a question about feeding different foods to hens

[ubereglu]

Hello,

 

I've now decided that with the leftover money I'm going to buy Grub feeder and Glug drinker. Also I'm going to buy a shade-but I'm not sure which one to get.

[Nicola H]

I would say get the winter shade as it will give the run more protection from the bad weather we seem to get a lot of in this country.........

[Egluntyne]

I agree. Apparrently we are in for a bad time in Jan/Feb.

[Christian]

Hi Noeglu

 

I would def get the winter shade. If you position it close to the ground then over the top against the wind it is really effective.

 

Christian x x x

[pepe]

Winter shade, good for summer as well,gives lots of shade, great buy

[Martin B]

Definately the winter shade!

[Linda]

I'm using the winter shade at the moment. It does give very good protection. (We have certainly needed it today! )

[Gallina]

I wouldn't bother with the summer shade: it's so very small.

 

I use the winter shade in the summer to keep the sun off, and in the winter to keep the rain off.

 

I also have an extension shade, which is rather like the winter shade, but a different shape.

 

The only use I have for the summer shade is to cover the converter that fits between my Eglu run and the straight extension.

 

If you get the winter shade, there is another plus: you will be complying with Defra recommendations to keep the birds under cover. Defra are very quiet at the moment, but Bird Flu hysteria may rear its ugly head again this winter.

[gooner.girl]

I've just ordered a winter shade, they were getting soaked under the summer one! I'll use that one to cover the extension!

 

Helen

[The Dogmother]

I only use the wintershade on the Rablu in the summer to keep the sun off the bunnies. The Eglu has a summer shade, and in the winter, they both have clear IKEA shower curtains covering the run to keep the weather off, but let the light through. See below:

 

http://club.omlet.co.uk/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6717

[Aunty e]

I have an ikea shower curtain as well, although I'm on my second one thanks to the horrible fox with a destructive bent. V cheap and the girls get lots of light. ALTHOUGH in the summer I had to cover the entire run with blankets because they got so hot and the shower curtain acted like a greenhouse. So I think there's definitly an argument for getting the winter shade instead actually. I will next summer (with some new roosting bars, mine are falling apart ).

[The Dogmother]

I take the shower curtain off in the warm weather auntye, and just use the Omlet shades. My Eglu is near a tree, so is quite sheltered.

[Guest]

I double the winter shade back when I don't need its full length. The gate-end and middle hooks are hooked on in the right place and then I fold it back and hook the eglu-end hooks up by the run gate. That makes half a shade much the same size as the summer one.

 

Do you understand what I mean?

[Guest]

We do the same as Ginette.

 

Buying the winter shade make much more sense, as it's more 'multi-seasonal', and therefore a better investment!

[church chooks]

i have just opened my parcel from omlet with my nice new raincover in it. Can anyone tell me how many bungee clips there should be? i only have five, which leaves one eyelet without a bungee. Is that right? i haven't even begun to work out how to fit it

 

Still, i love having the chickens, though we have gone from 3 eggs a day to 1 some days

[The Dogmother]

If it'd the bigger cover, then you should have 6 bungees. best check with Jan at Omlet, I am sure that they will send you an extra one if one is missing.

[Tamsin]

I would say the winter shade,I never use my summer shade ,I keep my winter shade on all the time

[church chooks]

just wanted to let you know how amazing omlet are

 

i phoned yesterday to say my cover was missing a bungee clip and three arrived in the post today

 

makes you happy to buy something when you know there is that kind of customer service.

 

And all very well timed as we've had enormous storms today - the girls sheltered very happily under the winter cover, even laying two eggs for the first day in a couple of weeks