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misty07

Joined: 22 Jan 2010
Posts: 2223
Location: swindon wiltshire

Posted: Fri May 13, 11 12:23 pm Post subject: poultry crate?
Can someone please tell me how hard it would be to make a crate out of pallets and can someone give me rough dimensions and materials what size battons etc nails/skrews cheers matty

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon

Posted: Fri May 13, 11 12:48 pm Post subject:
Matty A friend of mine collected 20 chicks in 2 x tesco online boxes yesterday. Made a pod, and tied with baling twine.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Fri May 13, 11 12:51 pm Post subject:
I do something similar, Matty - it's very easy and you can stack them.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Fri May 13, 11 1:44 pm Post subject:
Pardon my language but a poultry crate made of pallets would give you a big set of nuts. It would be way too heavy. If you can't get hold of something made from plastic, then I suggest you look using treated roofing batons. They are fairly cheap to buy.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4566
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Fri May 13, 11 5:19 pm Post subject:
Batten frame and Wire,even less pressure on the Nuts

fuglysuck

Joined: 10 Mar 2011
Posts: 123
Location: Nr Lichfield, Staffordshire

Posted: Mon May 16, 11 8:51 pm Post subject:
What about using plastic bread crates?

Mr O

Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Posts: 5512
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Posted: Mon May 16, 11 9:04 pm Post subject:
I use cat boxes, lightweight and free at our local Vets.

Rusticwood

Joined: 01 Dec 2009
Posts: 2154
Location: All over the South West

Posted: Mon May 16, 11 9:05 pm Post subject:
cardboard boxes

fuglysuck

Joined: 10 Mar 2011
Posts: 123
Location: Nr Lichfield, Staffordshire

Posted: Tue May 17, 11 9:15 am Post subject:
KFC boxes..... (sorry!!!!!)

maryf

Joined: 25 Oct 2009
Posts: 341
Location: suffolk

Posted: Tue May 17, 11 7:35 pm Post subject:

I have a cat carrier which is fine for up to four or five hens on a short run and my chum has a large dog cage, big enough for a labrador, which I have borrowed for moving more birds - but it's awkward if I'm on my own, better with a friend so you can carry one side each. I also have to put all the seats down in the car and insert through hatch as it won't fit through the doors of the car. It does fold flat very nicely if there aren't any hens (or labradors) in it!

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