tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post8435026083287167639..comments2024-03-04T01:42:16.830+10:30Comments on Zucchini Island: Chicken enclosure designs - be creativeJason Dingleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332208335330160649noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-31184075213255444552012-04-24T09:07:45.339+09:302012-04-24T09:07:45.339+09:30It's my pleasure. If you can get a couple of p...It's my pleasure. If you can get a couple of people to help you the dome is quite easy to make. I assume you have read my building a chook tractor post?<br /><br />Our dome is currently very close to our outdoor living area and we love sitting out there with our cup of tea just watching.Jason Dingleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332208335330160649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-44035835319756003352012-04-23T21:42:22.213+09:302012-04-23T21:42:22.213+09:30Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. I&...Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. I'll give 'starving' them a go! But maybe I need to organise myself a 'dome' first. :) <br /><br />No matter what, my chooks give me so much pleasure, just watching their antics. They are real time-wasters. I could watch them all day (if I were here!).Ninanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-70825550767360753122012-04-23T10:07:42.327+09:302012-04-23T10:07:42.327+09:30Our chooks are fairly tame. Most of the time they ...Our chooks are fairly tame. Most of the time they squat down and let you pick them up. That said, Henny Penny did give me a good run for my money the other day. We have also found it possible to move our girls into the dome without picking them up, so my tip would be:<br /><br />Skip feeding them breakfast and let them get nice and hungry. Using a cup of their feed, you should be able to lurer them anywhere you want them to go. You may find the lower ranking chickens falling behind but if you keep the door open they will eventually follow the leader in. Just keep up the supply of food to the leader otherwise they will try and escape.<br /><br />The dome appears to be an attractive enclosure for our girls. Each time they are made to go in it is filled with lush fresh food. So it doesn't take a lot of effort to get them in.Jason Dingleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332208335330160649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-25291663175305410832012-04-21T19:06:39.086+09:302012-04-21T19:06:39.086+09:30Hi Jason, firstly, thank you for your comment re m...Hi Jason, firstly, thank you for your comment re my whitefly infestation (on VeggieGobbler's Blog). <br /><br />Can I ask, how do you transport your chooks from their usual pen to the dome? Are they tame enough that you just pick them up and relocate them? My (3) chooks run a mile when I try to pick them up, I suppose I should have handled them more when they were younger, though they are only about 4 months old just now. I'm usually not home through the day so there aren't many opportunities to handle them and tame them more.<br /><br />Any hints?Ninanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-73957702251125895922012-04-19T13:29:31.684+09:302012-04-19T13:29:31.684+09:30A friend suggested I should do it and it had insta...A friend suggested I should do it and it had instant appeal, as you may well know I do enjoy talking about the garden :) It will be interesting to see how many people attend.Jason Dingleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332208335330160649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-5620528506937341222012-04-19T13:17:55.546+09:302012-04-19T13:17:55.546+09:30I am please to hear your are going to give it a go...I am please to hear your are going to give it a go. Being a simple fence it is really easy to make modifications. A gate is also easy to make, <a href="http://zucchiniisland.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/is-it-worth-all-poo.html" rel="nofollow">see here</a>.Jason Dingleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332208335330160649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-66782569094713743602012-04-18T13:53:54.941+09:302012-04-18T13:53:54.941+09:30Great post Jason and I spotted your lovely garden ...Great post Jason and I spotted your lovely garden on the permaculture day website. I hope you get lots of interest.Fiona from Arbordale Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05196630415124998431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-19976088073181807972012-04-17T21:08:58.946+09:302012-04-17T21:08:58.946+09:30p.s. Yup I'm going to give the chicken moat a...p.s. Yup I'm going to give the chicken moat a go! All the way around the perimeter is such a great idea!littlekarstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177535712034761585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-49658537749536034072012-04-17T21:03:59.328+09:302012-04-17T21:03:59.328+09:30TERRIFIC! Thanks so much for posting! I'd lo...TERRIFIC! Thanks so much for posting! I'd love a mandala in my garden. One day we will get there. I love the idea of the chook dome too although I'd have to take them into the hen house each night, the local fox still prowls our yard regularly. Even though our henhouse is on the far side of the garden...they love running to the backdoor and hanging about on the deck hoping we'll come out. CHICKENS!littlekarstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177535712034761585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-9714970834062922232012-04-17T20:02:42.961+09:302012-04-17T20:02:42.961+09:30G'day Jason,
I am surprised your Hen House is...G'day Jason,<br /><br />I am surprised your Hen House is so close to your back step. I am not surprised they live close to your back door. Our pen is as far away as possible, requiring something of a walk and actually discourages them from spending too much time on our back veranda. There is plenty to eat without pecking on our full length windows. Plus our girls have found that wonderful spot behind the greenhouse that has choice weeds and plenty of harliequin bugs. Also I have found a unique way to get them back near their own home; fresh corn off the cob. Brings them running from all directions. Ok, they ruin your garden, and we are developing methods to defeat them (more on that in my own blog soon). But with plenty of eggs, manure and the best poo soup in the world, they can be forgiven. But we do protect seedlings and the greenhouse is a godsend.<br />Just enjoy them. They give as much as they take.<br /><br />Regards,<br />SteveAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11424135319410716648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-14351860915133178832012-04-17T15:58:17.517+09:302012-04-17T15:58:17.517+09:30You are welcome it is always a pleasure to help. W...You are welcome it is always a pleasure to help. With a bit of creativity you should be able to come up with a design that keeps the chickens happy, the garden happy, and you happy. Let my know what you come up with.Jason Dingleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332208335330160649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-87723025816918482502012-04-17T15:53:18.658+09:302012-04-17T15:53:18.658+09:30It's a real pleasure moving the girls, they se...It's a real pleasure moving the girls, they seem so happy and excited when we do. With the first design the ground did go sour and it stank.Jason Dingleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332208335330160649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-72157221174206100542012-04-16T23:44:34.539+09:302012-04-16T23:44:34.539+09:30Thanks for the eye-opening insight. We are thinkin...Thanks for the eye-opening insight. We are thinking about these things at the moment because the free-range things is getting tiresome for me too - they have decimated the back garden - they have even dug up my flower bulbs! I want them to be happy, but sheesh!L from 500m2 in Sydneyhttp://500m2.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2212976055144932291.post-69656568796060519262012-04-16T21:56:16.904+09:302012-04-16T21:56:16.904+09:30Fantastic designs, great that you can still move t...Fantastic designs, great that you can still move them through each enclosure to alleviate boredom and turning the ground sour. I especially love the 'non poop cleaning' options ;) Take care, YollieFairyCastleFarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07458220860624023410noreply@blogger.com