shuler Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Today we have taken delivery of our eglu classic. We had already built a spacious run and now have 4 lovely ladies! However, we are trying to find out if we have bought too many chickens to fit in the eglu. The breeds we have are and Amber, Black Sussex, Nera (Rhode Rock) and Goldline. Have we got too many/too big chickens for the size of our eglu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Welcome to Omlet Shuler and congratulations on your new eglu and chooks! - 4 chickens will easily fit in an Eglu, it is the outside space you need to consider and by the sounds of it they are more than catered for in their run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Hi Shuler and welcome to the forum No, they should be absolutely fine, they all cuddle up close toghether on a night anyway, like Poachedegg says, its the outside space that matters, so they'll be very happy in their new home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Welcome, Shuler . I have 5 girls in my eglu and they are quite happy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Hi and welcome to the forum As the others have said it sounds like you have this covered, if your run is a permenant one then the chooks will happily all sleep in the Eglu. If however they need to spend time in the Eglu run (ie your run is not foxproof and you are out a lot) then the Eglu run is too small for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Another one with five living happily in an Eglu, the size of the run is what counts. I've got 3m x 2m full height, so they have quite a bit of space - I think the rough gauge is 1m sq per chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Welcome from us too, just want to add one thing...........photies are compulsory on this forum Relax & enjoy. A&Hxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol U Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I have 6 in my eglu and they all sleep together in one corner of it. I could easily get more in if necessary. As someone else said, it's the run size which is important and I have a big wir. I did have another house in the run, but took it out in the end as they wouldn't use it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
