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We have decided on a roof for the run. Originally we were going to mesh it (and bought plenty of mesh for that reason) but after chatting to one girl on the forum, I have fallen for corrugated roofing called Coroline. It is available in B&Q. We DID ring around and our local place where we have been getting our wood from can get it in for us but it will be dearer than B&Q. Much as I like to suport the wee guy – gotta go with the cheaper shop.
The only problem has been the fixings that come with the sheeting. They are simply nails with a plastic cover and retail for £3.96 for a packet of 20 in B&Q. I have spent hours trawling the internet, eBay etc for them but they can’t be found for les than this . . .. . HOWEVER . ..
I have JUST THIS MINUTE found more Coroline stuff here. The packs are a mere £0.96 plus vat which is a big difference from £3.69! For this price you could afford to buy the plastic, throw the nails away and find your own screws huh?
I am trying to do as much as possible on the cheap i.e. using up old fence stain rather than going for a new tin in a different colour and savaging for old fence posts for the chickens to stand on but the shed is new and the wood for the run is new.
I went through to order these from my link (Blanchford) and found a strangeness on the postage. £5 to COLLECT or £12 / £14 to DELIVER (sounds like a lorry rather than Royal Mail) so I rang them and got a really really nice guy who said *oops – that doesn’t sound right* and sold me 6 packs over the phone, took credit card details and charged me a reasonable £3 to post them.
The whole lot came to a few pence over a tenner instead of £24! One happy camper.
However, I have to admit that after seeing a photo in the forum with a compound mitre saw in it we DID splash out on a cheapy one in B&Q and that has made the project sooo much easier! Can you imagine cutting all that wood with a jigsaw?
I decided on a shed because we like *wee projects* and I fancied kitting the inside out myself and needed to partition the space between chooks and storage.
We couldn’t afford a Cube (didn’t want an Eglu) and although I would be happy with a second hand Cube there are never any available on eBay that aren’t Pick up only. We are in Northern Ireland.
It is amazing how much we had lying around that could be used for this project rather than buying new stuff.
NO CHICKENS YET Every weekend I think “By this time NEXT week” but Iain’s Mum is currently in hospital and by the time we get home, get out and go visit her and then get home again it is too late to be doing anything in the evening and Iain works on a Saturday so progress is extremely slow.