Does anyone keep chickens in an EGLU?

~Chameleon~

Chickens should never be kept exclusively in an Eglu or any other small enclosure. This is for night time safety only. They should be allowed to free roam your land/garden.. If you have low fences/hedges they may pop over to your neighbours' gardens.

Paypeanuts

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Chickens should never be kept exclusively in an Eglu or any other small enclosure. This is for night time safety only. They should be allowed to free roam your land/garden.. If you have low fences/hedges they may pop over to your neighbours' gardens.

Or given access to a run if free range garden wreckers do not appeal.....

~Chameleon~

Paypeanuts wrote: »

Or given access to a run if free range garden wreckers do not appeal.....

They don't actually cause that much wreckage given sufficient free range. Just net off vulnerable young veggies and bedding plants.

GeekPetite

I have 2 eglus, an old classic which is great for 2-4 and the cube which is good for 6-8.

Yes they are expensive (although you can get them pre-owned which is cheaper), but they are fox proof. I had a fox attack at my old house and the thing was desperately trying to get in to no avail! The girls alarmed called and woke me up, I got outside and saw the baby fox pawing at the sun shade on top of the eglu. One look at me and it was off. The fox had tried to get in round the bottom of the run as the bark chippings around it were sratched out of the way but it was weighed down with bricks, so no luck there either.

Just a warning, I started with 2-I have 7 now (we had 1 die recently). It's addictive, hard work but so rewarding

GeekPetite

Happydoingnowt

It depends on the breed really, some naturally produce smellier stuff. I'm afraid I can't remember the breeds. Chickens also lay different poos for different purposes, every so often you get a slimy, yellower one and that does smell worse but its clearing their gut. There's a guide on the Eglu website I think.