Poultry Keepers’ Biggest Fear, the Chinese Imported Chicken Coop!
July 5th, 2010They look good in the photo’s of eBay, Amazon and on web-sites, stylish even, and at a really good price. What people don’t realise is you need at least 10 of these chicken coops to see you through the year… I will explain.
They arrive flat-packed and the instructions are in Chinese Mandarin, but this is irrelevant, as the fantastic looking wooden Chinese coop you have just purchased for your new hens isn’t really made of wood. Its made of saw dust, wax and a resin binder so you can make your own holes with a pen/screwdriver wherever you want your screws and bolts to go. Still, its up and ready to go in under 3 hours. Its time for your poultry to go into the new chicken coop. You have placed sawdust down as you love your hens and rightly you want the best for them. I know I do. It’s great, they love it and you go back inside thinking I’ve got myself a bargain there with my £79 chicken coop. I must put a couple of bolts and locks on the nest box though!
Two Weeks later:
You go out to your chicken coop really early this morning because you can’t sleep and wonder ‘Have my hens survived the night’? Last night, you couldn’t shut your hens away properly because of all the rain that had fallen in the afternoon. It had somehow warped/swollen the what was supposed to be wooden poop hole and the lid of the nesting box. Fortunately, Mr. Fox was elsewhere causing havoc and destruction.
Three weeks later:
You still have your hens but you know they are miserable. Its been a wet month and your poultry are getting constantly soaked because your chicken coop leaks in like a colander. Plus, you have mold forming all around the woodwork. You have run out of all bits of wood and chicken wire and wonder what the hell am I going to do next. My Chinese imported chicken coop wasn’t the bargain I thought it was…… I need a chicken coop, and fast.
At http://www.chickencoops.tv/, we only ever use tanalised wood. Tanalised wood is timber immersed in Tanalith solution, which is then forced into the timber under strict pressure treated conditions. What this does is impregnate the wood cells with chemicals which in turn protect the wood from fungal and insect attack. The bottom line is, you might think you are getting a bargain with the cheap chicken coops but in the long run it’s going to cost you, as you will have to get another chicken coop because a cheap coop just doesn’t last. Make sure its tantalized so it keeps its shape and on average, you will only have to treat it every 15 years.
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