grb944 Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Is anyone leaving the door open all night ??? Obviously the run is secure..I worry because by the time I wake to let them out 06:30, it is already sunny and I worry they are too hot in there. Will they rest ok ..if the door is left open ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 They'll be fine. I leave my door open all year round, and they come to no harm. The Eglu and Cube are insulated which means it shouldn't be too hot in there, but provided your run is secure and predator-proof, leave it open by all means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grb944 Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 "ALL YEAR AROUND " !! WOW that makes me feel much better about leaving it open wahoo !!..lay in tomorrw for me then ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prof Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 i always leave my cube door open too. the only time i shut it was for 2 weeks in winter when it was super cold my babies in the also have their door open too. obviously the run doors on are shut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I leave my doors open all year round too. I think it wise in the present hot spell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honorandkit Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Our girls are in a wooden house with attached run. I'm worried I'll only know the run isn't secure when it's too late. There's 4 birds in a house big enough for 6, with plenty of ventilation - does that sound ok to be shutting them in, in this weather? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Yep, my girls have all year round access to their run, except on the very coldest day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmberSky Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I have a normal coop and i also dont bother to shut the coop door, although when it was really cold in the winter i shut the door a few nights in a hope to keep some warmth in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Another one who leaves the door open all year, except last winter when it was well below zero for a long spell - but then they don't need to get up until quite late anyway. They will be fine. The sun was on my cube all day today and yet the inside stayed just barely warm. It is very well designed to cope with this weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 A friend of mine left the house door open so it would be easier for her chickensitter but was woken at 4am by fox who hadn't got in but there were a lot of loose feathers around, distressed chickens but no injury thank goodness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewitall Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I leave my door open and tonight they haven't even gone inside the Eglu - it's so warm they are sleeping on the table next to the Eglu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stehaggan Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I did leave my cube door open all the time and they all seemed to sleep inside. I put an automatic door opener on it which shuts when it goes dark and it seems 2 out of 6 seem to prefer sleeping in th run I preume because of the weather. For 3 days now I've had an egg laid in the run :-S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipichick Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 I leave the door open for my girlies, would dread to think of the noise of 3 hens complaining loudly to be let out It's reassuring to know that is ok during the winter too, unless the temp drops too low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 I started leaving my door open, but their new game is bokking at the top of the voices at 4.30am so now they are closed in, and I let them out at 6.30am when I can standing the muffled bokking no longer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grb944 Posted June 27, 2010 Author Share Posted June 27, 2010 WELL !! I wasn't expecting that !..Looks like I'm the only one who gets up a 06:00am to open the door and then goes back to bed !!! I like the idea of the automatic electric door opener though..I didn't realise they would fit on a Omlet Cube ( I do like my gadgets!!) I'm into my third week now with these chocks..Any still no eggs !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joza2210 Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Dont worry i am sure you will get eggs soon If it is there first ever time laying dont be surprised if it is a funny shape because it will get better ... And yes i also leave my doors on all my coops open at night ... Saves me getting up at half 5 ... Then again i would be awake any way with all my cockerels cock - a - doodle - dooing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennydavies Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 You gotta be patient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mole Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 i always shut the door on t cube. just feel ive made sure they are safe for the nite. i am up early anyway so let them out around 630ish but they dont make a noise really until they hear me outside the run good chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I used to get up at the crack of dawn to let them out but these days unless its serously cold I just leave them to it, and yep 4.30 with the dawn chorus they are up & stuffing their little faces, Its cooler that time of day so they can get lots of water on board before the temp rises so much and they retreat to the shade of the table the eglu sits on (the side & roof is shaded that end of the run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneyolktoanother Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 i've just started leaving the coop doors open while its this hot they love it but it can be annoying at about 5am when they are calling out my oh goes mad i quickly pop down to say hello then back to bed, somtimes i can get away with calling their names out the window they they go quiet bliss!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midori Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I feel like a bad chicken mummy now! I am too afraid to leave the door open as a fox could dig under our run. I am pretty sure the dogs would alert me to it before a fox could actually have the time ot get in, but I am still tooo afraid. I don't usually let the girls out until about 7am, but they don't seem to mind, they neever make a fuss/noise. They have a wooden house and although it's not as hot here as in some parts at the moment, I am a little worried in case they get too hot now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingle76 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I do not feel brave enough to leave the Omlet open all night either. I like the fact that I know for definite a fox cannot get in their coop but then my ex-bats do sit quietly waiting and are let out anytime from 5.30-6.30am in the summer. I would like to know about the electronic door thing too if it's fits on the eglu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleBeak Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 After reading this thread the OH and I decided to leave the cube door open last night but in the end we just couldn't do it! Even though they're perfectly safe in the run, we were worried something bad would happen but also didn't fancy Colin cock-a-doodle-dooing in the early hours (he's loud enough with the door shut!) so ended up closing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jac and Rory Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I'm closing the door every night (sort of 90% shut) as the sound of the gentle "where's breakfast" clucking is far less stressfull all round than the full volume screeching when the fox patrols the run in the early hours. Not so hot up here also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisFan Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 I am so glad I found this thread, I have been leaving the door open of my at the weekends only as I am up before 7 to let the little darlings out in the week and I do like a lie in. we are going away in October and my sis is going to look after the babies but it would be difficult for her to shut the door at night and then come round again at the crack of dawn to open it again, I said to her just to leave it open and then immediately starting worring about whether it would be too cold for them but as I have read here that loads of you leave the doors open all year it has really put my mind at rest. Thanks guys! Quick question though do you also leave the food in all the time ? Again I take mine in, in the week but leave it in sometimes on Fri and Sat night do you think just doing this occasionaly will attract rats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
