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wayoutwest · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 184 Location: west clare

we (or rather himself) haggled the price down in there, as the only big one they had needed some attention. In ten minutes he'd fixed it once we got it home, but at the time he just kept saying it wasn't right until the halved the price... Laughing

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keithrawlins · Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 152 Location: banbridge

both my hen houses are dog kennels and the hens seem fine. both the reds and my blue ,which have to be keapt a part or the rosters try to kill each other.

Camile · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:10 am Post subject:

Hello,

Them kennels looks perfect ..

I was checking on the web and found this:
http://www.gumtree.ie/dublin/05/8036505.html

Good size for maybe 4/5 hens, you just need to install a roost, a door, and some sort of nestbox and happy days !

Camile

tringle · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:15 pm Post subject:

Is there not a problem using a felt roof with hens. Red spidwer mite or something
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Camile · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:20 pm Post subject:

some people say so ..

That's what I use with mine and I still have to see any problems with it ..

red mites would go into the cracks of the wood, under the roosts and all /

tringle · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:43 pm Post subject:

Ok thanks, still working on darling husband to convince hime that we cannot exist without hens (wearing him down day by day)
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Camile · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:51 pm Post subject:

send him on to us ! he won't regret it !

I definitely wouldn't be able to exist without a few chickens around anymore !

keithrawlins · Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 152 Location: banbridge

his first eegs should convince him
as for red mite i use disinfectant and just paint in on where the roost tuches the houes.it kills the mites as they try to get to the birds,but means as its not to close to the birds the eegs are still safe to eat.

tringle · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject:

wayoutwest · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 184 Location: west clare

they'll need different houses, but can use the same run if it's big enough. (Mind you, I am a big believer in loads of space for poultry...)

ducks sleep on the floor of the house, and hens perch. (except my hens, who sleep in the straw and have no intention of using the nice perching poles Himself put in for them.) If you put them in together the ducks will get pooed on by the hens. Khaki campbells are the easiest laying ducks to get, and have lots of personality.

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