Chickadoo's Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I was wondering how many chickens you can have in the eglu? I had my three chickens for 5 months (give or take a few days) but sadly the fox got them. When i had them i had 2 ginger nut rangers(ginger) and 1 Miss pepper pot(black) and the 2 gingers kept pecking my poor black one even though she was bigger. This went on for the whole 5 months i had them. They would stop her from getting at the treats and would even steal her worms. I felt really sorry for her and was planning to get another Miss pepper pot but the fox had other plans. I would really like some more chickens and dont want it to happen again. When i got my eglu, a brochure came with it about omlet. There was a picture of a person next to the run with 4 chickens in. And when i went to shut my chickens up for the night, there was plenty of room for another chicken. Would it be alright to house 4 chickens in it or am i just being to greedy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Assuming it's a Mark2 Eglu you have (which it will be if you bought it from Omlet 5 months ago, then yes 4 chickens will fit in there quite happily. For a while I had 5 chickens in mine, and they all snuggled up so tightly together at night, I'm convinced I could have fitted at least one more in there as well! The only problem comes during the day - the basic run isn't big enough for really more than 2-3. Mine spent all their waking days free-ranging, or in the bigger run we built, and were never confined into the eglu run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickadoo's Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 Ow im soooo pleased. i am definately going to get 4 hens. Yes i agree, i think the eglu run is to small for 3 chickens. Im going to make a big enclosed run for them thats fox proof! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Why is that chickens are so addictive?! I started with 2, have now got 3 and am trying to persuade my hubby to get another eglu so i can have some battery hens as well! Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickadoo's Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 I dont know but when i had my three chickadoo's, i could watch them for ages and when they were having a dust bath, i would get coverd too. Most funnyest thing i saw was my chickens sunbathing. That was soooo funny. They looked so calm and happy lying on the floor with there wings open. With there own little characters. I swear that one of my chickens was half cockrel.....she wouldnt stop squarking....arrh bless her. She was a big chicken. i wish i could show you a pic of her. Ow i do miss them. My feathered friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 It sounds like you definately need to start looking for replacements...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
