Jill wrote:
> A_ L _P wrote:
>> Can chickens learn to use a cat flap? I have a normal little
>> ex-cupboard hinged door on the chook-house but when I am home late -
>> which isn't very late in the winter but they are already inside on
>> their perches - that door is still open letting the chill draughts
>> in. So I suddenly thought, what if they could use one of those
>> cat/dog flaps that swings shut when they've gone through?
>>
>> Is that such a nutty idea that nobody else has even tried it ? :)
>>
>> A L P
>
> dunno
> You could try hanging some strips of plastic on the door and see if they
> go through that.
> Then work them up through tougher material.
That could be fun - ka-waak plas-tic plas-tic -plas-tic bookbook squawk,
Myrtle, the smelling salts!
>
> Otherwise you could build in a couple of little walls inside the house
> so that the birds go around a corner inside and that way the draught
> would be baffled.
> I will draw it if you do not understand ;)
>
It's OK, I remember the comedy recording about the mousetrap - "so he
goes in there but he can't..." :-)
You mean something like an S but with right angles eh - Ladieeeees
atten-shun! Quick march, left turn, right turn, left turn, at the
double, on_to_your_perches ...and AT EASE!
I'll try the flaps first. Easiest.
A L P
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