Feeding advice for bantams (one broody, one moulting)

[Guest]

Yes it was waiting on the doorstep when I got home yesterday.

 

Nice PURPLE cube

 

I might get it put up this weekend BUT there isn't anywhere to put it until Kevin the handyman comes and makes a hole and step into the run. At the moment it's in boxes on the summerhouse verandah but it can't stay there as we are having a party next Saturday.

 

I opened a couple of the boxes, and extracted the PLASTIC ROOSTING BARS. Very handy to show the people on Sundays hen party. Perhaps they should send a set to all hen party hosts....

Edited June 14, 2008 by Guest

[Egluntyne]

Any chance of a decent photo of the roosting bars?

 

The one in the Shop isn't much cop.

 

Congratulations on the Cube.

[Jules.]

Great news Pengy- another "day early" delivery! But with plastic roosting bars......

[Guest]

Awww Jules, you knew mine had the plastic roosting bars.

 

I'll try and take a picture later, or maybe now. I'm not going to use them till tomorrow - I like a nice week of dirty cube to show my hen party attendees - gives them a better idea of the mess and the smell I think.

 

Actually I was surprised they weren't solid plastic - I kinda guessed they would be like the ladder, but they aren't

[Guest]

Here they are...

 

 

and closer up

 

[Egluntyne]

Thanks Peng.

 

They match the light grey of the cube nicely.

 

The pic in the shop made them look much darker.

 

They certainly look as if they will be very easy to clean.

[Guest]

They are a much better match than I thought they would be. Omlet should have photographed them against the cube - like I did!

[Janty]

Wow ... I have been away a while. When did plastic bars arrive?

 

[Egluntyne]

A couple of days ago.

[Janty]

I just wasn't paying attention them ... a bit of a bad confession to come from a teacher really!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

100 lines for you, young lady

 

"I must go and buy a set of the fab new plastic roosting bars"

[ubereglu]

They look a bit flimpsy for me. I think hens might have a little bit of a struggle to hold onto them as they can't wrap their toes completely around them.

[Christian]

I have a set and the hens are fine with them! They are more solid than the wooden bars.

[Egluntyne]

I have a set and the hens are fine with them! They are more solid than the wooden bars.

 

Good to hear....on both counts.

[Blackrocksrock]

I have just ordered mine as the replacement wooden ones broke 1st time I used them as they really did not fit well. Looking forward to easier to clean and the old ones I will try and make a perch in the run

[Cinnamon]

My hens seem really happy on theirs.

Its great having the cube bars in 2 pieces too - much more manageable!

[Guest]

Actually I was surprised they weren't solid plastic

 

Congratulations on your shiny new set of roosting bars!

 

They look great!

 

I also assumed that they were solid plastic from the pictures in the shop... I guess they are like that because of the mould?

 

Not being solid underneath, will make it sligthly harder to clean with a cloth. Although they shouldn't get too dirty and looking at them, they look solid enough to withstand a blast from a pressure washer!

 

Anyway, does anyone know if the Mk2 Eglu roosting bars are the same?

 

Also being hollow, how solid are they with the weight of a heavy breed chicken roosting on them? (I hope they don't bend...)

[Paola]

I have only just found them also I will be ordering a set with a orange shade when OH is at work tomorrow

[The Dogmother]

The mark 2 bars are the same construction Offspring, just a different shape and size. I am delighted with mine and the poos just seem to slide off. I had a beginners hen party on Saturday and they were doing the usual bucket-wash of the eglu - they all remarked on how easy they were to clean.

 

They are very robust - reckon I'd be able to stand on them between two bricks and they wouldn't break... not going to try it though

 

I am delighted.

[Paola]

The mark 2 bars are the same construction Offspring, just a different shape and size. I am delighted with mine and the poos just seem to slide off. I had a beginners hen party on Saturday and they were doing the usual bucket-wash of the eglu - they all remarked on how easy they were to clean.

 

They are very robust - reckon I'd be able to stand on them between two bricks and they wouldn't break... not going to try it though

 

I am delighted.

 

How did you hear about them Clare, was it your contacts with the mothership?

[Cinnamon]

I think they goot them out quite quickly to the first few people who orderd them Paola

Mine arrived very swiftly indeed

[Christian]

 

Anyway, does anyone know if the Mk2 Eglu roosting bars are the same?

 

Also being hollow, how solid are they with the weight of a heavy breed chicken roosting on them? (I hope they don't bend...)

 

They are the same construction OffSpring, hollow underneath.

 

4 chickens, including 2 heavy breeds, were roosting on them last night and they didn't snap. They are very solid

[Paola]

Due to the garden redesign we have put the original run back on the Eglu and binned the one OH made. So today I ordered an orange plastic refresher kit and a glug (gave other peanut to Martin). I cannot wait for them to arrive Simple things and all that

[BeckyBoo]

They look a bit flimpsy for me. I think hens might have a little bit of a struggle to hold onto them as they can't wrap their toes completely around them.

 

Yes I agree, why didn't they make them rounded and "all the way round" if you get my drift? Like the wooden ones but plastic. I find anything to do with chickens that has any edges at all is a pain to clean.

 

Mrs Bertie

[The Dogmother]

I found them very easy to clean, and my girlies have tiny little feet - they haven't had any problems gripping the new bars at all.

 

I really like them.