3.6m Omlet Chicken Run for sale, Brand New in Boxes, Milton Keynes (MK19)

[Dolly]

Our girls have recently taken to sleeping in the WIR and not in the eglu, but I'm worried about them all being piled up against the wire mesh, where they could be attacked by foxes - am I worrying unnecessarily or should I continue to gather them up and pop them in the eglu each night?

 

PS. I've checked for mites etc in case that's why they won't sleep inside but thankfully it's clear.

[snowberry]

I would get them into the eglu each night; the fact that it is fox resistant is one of the selling points of having it in the first place; they're just being belligerent teenagers

[Egluntyne]

If you are confident about your run being secure, I'd leave them to it. A few of mine prefer to perch in the run now that the weather is warmer.

[bouldercroft]

my girls sleep out in the WIR - they seem happy and I'm confident that my WIR is secure

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Mine all sleep out in their WIR too . Do you have perches high up that they can sleep on? That may allay your fears about them being swiped at through the mesh.

[Cinnamon]

One of my girls,the skinniest one actually,sleeps outside all year round,even in the very,very coldest weather

they have high perches in their run,so I reckon she is safe from everything but freezing to death....

[johnandkymberley]

A couple of mine sleep on the perch/mezzane level, not usually in the winter but now its a bit warmer, i have no worries about my run, i dont have a WIR though xxx

[penelope]

Mine stopped sleeping in it a couple of months ago when it got hot.

 

Up until the broodie stuff that has been going on recently they only go in there to lay every day.

 

Tonight for the first time I have 1 broody sitting on an ice pack & her sister sitting on top of her. Its a lot colder here tonight so that might be why they are both in there again.

 

I do have a secure wir with tarporflex ( sp?) as well so I decided they were happier choosing where they wanted to sleep.They were sleeping on top of each other in a corner on the floor. I put an oblong apple box on the floor with Auboise in it & they slept in there.

 

Makes you wonder why you pay so much money for a plastic house to sleep in when they prefer a cardboard box!!

I can just put it in the green bin & replace it to keep the bugs away.

 

Hope you find a solution.

 

Take care

Luv Penelope.

[Plum]

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[Plum]

If they are piled up against the side of the run you are taking a very big risk, so my answer would be to put them in the eglu where they are safe. Just what I would do.

 

Just seen last post, I had a helper

[Dolly]

Thanks for your thoughts everyone.

Last night I was going to leave them where they wanted to sleep in the WIR, but just before it got totally dark, my nerves couldn't stand it and I dashed out to put them in the eglu! This is ok while I'm here but we're going away for the weekend soon so they'll be left to their own devices at night.... (there are plastic covers around the raised area in the run they've chosen to sleep on, so at least that should protect them from the wind/rain)