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Dan & Claire
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 Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:15 pm Post subject: Eglu |
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We are in the process of considering keeping chickens in out London garden and wondered if anyone else here had bought the Eglu.... Any advice, problems with or other suggestions would be really useful.
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George
Joined: 14 Apr 2005
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Location: London
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| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sure there is at least one forum member who has an eglu
But they look quite good,  |
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HeatherBB
Joined: 10 Oct 2005
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Location: Chelmsford
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| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:46 pm Post subject: eglu |
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I looked at them and thought they looked very easy to keep clean also warm and snug but as I seem to do everything on a big scale  , and if you end up like the rest of us  ....you will soon need something bigger to house more birds!!! |
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summayah
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Location: luton
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| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| You could get one as a stepping stone to having more girls, because I'm sure you won't stop at the 2 they advise for in the eglu! |
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debcat
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go for a house at least twice the size you think you'll need
They are really addictive, once you have a couple you'll be wanting more (and more and more.........)
I think most of us on here had a set number in mind when we started out and I bet we have all gone way over that  |
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summayah
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| I don't think twice the size is enough Debs. I started with a small house for 4, then built another to take 4 and now have an 8' x 6' shed for 22. Better get 3 or 4 eglus!!! |
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debcat
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| summayah wrote: | | I don't think twice the size is enough Debs. I started with a small house for 4, then built another to take 4 and now have an 8' x 6' shed for 22. Better get 3 or 4 eglus!!! |
Your right
I started with 6 hybrids then discovered pure breeds
now there about 80  |
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nigel
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I think eglu's are great. They dismantle easily are hygienic and easy to clean. For a small back garden, or someone who only wants to keep 2/3 hens then they are ideal.
The only downside is as the others have said the size. Hens can be addictive. |
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Heather
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:40 am Post subject: |
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They have slightly enlarged the Eglu so you could keep up to 4 chickens in it - but I don't think they extended the run .
I would have got one , but I wanted my Orps an I probably could have still only fitted 2 in Luckily they didn't have the pink one then or it would have been even harder to turn down ! |
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stephen
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:45 am Post subject: |
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| nigel wrote: |
The only downside is as the others have said the size. Hens can be addictive. |
Though, if easily addicted, it could be an easy way to control it... |
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Lisa
Joined: 14 Apr 2005
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Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks
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They do look extremely easy and quick to clean. And no wooden joints or felt roof for any dreaded red mite to hide in.
There was a thread (more than one?) on the PP forum ages ago about them, with lots of pics and owners praising their eglus, but I can't find it now.
I did host some of the pictures for Lesley and Kate and I'm sure they won't mind me posting them here too. So...
If you want more chooks, and cost isn't a issue, you just get another eglu and you too could create your very own "eglu towers" like Lesley (btw, there is netting over the top to stop the chooks jumping over the fence!)...
And I think this was Kate's, with a little sheltered area behind, over a patch of earth for them to dust bathe in:
They do look sooooooooooooo easy to clean and put back together...
Although no matter what you buy them to live in, they'll probably have other ideas of where they should be...
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NannyP
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Well done Lisa, I remember those pics, they really help explain how good the Eglu's are.
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Aussie Chick
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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Location: Milton Keynes/ Brisbane
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They are just sooooo expensive.
That raised platform looked a bit slippery. |
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Pete&Jackie
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| Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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We fully intended having one of those in August when we decided to take the plunge, but as we kept looking into what we needed we ended up with a 10 bird Stafford!! We have 9 chucks in it, including 4 Full size Orps and there is plenty of room.
They looked great, were expensive for what you got and before you order just make sure 2 or 3 chuck is all you really want. It's bloomin addictive this chicken keeping mallarchy! If we had a larger garden we would probably have another 5 and an extra house!! |
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Two Pots Bantams
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Location: Cambridgeshire
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That sounds like a good idea Pete . I've got plenty in stock !
Colin . |
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