Solitary chicken - need advice

[Yolky]

have you seen this...

 

http://www.solwayrecycling.co.uk/kennels-hutches-hen-houses.html

[Egluntyne]

Not beautiful is it?

 

Where are the roosting bars?

[Yolky]

Well I wouldn't give up my gorgeous red eglu for one I don't know about the bars, they need more photos on that site really.

[Egluntyne]

Meant to say, when I saw the title of the thread, I thought it meant there was an Eglu to be won.

 

Had my hopes up there.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

That's what I thought too . (I don't even have room for another eglu .)

 

Not a thing of beauty is it ? Looks more like a maximum security prison .

[The Brown Clan]

Me too !!!! its not very nice is it ,

 

won't be changing my eglu for that looks more like an old anderson shelter ( and no I'm not old enough to remember them) just seen them in pictures

[oatley]

It doesn't look like it is double walled like the eglu - and also as it is black - wouldn't these two things make it get very hot?

[quickcluck]

Horried depressing colour, and all the pets look miserable!

[Gallina]

But is their a big door at the front of the run? That is far more important than looks, and I hope this makes Omlet take note.

[surferdog]

looks more like an old anderson shelter

That's exactly what it looks like - it's hideous and the runs are nowhere near big enough. Just look at that poor dog...

[Yolky]

Ohhh would be lovely to win an eglu Egluntine. If all goes well this year I may get some bantees next year. I fancy some lavender and lemon pekins.

 

It does look miserable doesn't it.

[ubereglu]

It doesn't give enough information about it though, eg how big it is, how many chickens it can house, the amount of nestboxes.

 

I thought there was a link for an eglu competition too.

 

Mind you, my second hand egluwas cheaper than that though.

[Lapinou]

Doesn't look like there's much to make it fox-proof either - they say the basic one doesn't even have a floor!

[Couperman]

I could make one of those out of a blackwell compost bin if I had enough sticky back plastic

 

It might be a bit more functional than it looks maybe the photos don't do it justice but I don't think Omlet need worry too much.

 

At least its recycled!

 

Kev.

[Snowy]

Hey, don't knock it - it's not pretty because it is not a 'designer hen house for trendy city chicken keepers'. It's obviously for 'serious' chicken keepers who want to do it properly

 

[dancing cloud]

It may be fine, but it's not inspiring, bless it. I was hoping for "win-an-eglu" too.

 

Think the scoffalots will stick with the plastic caravan (green Cube) thank you, though I did do the door conversion less than 2 weeks after I got it (many thanks for the "how to" posts ). Once you're past that whole yoga-in-the-poo experience , I still think the Cube is great.

 

My work colleague went for a traditional wooden summer-house type coop, that has involved an awful lot of painting and water-proofing and is not particularly easy to take apart or clean. Horses for courses, but I certainly wouldn't swap

[chelsea]

Eww its horrible,

 

looks to me like they've jumped on the plastic hen house bandwagon - but there is no comparission to the lovely eglu.

 

Folks at Omlet towers can sleep peacefully at night.

[ruth1]

I saw one at the Highland show in June actually, although not attractive its a good idea, I m sure they will evolve over time.