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[MadAboutChooks]

Hi there am just about to order a 'Tony' run from A4u and at present have 3 chooks and an eglu. When the chooks start to go off lay with age we intend to increase the population to keep the egg supply up. Now, the idea I have is to then get another eglu to put in WIR perhaps under the original one, but am unsure weather 6 chooks would be ok in a 12x6ft run or whether I would need to go for the 15ft x6 which is obviously a lot more money? Opions welcome.

[Cooks]

well I have a 12x6 run although I have it with a cube on the outside so that give more space inside the run. I currently have 5 girls and am adding another 2 soon, but that is my max. That is only with adding different mezzanine levels inside the run to add to the floor space.

I dont think I would have considered 5/6 within the run if I had two eglus in there though, but others may dissagree

also I free range my girls a lot, I would not consider adding to the number if they were in the WIR all the time, although I dont know your intentions there.

[Plum]

I understand minimum recommendation is 1 sq metre per hen so you should be ok.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I have 5 in 2.5 x 2m WIR with lots of extra levels and freeranging time each day. I wouldn't have more than that.

[Cooks]

I understand minimum recommendation is 1 sq metre per hen so you should be ok.

bear in mind though that eventually adding another eglu inside will reduce this amount inside and therefore in my calculations take it under the required amount.

 

You could consider putting the eglus on the outside someway, I know others have managed it this would free up all your space inside?

[Lewis]

I understand minimum recommendation is 1 sq metre per hen so you should be ok.

bear in mind though that eventually adding another eglu inside will reduce this amount inside and therefore in my calculations take it under the required amount.

 

You could consider putting the eglus on the outside someway, I know others have managed it this would free up all your space inside?

... or on tables

[MadAboutChooks]

Yes I am planning to have at least one on a table, and perhaps the other one underneath the table. Has anyone ever put the eglu and run inside the WIR and put new chooks in there as a way of introductions to the other chooks?

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Yes, me . Although not as an eglu attached to the run (my WIR's too small ).