2009 Omlet cube and run for sale

[PhilipCaldwell]

they make me laugh when they do the chicken run or the scratch scratch, peck , peck shuffle in search of food.

 

This makes me laugh also, us chook ranglers are all the same, makes me gigle when i watch them in fallen leaves, they rustle about so happily looking for grubs

[Chook n Boo Mum]

When I was a little girl my grandparents had chooks...........and cats & dogs & goats & geese & horses & a pair of heifers:) .........and my sis & I used to love our extended visits to the "farm", at home we only had a dog as fitted our time/space/funds.

 

When we (DH & I) moved into our own home, there were covenants on it, including no livestock, so the seed of chook wanting was knocked back, although I'd seen/heard of the infant eglu & the seed started to grow again.........

 

DH got the hint when I started watching eglus on ebay and lurking on Omlet..... I made enquiries about the covenants with the farmer we bought the cottage from & he gave me his blessing, adding watch out for the foxes ..... I spoke to the neighbours..... one set were very happy with my plan, the others were a bit off...but he was to be found digging worms for the girls when they "chook sat" one weekend, so I think he was won round by their charms not so sure now there are a few more of them

 

When I got my first 3 girls in June 08 I was sure they would be enough..................then in Jan 09 I adopted four Orpies and four Batties within 24 hours and over the summer the numbers increased with a hatch of 3 Lt Sussex by one of the Orpies, the arrival of a Pekin "chicken of fate" and the various other small chooks who came to keep her company (and left again due to gender issues (), and 6 Black Rocks adopted in November bringing me to the grand total of 24

 

I am now down to 18 as the Lt Sussex threesome have all been rehomed (2 boys who now have their own harems & one little girl who didn't integrate with the big girls so is now living with sadietoo), 4 of the BRs are now living with a friend whose hubby built her a chook house & run for their anniversary.....and Berry my Pekin boy is hopefully off to his new home in the next couple of weeks......that will leave me with 17...an odd number.....eeek I may have to get some more to level me back to even numbers

 

And yes I have a very tolerant DH and parents who chook sit when we are away (Dad would like some of their own, but Mum says no ) and the children, especially my little nurse DD, are very taken with them too

 

Sha x

[Willow]

One of my brothers keeps chickens and he sent us home with the most amazing fresh eggs. I thought it might be fun and researched for ages. Came across the eglu whilst researching and thought it looked like it would make keeping chickens easier.

[docsquid]

For me, it was Omlet too. I would have been too scared without the support that they give.

 

We have been moving towards more self-sufficiency for a while now. I really wanted some chickens to assist with this. I originally saw the Eglu at the NEC Gardeners World show a few years ago, but didn't buy because at the time, there was a potential problem with bird flu.

 

This year, I saw the Cube and that really did it for me. It took a bit of persuading of DH, but I finally got the Cube and my three lovely girls in October. Before getting them, I visited an Omlet forum member to see her set-up and also went on a Hen Party. These really gave me confidence, and I just took to keeping chickens straight away.

 

They do liven up the garden, although I think we'll have to put up some chicken fencing because they tend to mug you when you are going in and out of the back door. This is fine for me, but DH and his brother are usually carrying heavy stock from the garage, so not good if they tripped up (for them or the chickens). I want to get two more and a WIR but this is an ongoing subject for negotiation

 

I'm a very happy chicken-keeper, and those who know me merely think it is another of many mad things that I do!

[Chicken Shirl]

When I retired and moved to Tenerife to prepare for DH's retirement. (Which should be this year ) We bought a tumbledown old house in the Mountains with a big piece of land. The good life was what we wanted. We had never thought of chickens until we were having lunch one day at a local restaurant and a little black hen visited our table for some s"Ooops, word censored!"s of bread. We were told by the owner of the restaurant that she was annoying the clients and would have to go in the pot. She came home with us and we called her "Twee twee" we have never looked back, she was adorable and where ever we went in the garden or house she just followed along. We couldn't live without chooks now. xx

[keyhole kate]

CharLeila

 

 

I am just glad you have your girls and are enjoying them and can I just say Harriers are my all time favourites I could watch them all day every day and never ever get bored

KK

[jkl]

A desire for fresh eggs with a load of strongbow making me hit the 'Buy' button on the omlet website.

 

@ CharLeila,

I haven't mentioned mine to DE either . Noise isn't an issue - the chooks cannot hope to compete against the Sqaudrons flying around my location!

 

cheers

[Cranfield Kate]

we wanted to move somewhere with a bit of land and do the good life thing but then one day i pointed out to my hsuband that we already had a fair bit of land in the shape of our large south london back garden!

 

So I started growing veg and the next step was wanting chickens... and then jamie oliver did his battery farming programme so i decided I wanted ex batts... then i went on a course, did tons of reading, bought a coop, got the chickens, realised i knew nothing, flew into a panic, discovered this site, breathed a huge sigh of relief and got on with it.

 

i want a dog and a couple of pigs too.

[Sarahsausage]

One of my friends told me about the BHWT and that she was getting some ex-batts so I started looking into it too as have wanted chickens for years but never really thought it would be possible, I now have 4 lovely chickens, they are so adorable!

[jimnpaula]

I read about eglus in a magazine or paper and thought it was a clever idea, found the website and bookmarked it. Every so often I would look at the site and wonder... this went on for several years I think.

Then one of my friends (Whoopsie, as she is known on here) mentioned her wish for chickens and we both discovered that the other knew about eglus, and many conversations were had. A holiday together to a campsite that had free ranging chickens pretty much decided it for her... so if she was getting them, then 'so was I'!

Thankfully, she also pointed me towards the forum where I've learned so much. I also visited Ms Tilly to view her cube, and Lesley-Jean to view her eglu, and their chooks.

 

I'd already had in mind to get ex batts, and thanks to forum members (particularly Tara), the girls had accommodation for the first few days while waiting for their cube to arrive.

 

We've now been through no eggs, all moulting, getting fitter, and learning to dust-bath. Now the husband is talking about a wir (if/when funds allow)!

 

P

[poachedegg]

We had fancied having them for a while, but was a bit reticent as we live in a new build house, on an estate, with a small garden....however turning 40 does strange things to you, so when we discovered the Eglu.....that was it!

 

People think we're weird, but as I tell my children, ordinary is boring!!

[clucky chicken]

Like most of you seem to have done - thought about chickens for years - then a friend got some ex-batts and we popped over to see them one afternoon last summer. That was it - hook line and sinker! - Did some research, looked at the neglected part of our large garden (which is now the chooks home) then someone I worked with who also had hens was selling his chicken coop to get a larger one - from then on we never looked back!

 

We bought the coop, found a local breeder (lovely jolly old farmer!) and bought 4 hybrids - that was August 2009 - and have been truly besotted and chickenified ever since -

 

OH built an extension run for them, and is as daft as I am about them - he's to be found every morning, rain or shine, walking down to the chicken run and having a little chat with them and being rewarded with some gorgeous warm eggs!

 

I now have chicken everything in our home, - mugs, eggskelter, calender, shopping bags, egg cups, books... the list goes on, - every one of our friends bought us chicken stuff for christmas - lest I forget I'm a chicken mummy!

[Old Speckled Hen]

Just before I retired a client of mine had three chooks who had to be rehomed as their part of the garden had to be paved over for a car hard standing. As I was moving up here I offered to take them. They came with an Eglu that cost me £50 (chooks free). I thought it was really yuppie and naff but took it anyway, promptly gave it away and replaced it with a "proper" wooden coop.

SIGH ................... I am now on the next four hens and saving for a CUBE

[Lavenders_Blue]

I think, for me, keeping chickens just sort of sounded like a good idea

And then the more I thought about it, the more like a good idea it sounded!

It took 4 l-o-o-o-n-g years to persuade hubby to get chickens, thankfully he got fed up with my constant pestering and gave in eventually (Hats off to him though for a 4 year feat of endurance against a woman on a mission )

The girls are just the best pets, I love them to bits and wouldn't be without them. And believe me, I've had a few different pets over the years.