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:? Well the Eglu and Cube runs are both rectangular.

 

I can't honestly see that chickens would be bothered! If there's food on the floor they don't look much further than the end of their beaks anyway. I think most people build their runs to suit the shape of the garden.

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in the Practical Poultary magazine may 2008 there is an artical about runs and it says that chickens perfer rectangular runs to square ones.

 

 

I wonder how many chooks they asked :wink::roll::lol::lol:

 

I agree I don't think they mind what shape run they live in as long as they have a happy life with fresh food and water, somewhere nice to shelter from the weather and a nice snug house for night :D :D

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I think there may be something in it.

 

My hens walk up and down lengthwise, but never from side to side. I think that what they are saying is that if you have a certain number of panels, the chickens will get more exercise and walking opportunity in a long thin run than if you made a square run covering the same area.

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I read that article too. It also said that you need to allow the size of an olympic swimming pool for each chook. Ok, :liar: slight exaggeration, but I got the idea it wasn't really aimed at anyone keeping chooks on our scale.

 

I thought the square thing was also to do with animals having the instinct not to cross a wide open space because of being spotted by predators.

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Hi

Has any one thought about butting two eglus with runs together?

The problem is the shape of the ends where the door is. But by removing the door ends and adding a joining section it would be able to become a large ark for people who do not have much gardens.

Also if this special unit was available and the 2 ends could be joined, by having a door on the side this would allow the hens out when required.

Think shape of run does not matter, the only thing that matters is the height, by allowing high head room allows the hens to do natural things.

best regards

Ian & Valerie

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An autistic woman in the States is an expert on animal welfare because she is able to approach animal behaviour with an uncluttered mindset, if that makes sense.

 

She found, for example, that cows will go willingly and calmly into an abbatoir if the way in is curved rather than straight. The curve encourages their natural curiosity to see what's round the bend while the straightaway sends them into a panic.

 

Don't know if she's done any work on hens, but it seems reasonable that all creatures have some instinctive tendencies.

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