PALLET chicken house

[RedThorn]

Looks fab! If you miss the smell, you could always move in with them!

Just goes to show what one can accomplish if you put your mind to it

[Sanjo]

I'm very, very impressed!!!! Used to be a dab hand with a hammer myself in my younger day. Too arthriticky now though. It's beautiful. You must feel total satisfaction when you look at it. And aren't you lucky to have such an obliging son with a handy friend!!! Well done you. Sandra

[lynda66]

Lynda, that is very posh, your chooks will not want to come out of it

that's the plan, cos it's gonna be a few weeks till the run gets sorted, as i can't move the sheets of netting lol .... they'll be much happier in there though, they'll have plenty more room to run round than they have now

[lynda66]

Looks fab! If you miss the smell, you could always move in with them!

Just goes to show what one can accomplish if you put your mind to it

think i'll leave em in the house and move in myself lol ....... or more to the point, just goes to show what you can actually make for nothing more than the cost of a few nails ....... when you're skint and need a chicken house

[lynda66]

I'm very, very impressed!!!! Used to be a dab hand with a hammer myself in my younger day. Too arthriticky now though. It's look beautiful. You must feel total satisfaction when you look at it. And aren't you lucky to have such an obliging son with a handy friend!!! Well done you. Sandra

yeah wish obliging son and his mate could have had it finished in september lol ....... has been a bit of a nightmare getting them here when i need em and when the weathers been ok to do it.

thanks all ..... i'm actually quite proud of it, thought it would end up looking crap, but i think once it's got paint on it, it won't look too bad at all ........ as long as you see it from a distance

i'll be soooooooo glad when it's finished though it's been a long haul.

[RedThorn]

think i'll leave em in the house and move in myself lol ....... or more to the point, just goes to show what you can actually make for nothing more than the cost of a few nails ....... when you're skint and need a chicken house

A poor bank balance is the mother of ingenuity!

[lynda66]

yup ....... just think if i wasn't skint i'd probably have 200 chooks by now though lol

[RedThorn]

yup ....... just think if i wasn't skint i'd probably have 200 chooks by now though lol

how many pallets will you need for that coop!

[lynda66]

if i wasn't skint i'd have bought posh ones lol

[RedThorn]

if i wasn't skint i'd have bought posh ones lol

ROFPMSL hehe but would you have had the satisfaction of wrestling such a beauty out of scrap..... nope you wouldn't but on the other hand, you'd proberbly still have all the skin on your knuckles!

[lynda66]

and no lumps on my head and no bruises and no holes in my feet from standing on nails and no house smelling of chickens..... who cares about the satisfaction, they could have been in it a month ago

[RedThorn]

and no lumps on my head and no bruises and no holes in my feet from standing on nails and no house smelling of chickens..... who cares about the satisfaction, they could have been in it a month ago

cannot type properly with all the chuckling! Thanks I needed a boost this evening!

[MaureenHall]

The chook house looks great Lynda, you've done a great job there.

3 cheers for Lynda ............................... Hip hip pooooray (who's this Ray bloke then?)

[terrier]

Your Ty bach looks great, Lynda (sorry, Welsh joke)... now make some money by selling your design to B&Q "Lynda's Chookloo".

[lynda66]

The chook house looks great Lynda, you've done a great job there.

3 cheers for Lynda ............................... Hip hip pooooray (who's this Ray bloke then?)

ray's my mate, lives in Brighouse

Your Ty bach looks great, Lynda (sorry, Welsh joke)... now make some money by selling your design to B&Q "Lynda's Chookloo".

Ty bach ........ thanks for that terrier ....... i suppose if i ever get fed up of keeping chooks it will be quite useful having an outside one

hmmmmm i'm sure i would need some kind of plan/drawing of that ..... unfortunately, i just nail a bit on if theres a hole and if theres still a hole silicone sealer is brill and ermmm for some reason one side isn't quite straight, and erm ........ yeah, think i'll just keep the plan in my head lol ..... it doesn't quite look like the original drawing i did of what it would look like, before i started building it