The Run

In a brief window in the winter I did a bit more construction today, finishing the frame for the run. It is 1.8m long as the chicken wire we bought is 90cm wide, so with a strut half way that will make it easy to add the mesh. I made the top cross-pieces a bit longer so they can be used as handles to pull the run around. I found that I needed to add some corner struts to give it a bit more rigidity. I will probably remove the cross-pieces when I put the mesh on for a neater finish. The last piece will be to make the ramp for the chickens to walk up into the house.

The eggs are still incubating - we're about a week in now - nothing notable has happened yet, although Julie's Dad warned us that any eggs which were not fertile will be pretty bad after 3-4 weeks at 37.5 degrees! Apparently they are prone to exploding and have an extreme bad egg smell. Oh goody.