What does "Must Have Crate" mean to you?

[gohappy]

Ok, so Im have been re-homing roos for for last few weeks using Craigslist, word of mouth and flyer's. Even though I put "Must Have Crate To Transport" I am surprised at the amount of people that say they will use a box. I even had one person tell me that they would put the roo in the trunk of his car (I DID NOT CALL HIM BACK) Being new to this whole thing Im a little sensitive to seeing an animal put into a box. Am I just overreacting or should I put "Must Bring Metal Cage To Transport"?

 

[Pork Pie]

Cardboard boxes, with holes cut in them are a very common method of transporting chickens in my neck of the woods - even by air. Ventilation is key, since its likely to be summer where you are.

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Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[gohappy]

Cardboard boxes, with holes cut in them are a very common method of transporting chickens in my neck of the woods - even by air. Ventilation is key, since its likely to be summer where you are.

Including your general location, under your avatar will help contextualise your posts / questions.

Best wishes

Pork Pie

I had two different people use a box with no holes. It broke my heart :-(
I should have asked this question on backyardchickens before re-homing started.

 

[Pork Pie]

I had two different people use a box with no holes. It broke my heart :-(
I should have asked this question on backyardchickens before re-homing started.

If it happens again, make the holes in the boxes they bring yourself

 

[PirateGirl]

I have used a crate and I have used a cardboard box. Honestly the box was probably safer and I could just throw out the poopy box when I was done. With a wire cage there are bars that feet/wings/feathers etc. can get caught between during a car ride when the birds could slide around. Also there's some theory that birds are calmer when they can't see (like in a box vs. a wire cage), which is why people cover bird cages at for sleeping or during stressful times.

 

[PirateGirl]

If I read an ad that said "must have crate to transport" I would just think it meant that the seller is not providing me with a box or crate to take them home and the seller is just giving me the birds.

 

[snow5164]

A cardboard box with the flaps just folded in ( not taped), is good for a short distance , honestly the way the breeders metal bird crates looked? I’d have preferred a clean cardboard box ...it’s not a big deal in my opinion

 

[Chickassan]

I don't think anything or anyone should ride in the trunk firstly, lets just get that out there. I've had people do the same, I just calmly walk inside grab my scissors come back out and make swiss cheese out of their box. Even boxes of fried chicken get air holes! But I do agree, in stressful situations a box "with plenty of airflow" is safer than a crate. Iv'e had many wig out and bloody themselves in crates.

 

[Zinjifrah]

I've used a plastic storage container with numerous holes in it, so long as it had a couple inches of substrate in the bottom. I have dog crates, as well. But honestly, I think a cardboard box is actually better. It keeps them in the dark, so that they're less likely to stress out, and the bottom provides more purchase for them to hold on instead of sliding around, without enough room to really go into a flapping panic and risk hurting themselves. Certainly, ventilation is key... and security. A car trunk is not in any way acceptable - most car trunks have exhaust fumes in them, for one thing!

My EE's I wasn't planning on getting. I stopped to ask the woman who had them about fertile eggs. I said I'd go home and bring a container back - before I could make it out of the driveway, she'd grabbed three, stuffed them into a card-stock beer box, and handed it to me. Suffice to say I was a bit flabbergasted, but they made it home just fine, and seemed surprisingly calm about the trip. Fortunately, it was only about a ten minute drive.

 

[Chickassan]

Bud, Miller and Pabst still doing ok?

I've used a plastic storage container with numerous holes in it, so long as it had a couple inches of substrate in the bottom. I have dog crates, as well. But honestly, I think a cardboard box is actually better. It keeps them in the dark, so that they're less likely to stress out, and the bottom provides more purchase for them to hold on instead of sliding around, without enough room to really go into a flapping panic and risk hurting themselves. Certainly, ventilation is key... and security. A car trunk is not in any way acceptable - most car trunks have exhaust fumes in them, for one thing!

My EE's I wasn't planning on getting. I stopped to ask the woman who had them about fertile eggs. I said I'd go home and bring a container back - before I could make it out of the driveway, she'd grabbed three, stuffed them into a card-stock beer box, and handed it to me. Suffice to say I was a bit flabbergasted, but they made it home just fine, and seemed surprisingly calm about the trip. Fortunately, it was only about a ten minute drive.