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Commenced:
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01/01/2006 |
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Submitted:
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02/02/2011 |
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Last updated:
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26/09/2020 |
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Location:
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131 Anambah Road, Maitland, NSW, AU |
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Phone:
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0249320443 |
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Website:
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www.purplepearfarm.com.au |
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Climate zone:
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Warm Temperate |
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Project: Purple Pear Farm
Posted by Mark Brown over 13 years ago
A call from a friend that works for the solar shop in the Hunter Valley alerted me to the opportunity to save the packing crates from landfill and give them a reuse somehow.
I married the opportunity with a need to have a collapsable hen house to be part of a backyard display I was doing for the Field day at Tocal Agricultural College in the Hunter Valley.
The image shows the crate with two extra lids as a roof and infilled with an extra end panel. The space at the top of the crate will be the roosting space for the chickens.
The sides of the crate are removed with a jigsaw and access to the top section is by a ramp/ladder.
The walls were laid out to allow for netting and reinforcement using a broken pine pallet I found that cheaper netting worked best as it allowed for flexability when fixing to the frame in the openings.
The completed item included a door at the back for access to the eggs and a nesting box made from the panel cut for th openings.
The chook house as part of the garden display at Tocal field days. With bees and zone two citrus and mixed plantings of flowers and vegies and herbs.
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