Well, the rain set in when we finished putting the frame together so we headed off to see what type of pullets the chap up the road had for sale (spotted the sign a week or two ago). I think they are Black Rock or something but the fully grown one was huge!! We will wait to see if the local BHWT person gets back up and running soon, or if the ark is ready by next weekend, we might just buy some point of lay hens or banties from someone advertising in the local paper and do the battery hen thing next year sometime.
Madmax finally got the bug by looking at the pictures of the spoilt hens on the BHWT site - he was straight out the door searching for the available timber after that!
Here's the link for anyone wondering what got him shifted...
http://www.bhwt.org.uk/spoilthens.php