kitbag Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Hi guys, I really want more chickens, so i was thinking about getting some ex - batts. Just a quick question to see if i could get a second hand rablu (off Ebay - they are much cheaper on there than eglus ) and somehow changing it into an eglu of some sort. Also, is the run on a rablu as big as an eglu run!? Any help would be great guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellekatz Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Kitbag - you can buy a rabbit to chicken conversion kit in the eglu shop - they are £68. As long as it is a rablu and not a Guinlu, the run is the same as the chicken one. A giunlu run is only half the length. Good luck with your search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 My little bro has his chooks in a rablu without the conversion and I took my back roosting bars out for a while and replaced it with a cat litter tray and beeding as the irls wouldn`t use the bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAB Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 When your ex-batts come initially they may not have strong enough legs for roosting and so you may not need to convert the rablu in the first instance - I know ours chose to sit on floor of shed at first until they were stronger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAB Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Have a look in the free to good home section - there is a eglu run going free in London area - not sure if close enough to you. Thought of that as apparently the "shiny" green eglus are £200 from Omlet just now. Might work out as cheap as getting rablu from ebay and converting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbag Posted February 22, 2009 Author Share Posted February 22, 2009 So am i right in thiknking that a rablu is the same as an eglu, exept for roosting bars?? Thanks for all your replies everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 So am i right in thiknking that a rablu is the same as an eglu, exept for roosting bars?? Thanks for all your replies everyone! From the outside they are the same but on the inside they are different. Chicken Eglu http://www.omlet.co.uk/products_services/products_services.php?view=Chickens&about=the%20eglu&rolling_image_id=3 This has nesting box for egg laying, slide out poop tray and roosting bars Rablu http://www.omlet.co.uk/products_services/products_services.php?view=Rabbits&about=easy%20to%20clean&rolling_image_id=1 Has a small round hole for metal dish instead of nesting box and lift out tray for bedding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Thought of that as apparently the "shiny" green eglus are £200 from Omlet just now. . £200? I bought mine with a 10% discount - it wasn't £200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I posted that the shiny green eglu was £200 - but that was without the run! Sorry if there was any misunderstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Thats ok - I thought I had lost out big time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I posted that the shiny green eglu was £200 - but that was without the run! Sorry if there was any misunderstanding! whats the difference between the shiny green and green? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 some green eglus came out of the mould shiny rather that matt so omlet offered these ones with a 10% reduction in the for sale section. Other than that no difference that I know of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 some green eglus came out of the mould shiny rather that matt so omlet offered these ones with a 10% reduction in the for sale section. Other than that no difference that I know of That's it! I rang to ask if they had any re-con eglus they said no but they had the shiny green eglus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mags Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 i got a shiney one too saves a bit of money aprrox £30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
