Henanda

[Ali]

JohnP made us a wonderful hen-house a few years ago (2009 JP?), this is inside a big anti-fox cage (for security at night & if we're out all day) and under a wriggly-plastic roof.

This is brill coz the hens have access to the ouside (within their anti-fox cage) as soon as they want in the mornings and then I can let them into their gardens later.

The downside of leaving the hen-house door open was, if it's windy or cold, they are exposed a bit.

So, today I built a Henanda® (Patent Pending)

Used bits of off-cuts of wood, spare wooden sheeting, off-cuts from roofing felt and cut up a piece of perspex from an old shower door for the patio window...... just got to give it a coat of Ducksback tomorrow to match up and jobs a good-un.

Whay hey

Just fingers crossed they'll suss it out to go to bed tonight

Hen-cam at the ready....

[Pasha]

Looks real good ali --

[tinkerbell]

You are a clever girl!They must be feeling the benefit already-freezing wind here today.

[Ali]

Froze my knuts off last night waiting for them to suss it out on their own. Eventually asbo and maverick did; they used the new veranda and went into the house. Omm, spex and goose had to be 'assisted'.

This morning all 5 were out waiting for their breakfast, then goose went back in through the veranda to lay an egg.

Result

[tinkerbell]

Super!doesn't take them long to catch on

[sooty]

Looks great Ali.

I have just added hen recognition on the automatic door cam to mine.

[Madame Moorhen]

Hee hee that's brilliant! Well done you.

But where's the mud?

[Ali]

Watched them all go in tonight, bit of confusion at first (again), maverick led the way followed by asbo (same as last night) but it took spex, omm and goose a while to suss it out - but they all did it themselves

You have a door-cam sooty??? !! Blimey you're worse than I am, only have hen-cam here with no auto-recog. Maybe will work on that, am failing