bobbi2

I am struggling to find suppliers of animal shelters for chickens goats etc? I am trying to find a plastic shelter to go in a poullailer so I can keep their food dry. I know in the UK there are suppliers but not sure of the name of the item in French. It needs to be an oversized dog kennel really but somehting that houses enough light for the hens to use as a feeding station during the day. I have a photo of what I am looking for but cannot seem to upload it from my ipad. Think it meeds to be a niche for goats which is just a simple plastic curved design. I am sure some of you on here have shelters for livestock and can help. Thanks

Tweedpipe

Wouldn't that be 'une mangeoire poule'?
Or anything HERE
or HERE

bobbi2

Thanks TP. Not a poulailler as such..more this for keeping food dry....
La Ferme de Manon Niche - Abri animaux du prés 440€ <br> OFFRE SPECIALE A EMPORTER Ref 140 122 - La Ferme de Manon : Vente en ligne de matériel d'élevage
Trying to find a cheap one though which seems impossible...even second hand but nothing on LBC.

Chatter Static

Mangeoire volailles � trémie




the roof is a "AUVENT TREMIE GALVA"

http://www.ufs-aviculture.fr/88-tremies-galvanisees

dmu

Isn't there a roof over part of the poulailler (an extension of the hen house) beneath which you can place a conventional feeder to give extra protection from the rain?

bobbi2

No sorry folks. It needs to be like the link. Then it doubles up as a rain shelter. A Poulailler is a roosting and laying shed for hens, something completely different. Those chicken sheds etc are very tiny. The one in my link I can move around, wash down and they can get some shelter a lot easier.

dmu

Fair enough, but, just to be pedantic, "poulailler" in my neck of the woods, covers the whole enclosure, i.e. the fenced-in chicken run and the shed....

bobbi2

Hmm, and type it in online and it shows chicken houses. Anyhow.

dmu

Yes, but in general terms, "poulailler" also covers the fenced-in enclosure, and I automatically thought you had one, with the henhouse within. I always assume too much - my bad!

bobbi2

The run is 14m x 5m and has a height of around 5.3ft with mesh above. Searching for a small livestock plastic building or rainproof dwelling of around 3 or 4ft diameter and no higher than 4-5ft. Most livestock dwellings horrendously expensive and occasion is drawing up blanks atm.

audio

Go to Leroy Merlin or similar, buy the necessary and build it yourself.
It will make a nice therapeutic project for you.

Chatter Static

Personally I would bang a stake into the ground and tie a parasol to it..

audio

cyrian

I saw something like that in a farmyard last year.
It was like a big dog kennel.
They contained young calves destined for the veal trade.
Try farm supplies companies.

bobbi2

The amount of work I have put into my hens run is huge. It will be a bought one this time! thanks for the help.