The Hen House – Making sure it’s safe and secure for the New Chickens || Plot 37 (Vlog Episode 71)

DATE: 17th of August 2021

This week of vlooging has been almost entirely taken up with the final fixing up of the hen house. Having a DIY, home-made chicken house means endless adjustments but this is the first time we have been able to really do any major works since we first built it. The priority has been making sure the whole chicken cage is safe and secure for the new hens! We put on a new roof – an extra thick tarpaulin to keep the birds sheltered from the weather. I have fixed the bottom half of the door by sandwiching the old wood between two new parts – Battons and Featherboard. And installed new hinges, bolts at the top and bottom on the door and flashing at the back so it can’t push through. I have also used the feather board to go around the base of the hen house in order to help with strength and so we can raise the internal floor hight a little with out the chickens kicking it all out the sides. We also make a visit to The Curve Garden in Hackney for a drink. The Curve Garden is a lovely outdoor bar in a garden/veg patch where they grow lots of edible plants and its just a lovely space to sit around and have a drink with friends.

What’s in this Episode:

+ Fixing the Hen House

+ Putting up Perches for the chickens

+ Bark Chips going down

+ The Curve Garden Dalston

+ Covering the Hen House

+ Fixing the Door to the Coup

 

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Jessie Sheffield is an artist, gardener and writer from London, UK. She is also the creator of the Plot 37 Project and on a mission to share the joy of growing stuff, eating stuff, drinking stuff and making stuff. Interesting in finding out more? TRY HERE