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The Official Forum of the Ameraucana Breeders Club => Housing, Health & Hatching => Topic started by: Jean on September 10, 2011, 12:15:20 PM

Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Jean on September 10, 2011, 12:15:20 PM: Does anyone have any directions/measurements for making travel boxes.

My husband wants to get these done so we can attach them to the trailer and be ready to go.

If you have a link to any sites that would be appreciated too. I am looking for LF and bantam boxes.

If anyone in the PNW plans on going to the show, I have room for two more people and lots of birds.
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: John on September 10, 2011, 12:28:05 PM: I\'m not sure what you mean by travel boxes. Do you have photos or links to sites that show them?
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Jean on September 10, 2011, 12:33:42 PM: Similar to this, but would be a bit shorter. Would house 4-5 birds in their own little cubby. I hope to find one that has an area for feed cups on the front.

(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z187/buffrooster/CarryBox1.jpg)
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: John on September 10, 2011, 12:42:55 PM: The \"attach them to the trailer\" threw me off track. I have a couple similar to that, but haven\'t attached to anything.
I prefer the plastic Pet Taxi units.
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Beth C on September 10, 2011, 01:35:10 PM: Quote

attach them to the trailer

I\'m picturing something like this, but made of wood:

(http://www.jonestrailers.com/Portals/0/images/trailers/hunter.jpg)
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: John on September 10, 2011, 06:58:49 PM: Beth,
Is that your trailer? I\'ve seen that style for dogs.

Jean,
Here are a couple photos of a three piece unit I had for bantams in the top two rows and LF on in the bottom. It slid into my 5\' by 8\' cargo trailer and was held in place by some screws in the floor and wall. The 3 sections stack on top each other. Welded wire doors slide up and down and small plastic can be hung on the wire to feed and water the birds. It worked well for transporting to and from shows.
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Beth C on September 10, 2011, 08:15:41 PM: Quote from: John
Beth,
Is that your trailer? I\'ve seen that style for dogs.

I wish - that sucker is $10K! :o Just trying to picture what Jean meant. No, my birds travel in dog crates in the back of the truck.

I like that 3 piece unit. It would be nice to have something on wheels, and I like that it unstacks, since my truck has a cap.
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Jean on October 01, 2011, 08:32:38 PM: Here is the new \"chicken\" trailer and the boxes my husband built. He didn\'t want to build multiples, so I got about 15 singles.

(http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/5845_trailer.jpg)

ETA: And there is still room for the 8 sebastopols I am bringing.
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Guest on October 01, 2011, 08:35:16 PM: ooohh could we see a close up of one
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Mike Gilbert on October 01, 2011, 08:54:01 PM: Jean, tell me you are not going to turn 8 geese loose on that clean floor! Gaaaah!
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Jean on October 02, 2011, 12:04:15 AM: The geese will be in dog crates.

Here are some closer pics of a couple of the boxes. They aren\'t perfect, but workable for our first try.

(http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/5845_boxes.jpg)

(http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/5845_sideview.jpg)
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: John on October 02, 2011, 11:40:32 AM: You are a lucky girl!
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Beth C on October 02, 2011, 02:27:24 PM: Very nice!
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Cloverleaf Farm on October 03, 2011, 01:47:22 PM: Quote from: Jean
Here is the new \"chicken\" trailer and the boxes my husband built. He didn\'t want to build multiples, so I got about 15 singles.

(http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/5845_trailer.jpg)

ETA: And there is still room for the 8 sebastopols I am bringing.

So.....whatcha doing with the old trailer, and does Rick make those show boxes for \"friends\"?? LOL ;)
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: OldChurchEggery on October 04, 2011, 10:49:12 AM: Jean, are the sides of those travel boxes made out of pegboard or is it luan plyboard with wholes drilled in it? I really like your design.
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Jean on October 04, 2011, 12:05:25 PM: The sides are peg board, the rest is 5 mm super ply. Anything thinner just warps and bends.

Jeanine, the \"DH\" said he will not make anymore and complained the whole time he was doing it. Something about \"I could be fishing....\"
Title: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Cloverleaf Farm on October 04, 2011, 03:22:23 PM: Quote from: Jean
The sides are peg board, the rest is 5 mm super ply. Anything thinner just warps and bends.

Jeanine, the \"DH\" said he will not make anymore and complained the whole time he was doing it. Something about \"I could be fishing....\"

LOL Yeah...I could see that! haa haa haa

What are the dimensions on those? I might have to print the pics and give my retired FIL a project! :)
Title: Re: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Schroeder on October 13, 2012, 02:50:27 PM: Some of the plastic poultry traveling crates are advertised at only 11" or 15" high. Is it best not to have enough room for the chickens to stand erect? What if the birds are about to be shown? Whether I decide to buy or build the crates, I need to know what height is best. I don't have a cap on my truck, just a vinyl Tonneau cover.

If I'm not showing, just transporting (a 6 hour drive), is it okay to do so in dog crates anchored well, and covered with a tarp, in an open pickup bed?
Title: Re: Travel Boxes??
Post by: Paul on October 13, 2012, 10:02:05 PM: The crates need to be tall enough that the males don't rub their tail on the top of the crates. I've seen other fanciers bring their chickens with a tarp over them. If your in the cool climate you can do that. Here in the hot climate it would not work. In 2006 when we went to Frankenmuth, Michigan, we had to stop in Oklahoma and ice the birds down. When we got to the Michigan state line snow was on the ground.