simone Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 today we are going to decide where in the garden the chickens and will go as it arrives on tuesday we have now decided on 4 well hubby is now convinced to have chickens so 2 each is perfect, named my 2 already lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Hurrah! do we get to know the names now or are you saving them for the grand reveal of Eglu and hens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 The standard run on an Eglu won't be big enough for 4 chickens I'm afraid, unless you plan to have them free ranging for the greater part of the day. Have you ordered a converter ( 1st part of extension) ? I would site the Eglu where there is good drainage and a bit of shade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simone Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 i have named mine clarissa, claudette, hubby has fi fi and to pick other name yet. will be out a lot of time also building something so will have plenty room we have decided where they are going as most of our garden is veg and flowers, plus greenhouse summerhouse have way too many potatoes growing so going to use a big patch we have just dug potatoes from and put turf etc down then build encloser round that i think, he know what he is doing so leave to him i just fetch and carry will be shady as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beulah59 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 We're not getting our ex-batts for a few weeks yet, but we've been having the same discussions for months now We'll keep them in coop and run for a few weeks, until they've settled and a few more veg patches are clear. Then we'll move them round the veg patches until himself gets fed up with doing so, then I'll order a poultry cage and we'll decide on it's permanent pitch and work the veg patches round it next year - it's a plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simone Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 they do come round in the end, from wanting chickens just eglu and run to big patch of the garden im sure im driving him nuts chickens this chickens that, reading bits out from here and showing him other people runs and saying thats how i would like ours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simone Posted July 26, 2009 Author Share Posted July 26, 2009 well been to bQ got the wood,bit of turf, woodchips, ordered wire, now will be going into wir should be approx 11ft x 11ft so happy as was only going to be and run but once hubby got into it we have ended up with wir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-F-C Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 i have named mine clarissa, claudette, hubby has fi fi and to pick other name yet. will be out a lot of time also building something so will have plenty room we have decided where they are going as most of our garden is veg and flowers, plus greenhouse summerhouse have way too many potatoes growing so going to use a big patch we have just dug potatoes from and put turf etc down then build encloser round that i think, he know what he is doing so leave to him i just fetch and carry will be shady as well I have a FiFi too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
