the daydream fund challenge thread

Lotus-eater

Did anyone know that Foresham cottage arks were in liquidation last year and have now been bought by Omlet!

lostinrates

Gosh, with the resurgence in chicken keeping thats a rough time to go under.

It was cold here last night. Loo froze. Thankfully tried flushing first today.

Washing machine also frozen this evening. Day time not the coldest though...the ground did thaw a little. Didn 't need boots but has been colder days in this spell, but loo has only frozen twice, so one of the two coldest.

Pretty though, innit?

Lotus-eater

lostinrates wrote: »

Gosh, with the resurgence in chicken keeping thats a rough time to go under.

I think the question is, why with the resurgence in chicken keeping, have they gone under?

Being someone who has (and still is) thinking of starting a chicken house building company, I would love to get a look at their accounts and work out what happened.
They already had a farm/premises to work from, so it shouldn't have been that.
Trying to be one of the best, while Chinese copies flooded the market, may be something to do with it.

It shows though that Omlet, a company that delivers "fashion" chicken housing, has done so much better than a trad house company, that they can afford to buy them out.

Davesnave

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Did anyone know that Foresham cottage arks were in liquidation last year and have now been bought by Omlet!

I did know, and I knew someone had bought, but I didn't know it was Omlet.

I'm not knowledgeable enough to know if Omlet fill any valid market niche. They obviously succeed where others fail, but with their prices, they ought to!

Not as cold here as further east.

lostinrates

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I think the question is, why with the resurgence in chicken keeping, have they gone under?

Being someone who has (and still is) thinking of starting a chicken house building company, I would love to get a look at their accounts and work out what happened.
They already had a farm/premises to work from, so it shouldn't have been that.
Trying to be one of the best, while Chinese copies flooded the market, may be something to do with it.

It shows though that Omlet, a company that delivers "fashion" chicken housing, has done so much better than a trad house company, that they can afford to buy them out.

Yes, that is sort of wha i meant.

Are you a carpenter?


I decided today i want a dig kennel that looks like the bridge of sighs, smaller and in wood. Hopefully i will develop some taste between now and being able to afford something like that:o:D


I donot like plastic, but do think there is merit in a house that can be hosed out quickly in the summer and dry with no risk of damp or rot by the afternoon.

Itismehonest

No, it's obviously nothing like as cold over here, Dave, as others are saying ......... mind you, it's still cold enough.
No white stuff (snow, ice or frost) but the temperature can only be lurking just above the freezing mark during daylight hours, I think.

I'n not too sure what my neighbours would say if we had an Omlet. Actually, I have & it wouldn't be printable.
Hehehehe - it would probably be something to do with making DH sleep outside "in they new-fangled tenty thing".
Omlet seem to be aimed more at urban back gardens than countryside from what I've seen.

Itismehonest

lostinrates wrote: »

Yes, that is sort of wha i meant.

Are you a carpenter?


I decided today i want a dig kennel that looks like the bridge of sighs, smaller and in wood. Hopefully i will develop some taste between now and being able to afford something like that:o:D.

Oh, mamma mia. Would you call it La Kennel Grande?

lostinrates

Itismehonest wrote: »

No, it's obviously nothing like as cold over here, Dave, as others are saying ......... mind you, it's still cold enough.
No white stuff (snow, ice or frost) but the temperature can only be lurking just above the freezing mark during daylight hours, I think.

I'n not too sure what my neighbours would say if we had an Omlet. Actually, I have & it wouldn't be printable.
Hehehehe - it would probably be something to do with making DH sleep outside "in they new-fangled tenty thing".
Omlet seem to be aimed more at urban back gardens than countryside from what I've seen.

Well, i think so too, BUT, some friends of mine, an older couple from farming families...very practical farming families, have recently bought two for their birds. They are retired and fancy something easy to take care of for their egg birds. They know what they are doing very well, he has a mobi
Ity stealing illness, she is wee, and they decided all things considered the bigger omlet things suited them well and although i don't like them much myself i see where they are coming from. As a small holder thing its obciously crazy, not cost effective and too small. For people with lives or other things, then they probably are better than some of the rubbish pretty wooden housing one sees.

My friends both said they are too small though, and they keep bantams and small breed birds for their eggs.....hence they decided they needed two houses!

Lotus-eater

lostinrates wrote: »

Yes, that is sort of wha i meant.

Are you a carpenter?


I decided today i want a dig kennel that looks like the bridge of sighs, smaller and in wood. Hopefully i will develop some taste between now and being able to afford something like that:o:D


I donot like plastic, but do think there is merit in a house that can be hosed out quickly in the summer and dry with no risk of damp or rot by the afternoon.

Far from a carpenter I'm afraid But building a chicken house, ready to be put together in sections isn't that difficult.

Building the right one, at the right price, buying the materials at the right price and marketing it effectively, is a more difficult subject.
I'm not one to rush into things and I like to get things right, atm I haven't got the right way to get into it.

What Omlet has done, is to crack the urban market, which is amazing, the high 2nd hand values show just how much they have got their pitch exactly right.

I don't want to debate the pros and cons of plastic housing, but it has it's place.

lostinrates

Itismehonest wrote: »

Oh, mamma mia. Would you call it La Kennel Grande?

You get my sense of humour well.

Dh and i sent a picture of the chos to his philospher dad today titled Existentialism. He didn't get it at first. Sigh.:o. Edit: and dh refuses to have surgery on his eyes because he wants a guide dog ithe future, he hopes his eyes will get a bit worse but not totally gone, He wants to call his dog 'matic'. As in here comes mr. Rates and dog matic.