| Fri, Jul 24 2009 09:50pm BST 1 |
Poultry Talk. com Team
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Designed to create lively discussion and friendly debate on a
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| Sun, Apr 18 2010 07:48pm BST 2 |
weeley
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Hi
I don't know if this is worthy of being a topic, but I'd really
appreciate some advice. We've a great little hen house,
supplied by Rivers Animal Housing, which we bought last summer,
and it's still like new. But I feel I really ought to treat the
wood, just to make sure it stays in good condition for as long
as possible. It's also very 'blonde' wood, and rather stands
out, so I'd like it to be a little darker and less obvious. I
have no idea what to use - is everything on the market alright
for chickens? If I use preservative, do I need to keep the
chickens out for a while? Any comments to stop me making the
wrong decisions would be very gratefully received!
Many thanks
Weeley
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| Fri, Apr 23 2010 10:20pm BST 3 |
Ducklady
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It depends on what you want to achieve. Do you want to water proof
the coop or put some nasty stuff on there to stop bugs eating away
at the wood?
If you want to waterproof the coop use a good quality water based
fence paint like Ducks back (think its made by Cuprinol). Last year
we used a good quality one and a year later the fence is going
green with moss. Previously we used ducks back and it lasted 5
years or more. The good ones have lots of wax in them and you need
less coats to repel the water.
If you want nast stuff use traditional creosote or tanalith (sp?).
Creosote works by toxicity (tars etc) and the tanalith by toxic
level of metals. If using traditional creosote on the inside you
need to keep the chooks out for 3 weeks to be on the safe
side.
I would just do the outside of the coop with whatever you choose.
PM me if you want more info. I used to work for Ronseal in the lab
testing and making the stuff.
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| Wed, Apr 28 2010 10:38am BST 4 |
weeley
77 Posts
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Ducklady, that's very helpful indeed! I think the ducks back stuff
sounds perfect, just want something to prolong the life of the
house, and it sounds as though that will do it. I'll take your
advice and just do the outside too. Thanks very much.
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| Wed, Apr 28 2010 09:55pm BST 5 |
Ducklady
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No problem. I did the inside of one of my sheds with traditional
creosote to stop red mite but it came back so I'm spraying with
poultry shield.
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| Fri, Jul 29 2011 09:34am BST 6 |
Kaeta44
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I didn't think you could get creosote any more.
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| Wed, Oct 5 2011 08:39am BST 7 |
Sorani
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Hi, I am looking for hatching eggs, I mean 10 000 and more. I
couldn't find websites of big hatching egg farms. Can anyone advice
please? Thanks for your help.
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| Wed, Oct 5 2011 09:58pm BST 8 |
Lewis
87 Posts
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Hi,
I have no idea where you would find 10,000 hatching eggs ... or
have the capacity to hatch them?!
What were you looking for, laying birds or broilers?
You'll be best getting in contact with a commercial hatchery and
seeing if they can provide you with eggs or even chicks ... maybe
sexed as otherwise you could be left with 5,000 cockerels...
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