The slabs didn't take very long to lay, a few hours. But a slight mis-calculation in the width meant that some of the tree stumps still needed to be cut further back. The beige colour of the stones slabs fitted well with the garden and the wood colour of the coop.
To add to the different texture for the chickens we decided to replace two square slabs with stones, this would also help with drainage.
The family took a trip to
Woodside Farm to look at their poultry centre. They has plenty of point of lay chickens for sale. Their most numerous breed was a hybrid West Sussex chicken and
some Rhode Black Rocks.
Whilst we were there we had a look around the farm. They had a few 'spitting' geese, different types of lamas, some small monkeys, chipmunks, a lone otter and a pair of funny looking capybara. They also had a few rare breed chickens, including different bantams types.
One service they provide are coops for peoples chickens when they go on holiday. This might be usefull if we can't get someone to look after our chickens when we go on holiday.
This was my daughter, Alicia, pretending to be a trac'or driver.
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