Making the chooks temporary digs comfy

Some of the rubbish removed from the chook shed today.

The girls testing their new perch

The new nest box filled with pine shavings.

Today I cleared the chooks temporary home of all debris and did a little remodelling.  First step was to rake and clean the actual yard and shed floor.  What a mess and can't understand why the old tenant left it in such a state.  Second stage was to take out the two boards the plastic nest tubs were screwed to.  Not an easy task in a shed with a low roofline and lots of chook mess about me, not to mention ancient spider webs I kept touching,  eeewwww.  Anyway, I got to work on the two pieces of timber, cleaned them up, measured and cut one in half with an angle to it so it would be easy to complete the task of making a new perch.  All the screws and timber were recycled from what was here or what I had in my bits and pieces box.  Once I had the timber cut, I screwed a length of dowel in place for the perch and then screwed the frame in place.  Didn't take the girls long to investigate and test it out.  They seemed quite happy with their new night perch and kept playing the jump on and off game for ages.  I then scrounged a plastic tub and filled it with pine shavings for a nice nest box, which help deter mites and lice.  Will be interesting to see if they use it tomorrow.