Re: Eglu pros and cons


"Sally Thompson" <sallynewsgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.)


You can get a decent hut and run second hand for not much more price than an
Eglu. Unless you have a really small garden where nothing else will fit.
Myself I would not consider putting my birds in such a small plastic hut if
they have room to free range, If you have a acre I would give them a shed,
not an Eglu.

Tina





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