A few weeks back I started digging out the rotten wood from besides the chicken run and replacing it with bricks. It was too hot at the time to continue.
Yesterday afternoon it was cooler, in fact it was drizzling, and I had a free afternoon so I decided to continue the job. I managed to get the job completed. I chiseled out the rotten wood and hammered bricks in its place. I jammed stones in any gaps between the remaining wood and the bricks. I hammered the bricks in really tightly so that it would be very difficult for anything to remove them or dig under them.
I have put slates vertical to the weld mesh and then horizontal under the soil on the inside of the run but I like to protect the run both inside and out to stop anything digging in.
Bricks at the side of the chicken run
Further up the run
Looking back the other way
I am quite pleased with my work as I feel that the run is safer. I think it is good to keep a check on the condition of the run and keep securing any parts that may be weak. I am happy that I have made it as difficult as possible for anything to try to dig in.
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Not only safer, but a very neat job. Well done.
Thank you. I feel happier that it’s safer. I had a little audience the whole time I was working on it. Peaches and Butterscotch left my side (on the other side of the weldmesh) and at the times the whole flock gathered round to watch my every move.