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Haydock 4x5 - Goose or Duck House, a duck and goose house handmade in Kent
  • The Haydock 4x5 goose or duck house opened for cleaning, side walls out and roof raised
  • The Haydock 4x5 goose or duck house on gravel with the arched doorway open
  • Scale drawings of the Haydock 4x3 and 4x5 goose or duck houses with millimetre dimensions
  • The Haydock 4x5 goose house with the optional ramp fitted at the door
  • Close-up of the optional slatted ramp at the doorway of the Haydock 4x5
  • The optional water trough and slatted ramp for the Haydock range, photographed apart from the house
  • Geese drinking from the optional water trough next to a Haydock house on grass
  • An 8ft by 8ft paddock run beside a shed with a hen inside, one of four floor size options
  • Overcoat timber treatment shown on a board, water beading on the treated half, with its properties listed
  • Haydock 4x5 - Goose or Duck House, with the walls removed

Ducks, Geese & Swans

Haydock 4x5 - Goose or Duck House

£1,200

Price includes VAT and UK mainland delivery

Delivery and returns, including your 14 days to change your mind.

Most orders take around 5 to 6 weeks

It depends on the piece and how busy the workshop is. We will confirm yours when we take your order.

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About this piece

Housing four to six geese, or up to ten medium size ducks.

W 110cm x D 150cm x H 144cm

Product features:
Removable walls - when both the side walls are removed, it opens the house all through, you could even use the yard broom to sweep from side to side.

Hinged roof - when opened in conjunction with the removable side walls it opens the house still further so you can clean standing up and not kneeling in the mud.

Lift-out floor section - enables the keeper to tackle the compacted crud that accumulates just inside the threshold as the birds trundle back and forth.

Ventilation - airflow is a vital aspect of house design, the birds should have access to fresh air, even in the winter. The Haydocks have vents set in under the eaves allowing fresh air to be drawn into the house as the warm foul air (pun intended) rises to be vented via the full-length ridge vents. I have known customers who block the vents in the winter in a misguided attempt to keep the birds warm. Obstructing the airflow could prompt respiratory problems, especially if floor droppings have been allowed to accumulate. If you want to keep the birds warm over a long winter's night better to give them each a fist full of mixed corn about an hour before dusk. This will give them a slow-release energy source to overnight on.

Moving - handles on the gable walls are a must-have when moving the house. Unlike a lot of housing I have seen especially recently the Haydocks can be moved without fear of it disintegrating because we construct the Haydocks on ridged glued, pinned, mortise, and tenon jointed mainframes. Making the house ‘stiff’ enough that it can be rolled on its side for hosing.

Quality materials:
WALL CLADDING - 12mm thick tongue and grooved boarding
TIMBERS - all framing and cladding is pressure treated joinery grade red pine
ROOF CLADDING - 20mm thick shiplap boarding (joints bedded on mastic)
FLOOR - thick marine grade ply

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