4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Jaack]

I was just after a rough idea as to how many chickens keep in the eglu as a rough guide to how many to get.

[Egluntyne]

Any more than three in the standard Eglu and you will need to extend the run.

[Christian]

I have 2 eglus and 4 chickens. They all sleep in one eglu

[lisa33]

I have four in the eglu with a convertor.

 

But I am getting a cube on the 12/08 as I want them to have more space.

[Yolky]

I have three in an eglu with a standard run. I am getting a converter from a friend and I have to say for me I feel they need the converter. The only way that they wouldn't would be if they were able to free range frequently. My girls are happy in the standard run but I would like to give them the space. Also I would like to put things in their run to enrich their environment and in the standard run I feel it may clog up the run a bit.

 

If you are new to chickens and you are wondering how many chooks to get I really think that three is a great number to start on.

[jomaxsmith]

I've got three in a run with converter. The standard run seemed too small for them to me.

 

Jo

[Guest]

I have 5 in one eglu and 3 in the other, but no eglu run.

[ubereglu]

I have four in an eglu, but they free-range most of the day apart from the early morning and late evening when they're shut back into the eglu run.

[Mutrix Farmers]

we have 3 with a run extension so they have 1 metre of run each during the day (although they insist on sitting on top of each other when having a rest)

 

Also depends on the size of bird I think.

[Steph101]

I have five in an eglu with an extension and converter, but they free range the whole day! They are only in the run when they first wake up - they get let out at around 6.30am!

[malcolmS]

Whats the difference between an extension and a convertor. Cant you extend the run without a convertor? What are the prices for each of these.

 

what is the purpose of a convertor?

 

I' ve just started to look and its confusing me.

 

cheers

 

Malcolm

[jomaxsmith]

Whats the difference between an extension and a convertor. Cant you extend the run without a convertor? What are the prices for each of these.

 

The converter straightens out the angle of the end of the eglu run (the end panel is on an angle). You can use a converter on its own or add as many extensions to it as you like but you can't add an extension without a converter. The eglu shop site should explain and give you prices. You put the original end panel onto the converter or extension.

 

Jo

*edited because I got the bit about why the converter is necessary wrong!)

[Scramble]

Just wondering would two pekin bantams be fine living in an eglu with standard run full time?

Well, except for like 1 hour each day when I would go into the garden and hang out with them

Because thats what I have set my heart on doing as there are foxes and I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving them alone with no protection!

Though most of you seem to have extensions and then let them free range... you know, sometimes I feel that the more I think about it the more concerned I am becoming...

[Steph101]

The eglu house is supposed to fit five bantams in the sleeping area. You can leave two hybrids in a runfull time, so bantams would be okay.

Most people don't let theirs free range the whole day like I do, unless there's someone to keep an eye on them.

[Lapinou]

It's not so much the eglu (there's a post on here somewhere where someone's 7 (I think) chickens chose to nest in one of her eglus recently) but the run that's the issue, I think. We have three in a run + converter and am so glad we got the converter - it adds a lot more space for them when they're not free-ranging, and it's so much less crowded than it would be with the extras ours have to keep them amused (dust bath and perch).

[Bohochic]

I also have 3 in the run and after 1 week decided that the run wasn't big enough and bought a converter - I highly recommend this option, as the other posters have said also.

[Sandychick]

I am thinking about getting a converter for my eglu run. But......doesn't this make it difficult to clean out?? I have figured that my rake would then be exactly 1 meter too short!?