Eglu Go Up with 2M run for sale Wrexham

[chickanne]

My chicken-keeping vet had never heard of Omlet and was far more interested in the quality of them as bird suppliers than coop providers. He was quite scathing of the traders at markets who dump B quality birds on unwitting pet owners.

I would never have considered chicken ownership had it not been for all those articles in the papers over the years.

 

Has anybody got a really old Eglu they are still proud of?? Bet it's in better nick than a wooden one of similar years..

[Egluntyne]

I have an ancient yellow Mark 1. It is still very useful.

[Keds45]

Hi! I live in the USA and I love my Eglu. Where I live it rains ALOT. and the Eglu is super practical in my climate. The only complaint I've heard about the Eglu here is that it's too small, having a few hens in your back yard is just growing in popluarity. Most people (in my experience) that have chickens have LOTS of them (when I was a teenager and my Dad ordered chicks he got 50). I'm hoping Eglus will catch on more here! Plus now I want a Cube.

[Alis girls]

only got from 1 friend who says its "designer" - I love wooden ones but have a wooden rabbit jhutch which despite best efforts never looked clean - the welfare of my hens is more important - and lets face it we dont all have small holdings. The Brits hate success - I believe cime is the outcome of envy in many cases. If this were the US of A it would be a celebrated success. So dont knock it until you've tried it.

[Chook n Boo Mum]

I haven't purchased any of my (rehomed) (guinea pigs) brand new, the closest has been a recon from Omlet, the others have all been previously loved & have shown no signs of deterioration, merely staining from use.......how many previously loved wooden houses could say the same, I wonder

 

A year or so ago, I stood in a local animal supplier (inc wooden chook & bunny houses & hens) & listened to a fountain of fire & brimstone spout from the mouth of the owner when a lady mentioned that her new additions had arrived in .............after about 5 minutes & it being blatantly obvious from my dropped jaw that I was earwigging I had to put in my 2pennorth, if this man didn't happen to be a leading authority on all things chook (& I need to use his shop on occasion for the odd item my other supplier can't get for me ) I could have completely lost my rag..........he stood & announced, amongst other things, that every day he gets emails from unhappy Omlet owners ..........I just looked at the lady & told her that in my experience, her little Henny & Penny would be fine in the eglu & walked away seething & empty handed.

 

For the record I do have a wooden house, made for me by a friend, but it's a total pig to clean & tends to be used as a sick bay/nursery/integration house before the chooks are moved into one of the WIRs with the other houses attached......I have also admired many a pretty wooden house, though repainting it on a regular basis etc doesn't sound overly attractive a concept

 

As has been said, each to their own & if you are happy with a design, go with it........ much to my DH's consternation my chook addiction has not reduced, nor has my love for the eglu & cube & if I was offered another one at a reasonable price, I'd probably go for it ......no I don't have more money than sense, merely feeding my morehens addiction

 

I'll get off my soapbox & go get a cuppa now, sorry

 

Sha x

[Redwing]

Many people who hate Eglus have never seen one in real life

 

I like my wooden coops and Eglus alike, the thing they have in common is good design and build

 

Perhaps people need to spend more time putting their efforts in to whinging about the cheap flimsy wooden coops that are about - some of the suppliers who hate Eglus actually sell these flimsy coops which will fall apart within a year or two!!

 

A quality coop is a quality coop regardless of what its made out of

[Jools]

A round of applause for the lady above please!

[peckingham palace]

Here here. I love my eglu and all that came with it including the chickens. It has made a complete chicken novice like me able to fulfill a long held dream of keeping chickens both easy and stress free. Does it matter if we are hobbyists or pet lovers, as long as our ladies are well cared for who's to tell us how we should spend our hard earned cash. Long live Omlet

[Henergy]

How weird that people would get so worked up about such an issue of personal taste or circumstance. I like both wood or plastic. I have wood because thats what suited us at the time. I also search ebay frequently to see if there are any eglus for sale near me (never is though )

 

So long as the chickens are well cared for & loved then surely thats the main thing.

[percy049]

Omlet has helped me loads with finding out how to look after chickens, although I think on the website where we got our original 3 rescue hens have more info on health issues.

[Lavenders_Blue]

Bang on Tasha, well said It's certainly true that you get what you pay for, whether it's made of wood or plastic.

 

It's also worth adding that regardless of wood or plastic, the owner still needs to practise good hygiene, mite control etc to ensure the health and happiness of the birds. You can have filthy, mite ridden wooden houses and eglus alike, and similarly spanking clean, mite free wooden houses and eglus.

[Penguin]

We've just got our two new girls from a breeder nearby and he was positive about Omlet, he was really pleased that you have raised the profile of chicken keeping and sees it as a way of him getting more trade because folks who had chickens from Omlet in the first place go to him for their next lot/additions.