Eglu

[Franksmum]

We're thinking of getting a cube. Has anyone had any experiences with Eglu good or bad?

I tried searching on here but found nothing - am very interested in opinions.

Thanks!

[alan refail]

Hi Franksmum

I have no experience of Eglu products, just an old-fashioned poultry keeper's suspicion.

Looking at the prices, you must have just won the lottery. I have a 35+ bird house bought brand new locally for less than the price of a 10-bird cube and run.

[Franksmum]

Thanks Alan

No lottery win sadly. I love the look & durability of the Eglu's over wooden houses. Also that the housing cannot be chewed through or infested.

I was checking out the Domestic Fowl trust website earlier and their houses are not much cheaper.

[allotmentkate]

Bit of a late reply this, you may already be sorted. I looked at an eglu and then went for a wooden house. I clean the night droppings out each morning, clean the whole lot out and scrub it out once a month. It works fine.

Whatever you decide the hens always need more run space than is provided. A neighbour has an eglu and 3 hens and has now set up a permenant corner in her garden for her hens giving them more room than the eglu run. I have done the same and set up a corner of the garden for my hens and also let them out into the main garden at weekends.

[Franksmum]

Thanks allotmentkate!

The Eglu & chooks are arriving in a couple of weeks. We're planning to let them out whenever we're home but at the mo am not keen on an open run because of a couple of nasty cats that have appeared in the area recently. They've already beaten up my 3 mogs and spray everywhere so need to sort them out first!!

[allotmentkate]

Hi Franksmum

Enjoy your Girls when they arrive. I have had mine for 18 months now and they are well and truly part of the family. They each have their own little characteristics and habits, I love them.

Kate

[madchook]

Thanks Alan

No lottery win sadly. I love the look & durability of the Eglu's over wooden houses. Also that the housing cannot be chewed through or infested.

I was checking out the Domestic Fowl trust website earlier and their houses are not much cheaper.

I have a Cube and an Eglu and yep, they are great in my humble opinion. An absolute doddle to clean, it takes moments. They almost never harbour red mite (that is in general, my chooks have never had it at all), it is virtually fox-proof (you can never say never of course) and they are so well insulated that on a baking hot day the eggs in the nest box stay completely cool like they are in a fridge. They also hold good 2nd hand value on Ebay as they last forever
There is a bit of snobbery about them because of the price, the colours and the fact they are plastic. The farmer next door certainly isn't impressed, but then it weren't my hens wot got eated by FoxyLoxy, but his
The omlet website has a friendly forum if you want more info etc.
Maddy xxx

[Franksmum]

Thanks maddy I will have a looky at that.

Yes I've encountered some snobbery over getting an Eglu but I work hard, don't smoke and rarely go out so it's my vice.

[madchook]

Thanks maddy I will have a looky at that.

Yes I've encountered some snobbery over getting an Eglu but I work hard, don't smoke and rarely go out so it's my vice.

Exactly, horses for courses. People have more expensive hobbies for sure I saved for my cube for quite a few months, paid tax on the money I earnt so I am not going to feel guilty. I sell eggs every week so by my calculation I'll have made it back in, oh, 2017

[Elderflower]

We pored over all the catalogues and plumped for an eglu because it seemed just right for our little back garden. Ours - with two little hens - are coming in a fortnight. They will be free in the garden for a couple of hours a day when we`re at home and the dog`s firmly shut in the house!
I`ve always wanted chickens and I`m so excited!

[RAREBREDCHICK]

I have to admitI fall into the bar humbug traditional camp. Just looked on the omlet site, wish Id thought of it, they must be making a packet!

Questions? Do these houses have perches? there is no diagram or internal photographs.

& Are people really gullible enough to buy chickens from them too?!

Id recommend Forsham Arks all day long, built for poultry by poultry keepers.

[Franksmum]

Yes they have perches & laying areas inside. Very easy to clean.

A good point of the Eglu is that they've made chicken keeping more accessible for the majority and I'm all for that.

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