Solitary chicken - need advice

[Clash City Rocker]

Should arrive tomorrow (05.06.09), the day after my favourite chicken died.

[Plum]

Wonderful news. How sad Jo didn't live to see it.

[Guest]

Good luck

Glad to hear you have succeeded and sorry to hear about poor chicken

 

indie

[Cooks]

I am so glad about the cube Clash! but sorry to hear about Jo bless her

[Mrs Frugal]

Great news, Clash. Hope you have more luck with this one. So sorry to hear about Jo though .

[Jules.]

Bittersweet x

[ubereglu]

That's brilliant news, sorry to hear about your favourite chicken though,

[Ain't Nobody Here]

How sad, poor little Jo .

 

Fingers crossed for this cube . (Will you be doing a rain dance or just getting the hose out ?)

[poachedegg]

Hope this one is more straight forward than the last one.

 

Shame about Jo. x

[Clash City Rocker]

My Replacement Cube (housing only) was delivered and installed sometime today.

 

The only difference that I can see from the leaking Cube which was taken away is that there is no "Conversion Kit" fitted to the new Cube, though the Back Panel on the Replacement Cube appears to be exactly the same design as my old Cube.

 

Are all new Cube's now supplied without a "Conversion Kit" ?

 

I don't know whether to pray for rain or not.

 

Edit to add photo of Conversion Kit (below).

 

[Falkor]

Is that a pic of your old cube?

[Clash City Rocker]

Is that a pic of your old cube?

 

Yes, the Old Cube (leaking one) End Panel with a "Conversion Kit" fitted to it.

 

Are the newer Cubes fitted with the Conversion Kit ?

[Jules.]

Could you post a photo of your new cube back panel & the back of your side panels where the water funnels down from the roof so that we can compare?

 

Has it rained as hard overnight where you are as it has here?

[Clash City Rocker]

Could you post a photo of your new cube back panel & the back of your side panels where the water funnels down from the roof so that we can compare?

 

 

They look the same to me but the new one does not have a conversion kit.

 

 

 

 

[littleleicesterfox]

I got my cube about a month ago and there was no mention of a 'conversion kit' and so I assume that these are not supplied any more; I don't have any problem with leaks - we have had some horrendous rain and I checked the cube and we are fine

[Redwing]

I am glad you got it sorted.

 

Perhaps they have made some minor design change, maybe something is a few millimetres different/thicker than before so it might be hard to see. I can see you had rain, did it leak?

[Cooks]

I always understood that there was a problem with 'some' older cubes and therefore the conversion kit was supplied, however it was rectified and therefore newer models no longer need it.

 

But having just bought my cube early this year, it does have the black rubber bits already fitted.

[Guest]

I got my cube about a month ago and there was no mention of a 'conversion kit' and so I assume that these are not supplied any more; I don't have any problem with leaks - we have had some horrendous rain and I checked the cube and we are fine

 

 

Yep I am the same( probably about 8 weeks no conversion kit and it has rained plenty and mine is on outside of wir under a very young drippy apple tree..my cube does have small gaps but nothing has leaked so far(I read your original posts and did keep looking at first to see if the poo trays or nest was wet etc ..just in case) but nothing has leaked.

 

Hope this is an improved product then or you were very unlucky...very unlucky but hoping its all fixed and ship shape now indie

[Jules.]

CCR on your new back panel it has moulded plastic bits already there where the foam conversion kit would have gone, or so it looks to me.

Does it have little moulded "drainpipes" too on the side panels where they flow into the back panel, ie where the conversion foam strips would be?

You also have the "J" shaped handles & I bet you have a big run door now

[Cooks]

that is exactly how my back panel is with the side panels having little black rubber tubing guiding the water away.

[Clash City Rocker]

CCR on your new back panel it has moulded plastic bits already there where the foam conversion kit would have gone, or so it looks to me.

 

Does it have little moulded "drainpipes" too on the side panels where they flow into the back panel, ie where the conversion foam strips would be?

 

You also have the "J" shaped handles & I bet you have a big run door now

 

The old back panel also had "moulded plastic bits". We just added the conversion kit to it.

 

"big run door" - No. I only had the housing replaced, I kept my original run & extension.

[Redwing]

I wouldnt fret too much about what it looks like - surely the only question that needs to be answered is does it leak? if it doesnt then it doesnt matter what it looks like

[Cooks]

very good point Tasha

[Jules.]

Quite right, Cookie & Tasha

[ubereglu]

So, does it leak? Did they collect the old one in the end or do you still have it?