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

[Electricbarbarella]

Sorry for more stupid questions but I have just bought a metal dustbin (£25 ow) from B & Q and looking at it realised I need one of those elastic clip thingys to make sure it is rat proof, what sort of shops sell them, what are they actually designed for? Also in a metal bin is it opk to keep the food in the garden as I don't think it will fit in my tiny shed/outhouse which is already full of bikes.

[Cooks]

you can normally buy bungee cords in pound shops/cheap shops very easily.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

B&Q sell them too.

 

I got mine from here although unless you want a few it's probably not worth buying them online.

[Stevie]

Cycle shops will sell them too.

[Electricbarbarella]

cool thanks.

[Jules.]

Thanks for this post- I need to get some bungees.

[Hen Watch]

Got mine from Poundland too. They were in packs of 2 which linked together went over the eglu run nicely.....got a few packs...... and guess what..... they cost.....a pound

[Guest]

I got a whole load of them from the Kleeneze catalogue, they were a tenner but theres loads of them - I use them to secure a cover over the run!

 

Louise

[dancing cloud]

I keep all my chicken stuff including food in 2 metal dustbins in their yard. I've not clipped down the lids in any way and have not had any problems with rats - can they lift dustbin lids?

 

I used bungees to fasten down a light tarpaulin over the run to keep out light early in the morning (helps keep it dry in the current monsoon season too ) and got them off ebay, as I never have time to actually go out and shop for things.

[Guest]

garages, Halfords, camping shops

[superjules]

Good old Wilko!

[Gamebird]

There could well be a strain of super-rat but I really don't think it would be capable of getting the lid off a metal bin. Unless there is anybody who knows otherwise.

 

Something chewed through the lid of one of my plastic bins (squirrels ) I used for horse feed but I have never had a problem with metal bins.

 

However, foxes are capable of removing metal bin lids.

[Egluntyne]

I use these cords not so much for preventing rats , but to stop the wind blowing the lid off......which has happened before now.

[Gamebird]

I use these cords not so much for preventing rats , but to stop the wind blowing the lid off......which has happened before now.

I keep my bins in a shed so I never thought of that. :roll: