For sale: Omlet outdoor catio, tunnels, tower and accessories - Cambridge (CB3)

[Jaime]

I dont think baby goats (Kids) will get up the ladder

[The Dogmother]

[The Pearsons]

My cube is red as well.

[Beauty-Box]

 

Well done Jaime! The cube looks so cool in red! I just wish I could afford one

[ubereglu]

It looks fab Jaime! Am very jealous, as I saw the orange display one and it looked great, plus I won't be getting one! (miffed face!)

[Jaime]

My chooks moved into their new home today - they seemed a bit confused by the ladder. At about 8.45 I tried to tempt them up the stairs with a lettuce which they love. Evadne the Bluebelle, who is usually the most timid eventually made it and had a few bites of the lettuce and then decided she wanted to be on the ground so fluttered off the steps.

 

I thought the best thing to do was wait until it had gone dark and then try the torch technique... when I just remembered they hadnt been tucked up in bed I went out to see and they had all made it to bed and were all cuddled up in a corner. Clever girls

 

There is loads of room in the cube but I'm not sure that the cube and standard run would be big enough for any more than 4 chooks

[Gallina]

I gave in too early with my hens and put them to bed manually the first night, but they were all right after that. They do get confused: mine thought that the space under the Cube was their Eglu, and they huddled there muttering, "A bit drafty tonight". But maybe yours realized that red is best (even I am coming round to it: it is very striking -- you should consider planting some Crocosmia "Lucifer" around the run: it would look marvellous and divides easily so you would soon have it all round).

 

Re the size of the run: the standard one that comes with the Cube is quite tiny and I agree with you: it's only suitable for more than four hens if they free-range most of the time. I have one extension and five hens in the Cube, and I don't think I would go above six. (I don't want to buy a second extension, as I hope that we can all start persuading Omlet soon to make another piece with a human-sized hatch that goes between the two existing extensions!)

[Jill]

Interested to see what you have both written and my numbers will go up to 5 when I get my cube. I have opted for the extenstion because I thought the dimensions looked a bit tight in the run. Pleased I have done now as I want to be able to leave them in the run when I am out without worrying about them. The 3 I have got at the moment hate being shut in the eglu run and spend the whole time by the door waiting for it to be opened.

[Jaime]

"Lucifer" was my fave plant last year and I tried everywhere to buy some. Managed in Autumn to buy one struggling little pot and so far its still struggling.

 

It would be a good idea to plant it just behind the run it would make the fence to my little veg plot dissappear.

[Guest]

Looks really great.

 

I have 'ordered' another five batams.

 

2 that my OH said I could have - and 3 I wanted - so can't see anything wrong with that!

 

I will have 7 in total then - but as it is big enough for 10 full size chickens, and I also have an Eglu and will soon have another hen house - I might squeeze in a few more

 

Only 15 more sleeps until my cube arrives

[Jaime]

I'm telling fibs..... Schizostylis coccinea ‘Major’ commonly known as the ‘Kaffir Lily” is what I was trying to find - its very similar.

 

 

 

 

I think it would look good against anyone's new RED Eglu or Cube

[Snowy]

I love the schizostylis Jaime! I have a lovely magenta one, only one I've been able to find and mine is struggling by the pond Let me know if you find out what it likes!

[Gallina]

And here's Lucifer:

I started off with a small clump, and now I have pots and pots of it. I think it might clash with purple....

[Jill]

Ooh what lovely pics. That's me off to the garden centre tomorrow then!

[Jaime]

http://www.farmyardnurseries.co.uk/schizostylis.htm

 

 

The website says....

To get the best from these extraordinary plants they really need a sunny sheltered site where they will get as much autumn sun as there is to keep them flowering for as long as possible. The plants themselves are quite hardy, but a mulch in the worst of the winter weather is advisable. Schizostylis are a must for all gardens, they can even be found growing as pond plants.

[The Dogmother]

I've got some Lucifer (after a couple of false starts) It's doing ok, but not as beautiful as yours Gallina.

[Jules.]

And here's Lucifer:

I started off with a small clump, and now I have pots and pots of it. I think it might clash with purple....

 

Thats nice