Cool Running

We are now ready to move the Purple cube back from the fruit cage part of the run, to its permanent position.

DH has redone the area the Cube is going to stand on, putting down welmesh instead of the gravel-holding plastic we had down before.  That was fab,  and worked brilliantly to stop the girls creating huge dustbath holes... but it meant that the rats could build tunnels underneath without us realising.     With the Weldmesh. We should see evidence of rat tunnels before they become a problem.

We'll be moving the Cube shortly.

You may remember that I mentioned that the Newbies section of Run doesn't have enough shade.   I bought some shade netting, from Amazon, to try just on their part of the run (the Oldies section has tree shade and doesn't need any help. ).  It arrived today, and we put it up straight away.    Luckily DH mentioned that, in order to provide shading where I wanted it, I had to put the netting further back (rather than just popping it on top their section).  

It works really well!   Much better than I hoped.  The inside of the run is airy and light,  and the oppressive heat of the rays are blocked.  It's exactly what the hens will love, it'ls like being in the dappled shade of a wood.

I've listed some more ex-allotment bits for sale.