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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Clansman on January 06, 2015, 10:50:13 pm
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I've picked up a load of used chick feed trays and drinkers from a commercial poultry farm.
They've changed the equipment they use for rearing chicks to an automated system.
These are made by BEC, to buy them new the trays are around £4, the drinkers around £5
If anyone wants some please just cover the postage or pick them up and you can have as many as you like. (I have hundreds)
The feed trays are 40mm diameter and 2" deep, they'd be ok for ducks and geese too.
The drinkers are 5 litre capacity and are the type I use for rearing my own chicks, they can be used for larger birds, chickens and turkeys will drink out of them no problem, not great for ducks or geese, the lip is too narrow and the water too shallow for them.
I sit them on the floor for chicks, on a piece of 2" slab for adult quail and up on a couple of bricks for chickens.
These have a solid base, they are not the type that you turn and lock into place with the three tabs in the slots that always seem to leak through the bottom, these ones don't leak :)
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I'm heading to Scottish National Poultry Show at Lanark this Sunday, if anyone wants some of these I shall have a boot full of them with me ;D
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I wouldnt mind some please Clansmen-be nice to finally meet you as well :) What sort of time as am meeting up with some others as well?
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Anytime that suits you.
i'm planning to be there before 9 and stay most of the day, hopefully catch the Scots Grey AGM too :thumbsup:
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oh, I'll defo try and make that!
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I'll be at the Scots Grey meeting. I'm a big fella with the hairy top lip please say hello.
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Will do :thumbsup:
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Am not sureI will make it-we have about 6 inches of snow and although we made it out today, stupid here parked her car by the house friday night (OH came back late and left his at top of drive). Although I have winter tyres and the clio is quite game, I'm not sure she can cope with 200ft of 10% incline over that much snow. So we'll have to dig out tomorrow-what with the snow making everything else such as doing the horses slower I am not sure I'll have time.
The gales on wednesday weakened my pens and the snow did for them so I currently have all the hens out with my old cockerel, two others sharing a stable, two others in large crates in the hay barn. The snow is very pretty though :)
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Thank you clansman drinkers arrived today , your a star !!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :)
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you're welcome :thumbsup:
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Anyone else after some of these?
I'm carrying some around with me in the car/van now and giving them away to anyone that isn't quick enough :)
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Mine arrived today, thanks so much :thumbsup:
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Anyone else after some of these?
I'm carrying some around with me in the car/van now and giving them away to anyone that isn't quick enough :)
you around Lanark at all soon?
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maybe next week.
How many dozen would you like? :excited:
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lol-well, 1/2 dozen drinkers and chick trays if you have them. Am not in a rush but will put dibs on them ;D
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I've got about 1800 to find homes for before we get to the dibs stage! ;D
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crikey!
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Yes please!
If you don't mind posting........ :-)
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Yes please!
If you don't mind posting........ :-)
pm me your address, I can post pretty much anywhere in the UK for around £8.50ish
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Hiya, did you get my pm?
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Yep.
Sorry folks, just home from a long week down South (working) will get them all shipped out this week :thumbsup:
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Do you still have any left please?
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Sure do, still got a load to post out too but it shall definitely be done this week! :innocent:
pm me your address and i'll get some off for you.
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How's that posting going... :innocent: ;D
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Sorry folks! still working down South, i'll be home tomorrow and I WILL post everything out this week! :eyelashes:
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Would be interested. I am near Galston so think you might be a near neighbour. Could I drop by and get one or two please?
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Sorry no, you'll have to take a dozen of each! :innocent:
Yeah no problem, i'll pm you my number :excited:
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That would be great, look forward to getting your message, thanks :excited:
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Did you get round to posting this weekend?
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Hi again Clansman, still waiting to hear from you, didn't get your original message and have sent you a PM but no answer, did I do something to upset you? :wave:
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I dunno, what have you done? :excited:
Replied to your pm, sorry not be on much recently.
Just home this weekend so I'll catch up on all the posting in the next couple of days.
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So.......?
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Hi, just wondering if you have got round to posting the feeders etc yet? Sorry to keep nagging but It's now 6 weeks since it spoke to you about it.
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Sorry folks, i didn't realise these hadn't been sent! :-\
I've been travelling up and down to blackpool these last few months and left a load of parcels for the courier to collect in the blackpool unit last time i was down.
After Clares message I checked with Blackpool and they're still there!
I've rebooked the collection for tomorrow on a 48 hour delivery
Sorry all! :-[
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Don't suppose u pass Abington services on any of your travels? That is if u have any left? Got some due to hatch next week, could always have a day trip to Ayrshire if u are about too????
Mandy
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I certainly do!
In fact I passed them not an hour ago! :excited:
I'll give you a shout next time i'm down that way
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Mine still not arrived....should they have?
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:innocent:
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Thanks clansman
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I see Clansman's not been on here for a couple of weeks. Has anyone heard from him about the drinkers/feeders?
He's giving them away free, so I hate to nag, but it's over two months since I sent him the postage. Has anyone else had theirs?
???
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i still havent had mine. i'm planning to pm him again next week if they are still not here.
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Bumping this so it's not forgotten!
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I spoke to Clansman on facebook yesterday and told him the feeders hadn't arrived yet. He is going to check with his warehouse that they were definitely sent and get back to me. i'll let you know what he says
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Well done Clarabelle!
Thanks, keep us updated! :thumbsup:
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Heard anything new Clarebelle?
:fc:
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not yet, i'll send him another message today...
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Anything??
It's been three months now since I sent payment.......
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Sorry, i meant to update you yesterday. I heard from Clansman, he said that the packages still hadnt been sent from his other warehouse because the courier kept rejecting them because mine was for Orkney but he didnt know about this. He said he is going to resend them. fingers crossed. ::)
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So it's YOUR fault then Clare? ;D :P
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Yes!! ;D
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I think this has officially gone beyond a joke now.
I hate to nag or complain but it's been nearly four months since I sent Clansman the money for postage. Okay, it was only £8.50 but I'm not in a position to throw any amount of money down the drain.
I don't bother pm-ing him anymore as I never get an answer.
He's not been on this site for months but he obviously is online as Clarebelle has got in touch with him on Facebook. So it seems he's avoiding this site in particular.
If Clansman has no intention of sending these feeders and drinkers out I would like my money back.
Next time you speak to him on facebook Clarebelle could you please ask him to log in here and sort this out.
:(
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Hi Bex, the orders were re packaged and sent on the 4th June. I'm assuming you haven't got yours yet? I don't have mine either but I expect mine to take a couple of days longer due to the location.
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Mine not come either :-\
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Having offered stuff free on TAS before, for postage only, I can say that I feel for clansman. Packing up lots of parcels, working out who ordered what and getting them collected or taking them to a collection point, all to help other folk out, is time consuming and definitely intrusive into your life.
There are postage contributions I've never received, and even payment for sold items that I've never received in spite of repeated requests. I've decided it's a mug's game, and I'm not doing it any more.
Have you checked whether your postage costs have been taken out of your account? If not, stop the cheque and forget it.
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I paid him more than he asked for the postage as I appreciate the hassle involved, I also paid straight away by PayPal as I didn't want to mess him around......
I don't think we are in the wrong here as he made the offer and we took him up on it.
I haven't complained at all, merely asked if /when the items have been posted as it's been nearly four months.
If he didn't want to post them then why say he's happy to???
Still hoping they arrive but equally happy to have money back if he no longer wants to post, although it's a difficult one to sort out with someone who no longer appears to come on the site :-\
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Yeah, the money came out months ago and I urged him to double and triple check that as I wasn't very confident with all the technical bits.
I hate to sound stroppy - I'm not a moaner and never want to fall out with anyone, but like Sbom said, it's hard to sort it out when Clansman hasn't been on the site or answered any PM's.
I really appreciate that he is giving them away for free and if he had said 'it'll be four months until I can get them to you' I would have said 'no problem, whenever you have the time'.
But now he seems to have disappeared completely, my very synical husband thinks I've been 'internet scammed' and I'm getting it in the ear for sending strangers money (of which we currently have very little).
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Anyone received any?
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Sorry folks, not been on recently.
I paid extra out my own pocket to send these to a couple of Highlands and Islands postcodes as I didn't realise it was going to be significantly more than what I had asked for.
The company I work for has a contact with UPS and although they have now collected them the parcels are at the local depot still as they apparently too large to transport under our contract conditions and will cost Even more to ship.
I think they best thing is if I just refund everyone their money.
If you haven't received a refund by tonight please let me know.
Apologies for messing everyone around, was just trying to help a bit.
If anyone would like to collect some of these from Ayrshire I have loads of them!
Bex and Clare I think you both paid me by bank transfer, can you send me the return details and I'll do it asap
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Hey Clansman! :wave:
Thanks for posting. Sorry to come across all stroppy before. I must have been in a mood. But, I'm a woman. I reserve the right to be irrationally stroppy 3 weeks out of every month! :-J :eyelashes: :innocent:
If it's still all boxed up and ready to go at the couriers, I'll happily send you the extra postage money.
Don't stress yourself out though. If it's all too much hassel I'll hapily take the refund.
Let me know.
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