The chicks are growing fast now and getting a wee bit too big for the wee run that they’ve been in up till now, so I had to act this morning to put things right. I actually lay in bed worrying about them at 6am this morning!
Here they are before Christmas, sitting on the run that they’ve been using.
I gathered a few scraps of wood in the barn and threw them together. Hey presto:
I found a roll of some rubber like material so I stapled some of that to the underside, to minimise the water absorbed from the ground, and a left over piece of roofing material from when we re-roofed the barn fitted perfectly.
It’s not perfect but it’s a quick fix. It’ll make do until I put everything the way I want it in the summer.
There are 9 chicks left and they’ve been joined by the new cockerel and 4 older hens I want to keep an eye on and work out if they’re still laying eggs.
They’ll be more comfortable in here now. I think it’ll be nice and cosy, especially with the bitterly cold winds we’ve had this week.
Air an Lot 
Rubber a good idea a Dhomhnaill, but watch you don’t leave the turnup all round or you’ll end up ,essentially making a waterproof tray that will fill with rainwater and leave the bottom permanently sitting in water.
Don’t worry, I’ve thought of that. The rubber is open at one end to stop that.