4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[pbfhpunk]

My glug leaks! I've had to lower it so that the chickens can drink out of it like the regular glug as even though they use it how it was designed to be used when we filled a bowl up with water they drank a lot more and now it's lowered they deffo drink a lot more, nyway - first I noticed that it leaks at the back and appears to be cracked all the way down from where the things that hook over the wire are, and then we filled it on saturday night after the chickens were in bed and by sunday morning it was totally empty and the ground underneath was soaked so it looks like the bits at the bottom are leaking too.

 

I got the cube in April is it too late to ask for a replacement? and what do I do in the time I send the old one off and get a new one?

 

Also does anyone else wish that the cube came with a bigger feeder as for my 6 the amount it holds doesn't last long and would deffo not keep them going for a weekend if we went away - we're off for a week in 20 days and god knows what I'm going to do with regards to them being looked after!

 

Thanks

 

Helen

[The Dogmother]

I'd definitely ring Omlet and ask for a replacement.

 

I have 10 hens and I used trough feeders so that they can all get to eat. I found that the grubs just weren't big enough.

[Egluntyne]

I would contact them too, as they are unlikely to read about it here.

[Scottie]

I use hanging trough feeders which I got from Solway Feeders - I bought 3 of them, although only use 2 for 6 hens. The feeders cost about £2.90 each and are galvanised. I really did this beceuse the omlet ones wouldn't fit on our weldmesh run, but am really happy with them.

 

Sheila

[The Dogmother]

I've got a couple of those too Sheila - they're fab, aren't they?

[Scottie]

They are really good and the delivery time was really short. It does say somewhere to be careful not to put apple cider vinegar in them, but I would use the super glug for that anyway.

 

Our last two hens couldn't work out the super glug at all, but fortunately all the new girls have it sorted!

 

Sheila

Edited June 2, 2008 by Guest

[The Dogmother]

I use large 1 litre bunny bottles for my girls water - they kept washing their feeet in the glugs and the water was always filthy. Glugs are good for putting pellets in.

[pbfhpunk]

Claret

 

So do you put that at ground level and fill it with pellets?

 

I've just called omlet and spoke to Johannes they're sending a new glug, I also asked about large feeders and that's something they're looking into, I also asked about the leaking cube kit things and he said they're being sent in chronological order.

 

Helen

[The Dogmother]

Claret

 

So do you put that at ground level and fill it with pellets?

 

I've just called omlet and spoke to Johannes they're sending a new glug, I also asked about large feeders and that's something they're looking into, I also asked about the leaking cube kit things and he said they're being sent in chronological order.

 

Helen

I latch it on so that the bottom is almost on the ground - they hold quite a lot.

 

I think we need to hassle more about bigger feeders; Johannes was intrigued with my troughs etc last time he saw them and I explained that the grubs just aren't big enough. They are also difficult for my smallest girls to get into. I have a couple of the clip on Solway Feeders' troughs that someone else has mentioned in another thread.

 

 

The bunny bottles are great and they all seem happy using them, even the smaller girls

[TAJ]

I have one that has taken to scooping out all the food in the grub on to the floor - not by accident she just gets all the food on the floor and then eats (some of) it from the floor. I have hung up a 4kg plastic feeder which keeps them going when we are away & she cannot empty that one onto the floor.

 

Tracy