Tessa the Duchess Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Someone on my local freecycle group is offering the following book. 'Chicken Tractor-The permaculture guide to happy hens and healthy soil' Anyone know anything about this book, read it? I am thinking of getting it as it's free Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Get your request in quick before it's gone! If it's no good, freecycle it back again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Get your request in quick before it's gone! If it's no good, freecycle it back again! too right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 Snowy wrote: Get your request in quick before it's gone! If it's no good, freecycle it back again! Good point I sort of doubt there will be a rush to own this book though, not many chickenkeepers in my neck of the woods. i'll e.mail and see if I'm lucky Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xScrunchee Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Good luck, I hope that you get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 I got the book, plus another one all about making hen houses AND I posted a wanted ad on Freecycle for a Weights bench for my son for Christmas, tonight I got an e.mail from somebody offering me one. Things are looking up, good old Freecycle. Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Love a happy ending! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 That's great - we await the book review! (and pictures of all the home made runs you'll be building now!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 Snowy wrote: That's great - we await the book review! (and pictures of all the home made runs you'll be building now!) I'll probably give the run building book to DH, big hint and one of my NY resolutions is to learn how to post pics to this forum and find a cool avatar piccy. Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Snowy wrote: That's great - we await the book review! (and pictures of all the home made runs you'll be building now!) I'll probably give the run building book to DH, big hint and one of my NY resolutions is to learn how to post pics to this forum and find a cool avatar piccy. Tessa How about this one Tessa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 Snowy wrote: How about this one Tessa? Hmmm, a bit too cute for me I am however impressed with your tech abilities, I've read that FAQ item about posting avatars about 6 times and each time I think, Oh well, one day Just to briefly go back to the books I scored on freecycle. When I went to pick them up, we naturally got chatting about chickens, as you do The lady told me that she used to have an Eglu with 3 girls until one night last summer, she went to lock their run for the night, apparently she was more than a little tiddly and couldn't locate the stick thingie that goes through the door loops so put a brick against the door instead. She also used to close the Eglu door but not lock it as her chickens had learned to let themselves out in the morning. During the night a fox moved the brick got in the run opened the door and took all 3 just a few feathers left She said she felt so guilty she sold the Eglu, and would never keep chickens again. Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 They certainly are cunning and determined. What a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Oh dear, thats such a shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 When James delivered my Eglu he made a point of telling us not to weigh down the skirt of the run with bricks. Apparantly foxes try to dig up against the wire (and can't) but the brick moves them back 6" so they can tunnel under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolatedog Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Ah - I didn't know that - unfortunately we have to weigh the edges down as the ground isn't quite flat so the skirt doesn't sit totally flush to the ground and I reckoned that foxes would be more likely to be able to get under if the skirt was lifting than if it was weighed down at various points. The reason for the ground not being totally flat is that we have a lot of trees in our garden and the tree roots mean that the ground level isn't flat......mind you, foxes would probably have difficulty digging through tree roots!! (I hope...... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
