick house?) Back to top debcat Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 8856 Location: Isle of Lewis Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 12:17 pm    Post subject: Bhindi wrote: Being as its quite close to the house I had a struggle negotiating with my partner for it to be the chook house at all so I dont think I should add to my stock of 6, unless 1 pops off... and then I KNOW you must be in pairs at least give him a month or so to get used to being near the house THEN sneak a couple more in Back to top Deb_Moderator Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 3661 Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 3:23 pm    Post subject: Both of those are fantastic and I am SOOOOOOOOOOO jealous! Last edited by Deb_Moderator on Sun Jan 01, 2006 6:32 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top ejc-free Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 139 Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:06 pm    Post subject: Hi, We have a converted brick build kennel as a hen-house - the chooks love it, trouble is it was way too big for the 4 hens we got first out - I just had to buy more.........they looked so lonely in this big house on their own.... it was for their welfare not because I'm become addicted..... honest Back to top summayah Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 4289 Location: luton Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:06 pm    Post subject: Of course ejc-free ~ we all believe you that you're not addicted ~ neither are we!!! That's how come my 4 became 20! Back to top Paula Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Northants Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:39 pm    Post subject: I have a 4 m x 4 m kennel i am going to use for my girls, it is made from breeze blocks and has windows,so there is plenty of natural light and ventilation, we had racing greyhounds in there, they have electric light, running hot & cold water and a heater if they want it on, going to put up some nest boxes and a couple of perches and i think that should do them OK, i like the thought of if (when) the weather turns bad i can still spend time with them without getting soaked to the skin. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Feeding and Housing All times are GMT + 1 Hour Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3  Next Page 2 of 3 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group