recycled ideas

orientalfowl · **Joined:** Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:54 pm **Posts:** 1

We turned an old rose shade house into a chook pen so I guess thats recycling harhar the best part was we did need to do anything as the shade cloth was still in good condition so we just added chooks

troppogirl · **Joined:** Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:02 pm **Posts:** 11

b&p wrote:

I re-vamped an old wardrobe as a brooder. Takes up less room (as holds more chicks in 1 unit and looks great. Needs another shelf put in it so I have 3 brooders and a door bottom left for storage area.

That looks orsum b&p

kirstyhyde · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:54 am

I have been looking at an old swing set that the previous owners of our farm left behind. It has no swings left and is an "A" Frame design, all I think I would have to do is cut the legs down a little and cover it in some chicken wire.

warmblood · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:09 pm

We are converting an old BBQ to go into one of our coops. It has a tray under the elements which can act as a tray under roosts.

phillip whitehead · **Joined:** Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:34 am **Posts:** 2

Well my coop was a second hand out of the paper at a cost of $50 a bargain considering I only need to patch up the wire. My next recycle of sorts was to buy ex battery hens 6 of them so every thing is recycled one way or the other

Fluffy_Feet · **Posted:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:08 pm

we just used an old wooden cupboard cut a few windows in with the jigsaw added a few latches to the doors...one chicken house!

phillip whitehead · **Joined:** Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:34 am **Posts:** 2

A friend did the same thing with a 2 door cupboard from bunnings cost $69.00 made 12 egg boxes. He is making me one

DarceyBlackwell · **Joined:** Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:59 am **Posts:** 1

Has anyone used the recycled tyres as horse feeders?

oozcorpse · **Joined:** Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:15 am **Posts:** 2715

Yep sure have - and I use the old large tractor tyres as dust baths for the birds = I get one of the lads from the tyre place to cut one side away so no water can sit in it and fill it with rice hulls - instant 'dust' bath - the tractor tyres work best with my brids coz they are a touch on the big side - car tyres are fine for smaller and bantam birds

myday · **Joined:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:05 pm **Posts:** 2

Love all the pictures of your recycling, pat on the back to all of you

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