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1-- i have a very large tree in the run that now the council and the tree surgeon have decided { without me knowing again } that the tree will be getting cut down half way and then trimmed so about 20ft of it will be going, but the tree guy has said he will use a cherry picker i assume they are noisy and would you think my girls will be ok to stay within the run while hes using it ?? i have no where else to put 22 birds .

2-- i got 2 new partridge bantams tuesday both are very healthy but the bigger of the two has now started to pick on the littler one whos already bold from the attacks of the cockeral she was with shes now in the rabbit hutch on her own for tonight as the other drew blood from her as soon as i put them to bed and the other new one is in the plastic house with another bantam and the third bantam is in the wooden house with the odd sod chick whos been picking on the little bantam as well but i dont want it to be like this so whats the best thing for me to do , shall i make the plastic and wooden house into 2 houses and split them in half or do i just house them together and hope for the best .i got these 2 banties as i was worried about losing one of the originals and then only ending up with 1 on its own but they all seem fine during the day except for odd sod chick who likes to pick on the little bold one .

blimey hell aint chickens fun :-)05 when they want to be a pains in the butt :lol:
 
Hello Karminski. It's not so much the cherry picker, as they are hydraulic, but the chainsaw that makes all the noise and the mess. Always a danger of falling branches and stuff. They will need to take it down when the sap has fallen, between now and March. So they will have to find somewhere for your chickens I think.

As for the Bantams -I can't get my head around it. Will give it some more thought.
 
i was told by my site rep who was with them that the surgeon said he will mainly use a saw only to keep down the noise level ? thanks in advance on any ideas have just texted a friend to see if she can get me a cat carrier from work at least then the little one can sleep in that and still be within the house with the other girls and not get lonely .
 
karminski said:
1-- i have a very large tree in the run that now the council and the tree surgeon have decided { without me knowing again } that the tree will be getting cut down half way and then trimmed so about 20ft of it will be going, but the tree guy has said he will use a cherry picker i assume they are noisy and would you think my girls will be ok to stay within the run while hes using it ?? i have no where else to put 22 birds .

As Chris mentioned its the saw that will be making the most racket, a few 'Wickes' tarps
thrown over the run and coop may help to deaden the sound a little bit and obscure the visual
'threat' from above. The tree surgeon will no doubt be lowering each branch by rope.
Your coop looks big enough for the girls to take cover if they feel the need, they all roost in there anyway.
On the plus side - plenty of perches and fuel for a log burning stove :-)17
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i dont know if hes going to drop each branch down by rope as that would mean i'd have to probably take down the netting of the roof and i was told thats the reason why hes using the picker as it will be easier for him and the run wont have to be touched suppose i will have to wait and see , i just dont want my birds freaked out .the council promised me that the tree surgeon wont come out and see the tree without me being there so we can chat about it but as i said my council like to lie lots .
 
There should be a 2nd man on the ground with another rope to guide the branch away from your
coop and run. Can't see a man working alone, at height, H & Safety at work etc.
 
i am hoping theres more then 2 of them as its a pretty big tree but i have never really seen how tree surgeons work , we had some larger sycamores trimmed about 5 yrs ago behind the run but i never saw that done either .
 
karminski said:
i am hoping theres more then 2 of them as its a pretty big tree but i have never really seen how tree surgeons work , we had some larger sycamores trimmed about 5 yrs ago behind the run but i never saw that done either .

The 'tree huggers' were out in force a couple of weeks ago on the tele, they even took to
roosting in the branches ! to stop the felling. I'm not for a moment suggesting................ :-)10
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We had a huge tree taken down a couple of years ago, actually right next to and over our summerhouse. The man up the tree was on a safety line, carried a chainsaw fixed on to his belt, and cut the branches one by one. He had to throw them right out over the summerhouse to prevent damage to the roof, - not easy, as some of them were several inches thick. No damage to the summerhouse at all. The branches did make dents in the lawn but this was easily fixed with some compost and grass seed. The second man picked up the branches and carried them to the chipper. The chipper made quite a lot of noise, more than the chainsaw, but I was left with lots of lovely wood chippings. The hens were a bit alarmed, I suppose, but took an interest in what was going on, and no harm was done to them. Just one of those human things they had to put up with! And once the tree was down, the garden was SO much lighter, I could plant fruit trees where it used to shade everything.
I would imagine the cherry picker would help the man at the top to get up your tree without having to stand on or in your run, so this might be a very good idea. If our man had had pone, he wouldn't have needed to throw the branches down. Think what a lot of leaves and mess you wouldn't have to clear up any more once the tree is trimmed, also how much money you're saving if the council do it, compared with the £700 our tree work cost us. Also, less danger of that pesky redmite returning from the branches if there are less of them. I would check that the firm doing the job are fully insured, in case there is some kind of accident to your property, but otherwise I'd welcome it ASAP if it were my tree. After all if a branch falls off in the run during a winter storm, more damage couold be done to your birds.

As to your bantams, sorry, - like Chris, I think it's all a bit too complicated for me!
 
thanks for that marigold , i know this firm will be fully insured believe me the new council woman is very tough on some things and thats one of them . if the council agree to his price for doing my tree an another 2 trees on the site { dont need touching at all just people complaining to give them something to do } then it will all be done by xmas but they also need to consider the ground if its wet then they cant come in as the tracks are all grass they will soon get stuck .
i have mentioned that they might as well just take the whole tree down and be done with it but they wont do that as its a healthy tree its at least 40 yrs old and its ever lost any large branches or anything , theres quite a lot of leaves on the netting of the run but i am waiting for the wind as that soon clears them then the girls get the bugs that come down .
i am just really worring for my girls i dont want them stressed wander if a 25k bag of mixed corn will keep them calm :lol: :lol: while the work is going on .

and i dont know about my banties either i hope its a one of , going to put the 2 new ones on thier own tomorw and seprate the rabbit hutch into 2 so they can sleep together without the fighting its as if they have had a lovers tiff as since tuesday night they have been fine ,then once they are fine together i am slowly going to introduce them to the main house where once again they will be seprated from the other banties until they are all happy think thats about the only thing i can do .
 
I have taken many a tree down in my garden and yet to have an accident. Tree surgeons are better trained than me but I had to take down a neighbours tree before it fell down last year. Problem was the shed and the fence immediately below it. Several large friends and plenty of guide ropes and the fence and shed were completely intact.

Keep the chooks in the coup and they won't be bothered if Hand saws are used. And chain saws probably won't affect them either. They are a lot more resilient than you think.
 
One of my neighbours chopped the tops of some of his trees last week using a chain saw. He made a right racket but my girls didn't even bat an eyelid!!! They didn't care at all!!
 
i have to say now i have spoken to you guys i dont fell quite so bad i just dont know when it is going to happen .
 
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