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Title: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: valr on May 29, 2010, 08:54:58 pm
Hi
I have decided to get some hatching eggs and so will need separate accommodation for the broody and eggs/chicks. Does anyone have anything suitable to sell? I am in Falkirk area but can travel. Thanks for reading! :wave:
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: Roxy on May 30, 2010, 12:00:20 am
I am after the very same thing, but in Derbyshire!!  Have been bidding on ebay.  Started off on chicken arks, and seems everyone wants them, and bids like mad, so they go for lots of money. Thought I would have better luck on the rabbit hutches, but they too seem to be in great demand.

Good luck, maybe more available in your neck of the woods.
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: Daveravey on May 30, 2010, 12:06:58 pm
Try Gumtree or Preloved.

There's always a few on those sites
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: AlexInLincs on May 30, 2010, 01:43:06 pm
Hi,

Have you tried the "preloved" web site? We recently sold 2 rabbit hutches on there. Both were in really good condition (practically brand new). One went for £30 and the other £50 so much cheaper than if bought new or a chicken arc.
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: valr on May 30, 2010, 02:16:01 pm
Thanks for the tips - will try Gumtree and Preloved (never heard of that one!) Hope you find something Roxy. I too noticed the high prices on ebay...
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: daniellestocks on May 30, 2010, 03:21:29 pm
Join your local freegle and ask if anyone has a spare or old one they dont want? I did the same and got one given to me the next day  :)
also give away the things you dont want it great
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: bevsmith on May 30, 2010, 04:48:18 pm
HI ROXY, have P,MD U,have a hutch u may be interested in,BEV
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: valr on May 30, 2010, 10:11:17 pm
Thanks Danielle I tried that! No luck. I gave away a load of stuff on it today - great to declutter!
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: Roxy on May 31, 2010, 12:35:24 am
I have been looking on preloved, but nothing in my area unfortunately - well, yes, but those I rang about had been snapped up.

Thanks, Bev, have messaged you about your hutch.
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: cooper956 on June 01, 2010, 05:54:33 pm
what sort of thing are you looking at and what sort of price i make all our own  and may make a few to sell im in north derbyshire (hope valley).
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: Roxy on June 02, 2010, 12:26:20 am
I am sorted now Cooper, thanks to Bevsmith.

But, I do think you should make some chicken arks to sell.  I travelled over to Chesterfield a while back to collect one a man had made. He was very busy over there making chicken coops etc. 

I am involved with Battery hen rescue, and quite a few are rehomed round High Peak/Hope Valley - its quite popular for rehoming them here.  So, people will want hutches etc.
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: cooper956 on June 02, 2010, 11:17:19 am
iv made some with intenshion to sell but for some reson we always end up useing them  ::) 
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: Roxy on June 02, 2010, 12:12:28 pm
Yes, same here. OH made me some coops, I filled them with chickens, broody hens etc.  This years chicks arrived, and need yet more coops.  I think perhaps at 80  hens, its not that I have too few coops, its too many hens!!!
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: cooper956 on June 03, 2010, 12:07:20 pm
yes we ar past 80 more like 60 layers (large foul) 50 bantoms 5 broodys sitting 30 odd chicks at difrent stages 18 ducks :&> and then there are the sheep  :sheep: ::) 
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: Roxy on June 03, 2010, 01:35:11 pm
OMG .....I thought I had a lot!!  It takes me forever to feed and water them all, especially in this hot weather, when they seem to drink gallons of water, which I have to carry.
Title: Re: Wanted - chicken ark or rabbit hutch
Post by: cooper956 on June 03, 2010, 04:45:18 pm
long water pipe and  barals and toughs set up here and there make it easyer use mainly all large water drinkers that last each pen about 2 days and are easy to clean had lots of types of drinkers but these seam the best all round and the layers shed has auto drinker feed from a high mounted 20 ex army water cans u just swap now and then whe needed slowly geting there with setup makeing it best all round

and feeders like these some fill everyday and in pens last a few days (http://www.moorlandspoultry.co.uk/ximages/feed-drink/green-plastic-feeders.jpg)