Comments on: Hen house http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/ This blog is about the things that make me smile, rant or shake my head in consternation. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:13:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Gwales http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-51543 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:56:08 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-51543 Hi did you finnish pallet coop, Hi did you finnish pallet coop,

]]> by: exmonkey http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-31801 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:59:45 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-31801 I think another cheap(ish) option is to buy a small garden shed and convert it. I think another cheap(ish) option is to buy a small garden shed and convert it.

]]> by: eddie http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-31494 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:27:31 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-31494 thats a nice hen house, there are loads on the net but i will copy your one. have a small converted kennel at the moment. thanx thats a nice hen house, there are loads on the net but i will
copy your one. have a small converted kennel at the moment.

thanx

]]> by: exmonkey http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-17554 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:55:22 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-17554 we are vegetarian too - so on reflection, we won't be wringing an necks. We now have 5 chickens - <a href='http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/08/28/new-chickens/' rel="nofollow">see here</a> - good luck with yours, fresh eggs are great. we are vegetarian too - so on reflection, we won’t be wringing an necks.

We now have 5 chickens - see here - good luck with yours, fresh eggs are great.

]]> by: Meg http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-17553 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:24:26 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-17553 *reads* Im 14, but Im eagerly planning to get some hens when I have a house of my own. Ive been doing loads of research.XD I plan to get a green eglu with two hens (come with it) a pure breed of my choice and a battery hen :3. And as for wringing their necks...x__x aww how cruel. Cant you just give them away or something? killing them after all they have laid and stuff...Im a vegetarian though, so =/. *reads* Im 14, but Im eagerly planning to get some hens when I have a house of my own. Ive been doing loads of research.XD I plan to get a green eglu with two hens (come with it) a pure breed of my choice and a battery hen :3.

And as for wringing their necks…x__x aww how cruel. Cant you just give them away or something? killing them after all they have laid and stuff…Im a vegetarian though, so =/.

]]> by: exmonkey http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-12363 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:35:37 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-12363 The base is one pallet, with the gaps filled in with smaller bits of pallet wood. The front height is about the width of a pallet. The sides and rood were made from the flat bits that make up the bult of the pallet, with cross members being used for the top edges and corners. In all, I would say that I used around 8 pallets (maybe more - some didn't break up very well). If I was to do it again, I would put the side pallet wood on horizontally and overlapping, to make it more watertight and draft proof. The base is one pallet, with the gaps filled in with smaller bits of pallet wood.

The front height is about the width of a pallet.

The sides and rood were made from the flat bits that make up the bult of the pallet, with cross members being used for the top edges and corners.

In all, I would say that I used around 8 pallets (maybe more - some didn’t break up very well).

If I was to do it again, I would put the side pallet wood on horizontally and overlapping, to make it more watertight and draft proof.

]]> by: leroy bowen http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-12352 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:22:13 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-12352 What kind of specifics can you give? How many pallets were used, overall size, etc? What kind of specifics can you give? How many pallets were used, overall size, etc?

]]> by: exmonkey http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-11643 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:08:08 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-11643 Look <a href="http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/29/all-done/">here</a> If I'd have been better at stripping the pallets I might have been able to do it with far fewer. Also, I learned that there are a huge range of different types - some are really shit for making anything. I will upload a few more pics to flickr and post them here when I have uploaded them. Have you put the broody hen house on the internet? It may be the one I found which inspired me to build mine. Look here

If I’d have been better at stripping the pallets I might have been able to do it with far fewer. Also, I learned that there are a huge range of different types - some are really shit for making anything.

I will upload a few more pics to flickr and post them here when I have uploaded them.

Have you put the broody hen house on the internet? It may be the one I found which inspired me to build mine.

]]> by: Trevor1005 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-11641 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:28:37 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-11641 Like the look of your hen house. I too build from pallets and am thinking about putting together a further guide for novices to follow. I did one previously for a 'broody house and run'. I don't consider it 'tight arsed' especially when BBC Breakfast suggest there is a UK wood shortage and 6ft x 6ft fence panels are selling for £80 each now. Have you got any more pics of the house completed? Would be happy show a few of mine if I knew how to post a pic. First section of the guide will be 'How to strip down a pallet' which is the bit most people give up on. Like the look of your hen house. I too build from pallets and am thinking about putting together a further guide for novices to follow. I did one previously for a ‘broody house and run’. I don’t consider it ‘tight arsed’ especially when BBC Breakfast suggest there is a UK wood shortage and 6ft x 6ft fence panels are selling for £80 each now.

Have you got any more pics of the house completed? Would be happy show a few of mine if I knew how to post a pic.

First section of the guide will be ‘How to strip down a pallet’ which is the bit most people give up on.

]]> by: exmonkey http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-9148 Tue, 01 May 2007 07:25:34 +0000 http://www.unitedbyyucca.com/2007/04/15/hen-house/#comment-9148 the perch is round - it's a curtain pole from Ikea that never got used. I will attack it with a plane this very night. Ringing necks... tricky one this. I have to dispatch mortally wounded birds and mice on a weekly basis as my cats are good hunters but have not follow through. I guess I'll have to deal with the chicken issue in three-four years time. I've always said that I would be more amenable to eating meat if I reared it myself, but in practice I'm note sure what I'd do. I recognise that in order to get closer to our ultimate dream of living in a small holding, I need to become a little more hardened to the reality of having livestock. I've always had a poor opinion of people who keep livestock as pets, because it seems so indulgent and wasteful. the perch is round - it’s a curtain pole from Ikea that never got used. I will attack it with a plane this very night.

Ringing necks… tricky one this. I have to dispatch mortally wounded birds and mice on a weekly basis as my cats are good hunters but have not follow through. I guess I’ll have to deal with the chicken issue in three-four years time.

I’ve always said that I would be more amenable to eating meat if I reared it myself, but in practice I’m note sure what I’d do.

I recognise that in order to get closer to our ultimate dream of living in a small holding, I need to become a little more hardened to the reality of having livestock. I’ve always had a poor opinion of people who keep livestock as pets, because it seems so indulgent and wasteful.

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