dawn Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 i've been waiting for my eglu 2 wks but finally here. me and my partner are trying to sort out the area but cannot agree he wants to put slabs on the bottom of it then chippings i think it will be a lot of work for nothing.So any advice would be great it's going onto soil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisaroo2 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Congratulations on getting your eglu. What colour is it? I think there is something about what the best thing to use as a base is. No doubt someone will be along shortly with more helpful advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 we decided on blue my little girl wanted pink surprise my son wanted red so after names out of a hat we ended up with blue looks nice near water feature sort of wishing we got the cube but space limited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lailapet Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Blue is good!!!! Laila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phonix Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Im so jealous! I want an eglu and chooks NOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 In summer I put my eglu straight on the grass and move it twice a week. In winter, they are on the same patch of grass, which has Auboise (horse bedding) straight on the ground (with cover on top of run). Some people on this forum use slabs, or gravel, wood chips, Auboise. Have a look at the photos on this link for some inspiration. http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12663#top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I've got my run on soil and it works really well . I put down a thick layer of hemcore which the girls just love scratching about in. Every six weeks or so I rake off the top couple of inches for compost or mulch, sprinkle Stalosan F and garden lime down, and a new layer of hemcore. I also cover my run when it's wet so it stays nice and dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Znook Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 (...) Every six weeks or so I rake off the top couple of inches for compost or mulch (...) A few people have said that they do this but I'm still trying to get my head around it, so to speak. Does the top couple of inches become thick so you can do this? It's just that I thought the chooks would scratch around in it so it would be difficult to remove just the top inch or so. If you follow what I mean. Any clarification would be great as this is what I'm proposing to do with my run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 My Eglus are on paving slabs. Easy to jet wash the used litter away and it prevents foxes and rats digging their way into the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Any clarification would be great as this is what I'm proposing to do with my run. You start off with a thick layer of hemcore. Over the weeks the girls kick and scratch it about so it becomes mixed up with the soil. After 6 or whatever weeks, I rake up the top layer (soil/hemcore mixed), shovel it into a tubtrug and chuck it in the compost or round shrubs. You're obviously leaving some hemcore behind but it just kind of composts itself into the soil. If you don't remove a couple of inches, each time you added hemcore the level of the "floor" would raise and your girls would eventually end up with a cricked neck . Hope that has clarified it for you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Znook Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Hope that has clarified it for you . It certainly has ANH. Somehow I got to thinking you had five or six inches of hemcore and then you were doing some sort of precision raking by removing just the top one or two six weeks later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 precision raking More a case of forcing 2 teenagers to rake and shovel till they get bored . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
