Single hen

[tania]

Am just about to order an Eglu but I will want to move it around the place. Lucky chooks will have an orchard to roam about in when there's someone at home, but will have to stay in the run when we're out. Is the run and house easy to move on your own, I want them to have fresh grass as much as possible? I'm excited but also a bit nervous having never had them before.

[ails]

Hi there,

we have had our chickens for about a month now living in their eglu - no eggs yet but enjoying having them around, even our Springer Spaniel appears to have adopted them quite happily.

During the week I tend to lift the run most mornings and drag it to the side or forward to give them some fresh grass to preen as they are in the run when we are at work then free range most of the weekend.

I tend to shut the run door then grip the top and drag it and find it easy enough to move on my own.

At the weekends I get hubby to help me lift the entire thing to a different part of the garden and we can move it with complete ease.

One tip, when you are dragging the eglu and run just check that there is nothing lying on the ground inside the run which can get caught under the dig proof skirt as you drag.

Hope that helps.

Ails

[Egluntyne]

I could manage the Eglu and standard run on my own, but found it too unwieldy when a converter was added.

[atsw]

Once you shut the run door, it's easy to grip at the top and lift that end up a bit. Then you can rotate left or right, providing new grass under the run but leaving the eglu coop pretty much where it was (if you see what I mean).

 

To lift the whole thing up bodily (i.e. Eglu coop and run) requires two people, unless you take off the coop roof to reduce the weight.

 

Andrew