Housing what is recommended?

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Re: Housing what is recommended?
« Reply #15 on: August 10, 2014, 19:49 »
See the panda came up OK pity we can't hatch them! last pics
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Re: Housing what is recommended?
« Reply #16 on: August 10, 2014, 19:56 »
See that one came out OK. poults in there are two weeks old, under two eco brooders when they need some warmth, which hasn't been often of late, also see on previous photo that carpet roll was left down today due to storm going through.
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Re: Housing what is recommended?
« Reply #17 on: August 10, 2014, 20:05 »
My biggest birds.
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Re: Housing what is recommended?
« Reply #18 on: August 10, 2014, 20:20 »
Last image!
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Re: Housing what is recommended?
« Reply #19 on: August 12, 2014, 14:20 »
Thank you  :) I metioned to my son that you guys have said about birds for the table and birds for laying need different things and are different to keep etc. His responce in how come you can't eat an egg laying chicken once it stops laying eggs? I can't answer him can you? I don't understand it all yet (not had time to research).

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« Reply #20 on: August 12, 2014, 14:35 »
I have seen this on ebay and can't see how it can house 15 birds?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUPER-XXL-LARGE-CHICKEN-COOP-HOUSE-DUCK-HEN-RABBIT-POULTRY-COUP-HUTCH/351072429608?_trksid=p2045573.c100034.m2102&_trkparms=aid%3D555012%26algo%3DPW.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D24635%26meid%3D8981995009410578736%26pid%3D100034%26prg%3D10389%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D111430982485
I am looking at getting maybe 3/4 was thinking ex bats. Would this house be suitable? What would you say the max would be for it?

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Re: Housing what is recommended?
« Reply #22 on: August 12, 2014, 14:57 »
the second link doesn't work for me. As for the first the design looks ok at a first glance, however I would want to know the thickness of the wood and also what it has been treated with and how long this treatment will last.
Layers are built differently to meat birds and have very little meat on them - you can get utility breeds where you keep the hens for their eggs and eat the cockerels, however these are pure breeds so the cockerels mature slower than meat birds so they may be crowing before you cull them.
Staffies are softer than you think.

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Re: Housing what is recommended?
« Reply #23 on: August 12, 2014, 17:53 »
Thanks Joyful  :D here is the link again hopefully it works this time? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131178452821?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT alao what amount of chickens would you say they would both house as I don't believe they would house what it states?

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Re: Housing what is recommended?
« Reply #24 on: August 12, 2014, 19:10 »
the asphalt roof could be a great hiding place for red mites unless it is glued down with tar :(
On average a large fowl will need 12 inches of perching space each, the makers claim they will house 12 small or bantams so really only 8 large fowl at the most.
The first one states that it is big enough for 15 birds well I think they would be rather crowded unless some decide to sleep in the nest boxes. Also you really dont need that many nest boxes, you only need 1 per 3 birds at the most.
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Re: Housing what is recommended?
« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2014, 11:58 »
Thank you  :) I metioned to my son that you guys have said about birds for the table and birds for laying need different things and are different to keep etc. His responce in how come you can't eat an egg laying chicken once it stops laying eggs? I can't answer him can you? I don't understand it all yet (not had time to research).

Many thanks.

You can eat them but once at the end of their laying days they will be tough. Some people cook them very, very slowly or use them to make stock. It also depends on the type of bird, if they are egg layers there, is unlikely to be very little meat on them; you can get dual purpose birds but ideally they need to be eaten young. I used to keep dual purpose birds so that if I bred from them we could eat the males - and we did! Lovely. :)
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted!!

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Re: Housing what is recommended?
« Reply #26 on: August 16, 2014, 16:01 »
I don't want any boys as not sure the neighbours would like it so looks like it will be egg layers and possibly some dual birds to eat can they go in with each other? I know someone earlier said that meat birds need different things but not sure if duel birds do? Sorry for all of the questions.

joyful would you recommend the first link then depending on thickness etc? I will ask the seller. What would you say would be the right/ideal thickness of wood? What should I avoid for treatment of the wood?

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Re: Housing what is recommended?
« Reply #27 on: August 17, 2014, 10:20 »
In an ideal world you would keep meat and egg birds separately. You can keep dual purpose birds for eggs and meat but if kept together you would not get as much meat on them. Alternatively you could keep the birds for meat separately for the last few weeks and feed accordingly. Dual purpose birds will take longer to grow before they are ready to cull eg Light Sussex 20 to 24 weeks as a guide only. :)


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