A sliding door covers four of the 10 nests as they aren’t currently required, so the hens can’t dirty them up. The coop uses a stainless steel counterweight and a system of pulleys so you can open the internal door while outside.Ĭouncil regulations mean the hens have to be completely contained.Īndrew built 10 nesting boxes. We have a relationship you never thought you would ever have.” “Before we had these chickens, I would never be able to tell a chicken apart, but we know which is which, they’re like little people to us now, they’re so cute. The hens are tame, raised by the family from chicks, and like her Wentworth namesake, Bea is the boss, leading the flock out to greet them each morning.
They chose a nice red from their paint collection and the hen house was finished. Builder Sean brought home offcuts of wood from his work, moved the playhouse to a good spot, raised it up on legs, added nest boxes and built a deck. When the family moved onto their block, they inherited a beige-coloured playhouse and a shed of old paint tins. My partner proposed to me this year, the kids were there and he decided to ask me outside the chicken house, and I thought ‘oh my gosh, you couldn’t have picked a better place!’” “It’s such a little special place for us, it’s the place I love the most. This is Alana Millington’s favourite place.
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Who: Alana Millington, with Sean, Jordan (7) and Carlo (2)Ĭoop: converted playhouse, recycled timberįlock: 6 (Bea, Boomer, Maxine, Ferguson, Vera, and Frankie, named after characters off the TV show Wentworth) “Sean was worried about rats (under the floor), but once he raised it up, they loved the space,” says Alana. The flock love going under the coop on a hot day.
The coop deck was built so their young sons could help.Īn old beer crate hung inside the coop holds feed out of reach of the birds.
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