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[maxinediana]

Can one use a spare set of Eglu roosting bars as a way of the chickens perching outside of their house, in the walk-in-run, or do the bars have to be higher up on the ground eg like a shoe rack is?

[Spinning Top]

I may have misunderstood you but if you mean can you leave them on the ground, I don't think your girls would use them. They like to get up high.........

[WitchHazel]

You could put them on bricks to give the Girls a bit of height.

[maxinediana]

Dear Witchazel and Spinning Top

 

Thanks for your replies. Yes, I did mean just plonking the bars on the ground - but do realise they are not much more than a few inches above the ground. I don't have any bricks and would be afraid they might dislodge and fall on them. I think the shoe rack is a good idea, but am veering towards the perch in Flytes so Fancy brochure although it is only 4" above the ground. It is also pressure treated timber. Thanks again...Maxine

[Spinning Top]

Hi Maxine,

A shoe rack might not have wide enough bars to perch on but you don't need to spend a lot of money on ready made perches. If it's any help, this is what we did:

- I saved the tyres when my husband got the ones on his motorbike changed and 'planted' them with about 1/3 buried, filling the rim with soil to anchor them in place. This leaves approx 2/3 making an arch about a foot above the ground. The bigger girls choose these. If you're not due to change your tyres I'm sure you could get some old ones from a garage / Quickfit.

- We took the poles out of an old windbreak, hammered 2 into the ground and secured another one between them, about 3 feet up. That takes about 4 girls at a time...

Hope this helps

Liz

[maxinediana]

Thanks, Spinning Top (Liz) for those interesting solutions. I like both of them and will have to look out for similar poles to a windbreak. I don't have wheels!!!! I could ask someone to take me to Quickfit - which is a good idea of yours. Perhaps I could find uselss Bentley tyres!!!! Something posh for them!!!! Maxine

[Spinning Top]

Thanks, Spinning Top (Liz) for those interesting solutions. I like both of them and will have to look out for similar poles to a windbreak. I don't have wheels!!!! I could ask someone to take me to Quickfit - which is a good idea of yours. Perhaps I could find uselss Bentley tyres!!!! Something posh for them!!!! Maxine

 

I like the Bentley idea Have a look in discount shops for a windbreak - even if you buy a new one it'll be cheaper than perches (ours was about 6 quid) - the poles are nice and smooth and the fabric might be useable as a shade on the run.

[maxinediana]

Liz that is a brilliant idea. You are so inventive! I have various covers on the WIR - some green and most clear plus some polythene on the corners! I shall look for a windbreak when I go into town tomorrow. Thanks Maxine

[Margaret]

Mine are a few feet of the ground. OH used two L shaped shelf brackets drilled into corner of WIR and I use cable ties to hold them on. Easy to clean us just cut ties off when dirty, wash and put back on.

[maxinediana]

Thanks Margaret.

 

Whatever I get I have deicded it has to be more than 1 ft off the ground.

 

Maxine