{"id":2932,"date":"2013-02-09T16:01:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T16:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2013-02-09T18:03:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-09T18:03:21","slug":"creating-a-bigger-dry-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=2932","title":{"rendered":"Creating a bigger dry area"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I visited my new chicken friend Jackie and saw her lovely chooks and her set up. Jackie’s run is completely roofed and I was envious of the lovely dry soil for the girl’s to scratch in and dust bath in.<\/p>\n

The real disappointment with my set up is that whatever I do to improve it, it still remains wet and muddy. It was only recently that I added fresh wood chip and already that is now muddy. The girls dry corner remains only a small triangle.The weather seems to remain wet and the run never seems to completely dry out.<\/p>\n

I decided to buy another plastic sheet and cover the whole outside area for the rest of the winter. The sheets are inexpensive, the difficulty is how to put it up. I had the idea of threading stiff wire through two sides and throwing it over the top next to the existing sheet then securing inside with wire as before.<\/p>\n

My husband said we would never be able to get it over the top. The corner we have already done is easily accessed from our garden but the other half of the roof area joins next doors garden and he said he couldn’t see how we would reach it.<\/p>\n

Then my husband had one of his brainwaves. He suggested we fit the plastic sheet to the inside of the roof by stapling it to the wooden batons. We set to work then poured a can of water over it to make sure it would run off okay. We think this will work but will have to wait for the next rain (which shouldn’t be long) to see how well it works.<\/p>\n

\"Plastic<\/a>

Plastic sheet on the underside if the roof to give a much bigger dry area<\/p><\/div>\n

I hope at last the girls will have a nice dry outside area.<\/p>\n

When the girls went to bed tonight Treacle ate the pellets again and looked like she had a full crop for the first time in ages. What a relief!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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