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alison
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Posted: Fri May 29, 15 4:05 pm Post subject:
how many chooks are you talking about. I would have a house, with joined on pen, maybe at the back, that only gets used when you need a no or late lock up. Let them out otherwise for free ranging.

alison
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Posted: Fri May 29, 15 4:05 pm Post subject:
The trouble with the HFW houses is they are terrible for cleaning out.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Fri May 29, 15 4:24 pm Post subject:
You could make them with a wire bottom so if all falls through and you just scrape it up from underneath. Better ventilation wise, too.

Woodburner

Joined: 28 Apr 2006
Posts: 2904
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri May 29, 15 6:43 pm Post subject:

Chez wrote:

You could make them with a wire bottom so if all falls through and you just scrape it up from underneath. Better ventilation wise, too.

Slats are easier and better. Feathers and straw catch on wire and then get stuck on with poo making it even harder for straw and feathers to fall through etc.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sat May 30, 15 1:11 am Post subject:

Can't you get automatic closing pop holes? Would that help at all, or are they dawn/dusk raids when it would still be open?

Could hens and dogs share accommodation? Or would that be too much for the dogs? What about in with horses? Surely horses wouldn't have any truck with badgers in their midst, and wouldn't eat the hens?

We used to drive past a house that kept their hens on an island in a small lake. If you suggest that first, Jack might be grateful it's only a saw he needs.....

Or you could suggest alpacas. That should get the sawdust moving

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sat May 30, 15 5:39 pm Post subject:
Badgers are not worried by any of those, dogs included. They can also swim well and climb some trees. However I am considering contacting a friend who might fancy house sitting if we ever have a longish holiday.

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