kerrie Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Hello with the weather becoming warmer I am thinking about securing the run on a night time but leaving the door to the eglu open-but I have a question. We usually bring the glug and grub in when we put the girls to bed and then put them put the next morning before we open the door to the eglu-(I think I'd get trampled with them running at me holding the food if I didn't ). I don't want to attract rats but want to make sure the girls are comfortable-do I leave the grub and glug out for them or do I bring it in as usual and put it out again in the morning? Just as a quick question while I think of it-the girls do eat more when they are laying don't they? Thanks Kerrie x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Hi Kerrie, I've just started leaving the doors open on my cubes & eglu as they are in a very secure WIR. I leave the grubs and glugs out all night, as I think the noise could be worse if they couldn't get food when they get up, than it was when they couldn't get up when they wanted to! When I get up I take them several bowls of mash porridge, especially of it's been a chilly night. I've only been leaving them open for a week, & so far I've only been woken up at 620 on one occasion, which was due to the laying chorus being started early. My Orpies don't have an individual laying cry - they all do it...for each one who lays...and not just the Orpies now either, every time anyone lays & make a slight utterance to announce the fact & the Orpies all start up!!! Minxes!! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassett Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Hi Kerrie, I never shut the eglu door, even in the winter it's open as I don't like to think of them locked in, and they are in a sheltered position in the garden. They are in a large WIR. Usually I leave the food and water out so they don't create too much noise first thing in the morning, but recently we had some undesirable visitors , so I've been removing the food and putting back in their run as soon as I wake up in the morning, and they haven't created any noise at all. I'm always worried that I might forget to put their food out, so I leave notes for myself all over the house. Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerrie Posted April 12, 2009 Author Share Posted April 12, 2009 I don't have a walk in run-just the run that you get with the eglu from Omlet-not sure if that makes a difference or not? Thanks Kerrie x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Until tonight the batties were in the eglu run (with extension), & I left the food out in there too - not a lot, I'll grant you, just enough to give them a snack when they got up! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I leave my Eglu door open nearly all the time, when I was using the Eglu run I didn't always take the food in but when I did the girls seemed happy enough to wait for their food in the morning provided I was not too late getting it to them they scratched around anyway looking for food in the run bedding - that kept them occupied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 A friend throws a handful of corn into the dustbath to keep his 2 bantams busy until he gets out with their feeders... They are in an eglu & run. Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
