What have you repurposed while building ?

[Rue00]

I have old mailboxes in the runs that the girls like to lay in - special delivery!

 

[tjo804]

I love that! You always have Hackensack in the mail

This was suppose ta say CHICKENS IN THE MAIL!

Spell check rides again

 

[BantyChooks]

Not on BYC. Catch her on FB once in a while. Last I knew she was down to one chicken, a couple goats, and of course her dogs. She just got operated on again a few weeks ago; seems to be recuperating alright. I think Mike talks to her pretty regularly.

Poor girl, seems like she's in there every other month. Maybe I should get on the bookface train so I can catch up with her. I've tried, but the platform is the last thing in the world from intuitive. I can't even find the home page.

 

[Birdsong 82]

I have old mailboxes in the runs that the girls like to lay in - special delivery!View attachment 1476997

That’s so funny. Saw a knocked over mail box on the side of the road and thought ‘that could be a nesting box ‘. I scavenge from side of the road but think stealing mailbox is no good That’s a big mailbox! And that’s a lovely EE you have!

 

[Rue00]

That’s so funny. Saw a knocked over mail box on the side of the road and thought ‘that could be a nesting box ‘. I scavenge from side of the road but think stealing mailbox is no good That’s a big mailbox! And that’s a lovely EE you have!

Yes, that was my first thought when I found these ones at the property, when we moved in, but I'm always on the look out for unwanted mailboxes, I bought a small one that I have in my vegetable garden to store hand tools and garden gloves etc in too. My EE Frida says thanks for her compliment!

 

[3Xgranny]

We used cat litter buckets for nesting boxes, I love them. They're so easy to clean, I can just hose them out. I had to do that with the one after my husband took this picture...

Is your rabbit in with your chickens? What does he/she eat? Do they dig holes? Very concerned about my bugsy.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

No, he's old and crabby. He has his own cage. I'm not sure if he would dig a hole? We let him hop in the grass but he usually just nibbles and noses. He eats rabbit food from the farm store.

Is your rabbit in with your chickens? What does he/she eat? Do they dig holes? Very concerned about my bugsy.

 

[Bweis13]

I wish I had pictures to show you, but my BIL re-purposed an old wooden baby crib to use as a fence for his run. He has the house and a backyard fence for three sides, so he could use both sides and both ends of the crib as the fence. He put hardware cloth on all of it and uses the ends as gates. It looks beautiful! My brother took an old wooden playpen and turned it into a triangular mini coop. There are so many baby things that they say aren’t safe anymore, so they’re great for repurposing.

 

[skullgrrrl]

Here's my Freecycle article which includes some of the things I've repurposed for my chickens: https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...udget-tips-from-the-queen-of-freecycle.73465/

 

[TomZilla43]

Great thread Rachel! I love the ones where we all get to see different approaches different folks in different areas have and share our Ms/Mr Cheap ideas in chicken keeping'