Eglu pros and cons
- From: Sally Thompson <sallynewsgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:01:43 +0100
Hi, first posting here but I have been reading this group for some time doing
my homework<g>. We have just over an acre of fairly wild ground and I would
really really like two or three hens to play with and to give me eggs. A
neighbour has a smallholding where I help occasionally with the hens and
ducks when he is away, so I have some little idea of what is involved.
However, although I would eventually like the hens to run freely over our
whole piece of land, at present it is not all fenced as necessary, and there
are foxes and badgers in this rural area.
I know of someone on another group who highly recommends the Eglu or Eglu
cube, and of course this is an instant house with an apparently fox-resistant
run, so the hens would be comparatively safe in the run if we are not around
during the daytime and could be let roam a little while we are attending to
the ultimate fox-proof fencing (not an easy task!). This also lets my
not-very-keen-husband off making a hen house. The neighbour with a
smallholding has offered me some of his hens for nothing (he is concentrating
on his ducks), so the Eglu might be a convenient way to go - but at such a
price!
I would be very grateful for advice on whether the Eglu really is worth the
price, and whether they really are all that they say they are. Also I want
my hens to be happy hens, so would it be better to get the cube, which is
bigger and allows for a longer run, than the basic Eglu? Three hens would be
the maximum I think.
(Don't ask me the breed - I will have to check and he has various ones.)
--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation
churchyard:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk
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