What makes a chicken coop easy to live with?

[happyhen_6]

Have taken delivery of our 'in perfect working order' (!!) eglu from e-bay and purchased all the spares that we thought we needed and are now trying to assemble - can someone please explain how the bolts and washers work? There are 4 plastic threaded stubs on the eglu and I can't work it out !

[laurmurf]

the library has eglu instructions - that's where I downloaded mine from. The screws and washers attach the run to the top and sides of the front of the eglu - does that make sense?

[happyhen_6]

I have printed out the instructions, and they did look simple enough - there just doesn't appear to be any holes for the bolts to go into! I'm really sorry if I'm being dim.

[Egluntyne]

Sounds to me as if the plastic threaded stubs you refer to are broken bolts which have been left in the hole.

 

This was a common problem and so Omlet changed the original plastic bolts to metal bolts.

 

You need to figure out a way of removing them before you can insert the new bolts.

 

Naughty of the seller to do this.

[happyhen_6]

Sounds to me as if the plastic threaded stubs you refer to are broken bolts which have been left in the hole.

 

This was a common problem and so Omlet changed the original plastic bolts to metal bolts.

 

You need to figure out a way of removing them before you can insert the new bolts.

 

Naughty of the seller to do this.

 

 

Thanks - that does sound as though it makes sense - off I go to do bolt removal!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Welcome to the forum, HappyHen_6 . Hope you've managed to get the bolts out (that was a bit mean of the seller ).

[Cooks]

naughty seller

 

Welcome HappyHen_6. Let us know how you get on.

[Christian]

Try a pair of pliers and some oil to loosen the bolt Happyhen! Good luck and welcome to the forum

[happyhen_6]

Thank you all very much for your help. We managed to get the bolts out and our eglu assembled in time to still collect our chickens yesterday afternoon. Very happy!!

[Cooks]

oh that's great news! I am glad to hear that all went well.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

That's great news, HappyHen . So, where are the photos of your new girlies ?

[Cooks]

yes well pointed out ANH , photos please infact I think it should be a compulsory membership requirement that we see photos asap :lol:

[Egluntyne]

Thank you all very much for your help. We managed to get the bolts out and our eglu assembled in time to still collect our chickens yesterday afternoon. Very happy!!

 

Fantastic. Any pictures yet, and what have you called them?

[happyhen_6]

Hello Again

 

Have managed to add details of girls and their names - still working on the photos!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Lovely names . Emminently suitable for chickens .

 

I use Flickr for my photos (prefer it to Photobucket)!