Green Tea Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Forget the Eglu and the Cube .......... so last year Who loves their hens enough to buy them The Nogg http://www.nogg.co/about/ At only £1950 .......... it's what every discerning chicken-lover needs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffs Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 It looks very twee and cute but I'm not sure how practical it is, looks like it'd be annoying to clean out, and a little bit cramped And the price, I won't even mention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 This is a design classic and a brilliant feat of engineering and construction and if you start thinking of the amount of work it must take to build one of these, then you can sort of justify the cost. Whether or not it is a practical way to keep chickens remains to be seen. For those of you that would like to take a closer look, here is a link with a lot more pictures. http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/11671/nogg-chicken-coop.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I think it's really beautiful, but it would break my heart to see it covered in chicken poo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stehaggan Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 That looks really nice , it doesn't have a nest box though does it? I'm sure my girls would love dumping all over it so it wouldn't stay so nice looking for long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I think one should have a Grand Desgins house to go with it e.g. one of those modern German ones (Huff Haus or something like that) . Alas I have a Victorian terraced house . . . but think how many tubs of meal worms I can buy my chooks in its place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy chick Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 No, don't like it. But then I didn't like to eglus till they'd been out a few years. I think I need time to let things grow on me! Still waiting to this to happen with my OH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egglicious Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Omg... WANT!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer_chicken Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 It's very stunning and clearly an amazing piece of design and engineering, but I wouldn't score it very high practically. It doesn't look very easy to clean out; there don't seem to be any nest boxes and the roosting bars would only seem to fit one chicken, maybe two. A lovely work of art though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I'll have two at that price... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 For a similar effect look at the Chicubes wooden version, same cool wood/metal contrast and much cheaper! I will stick with the Eglu though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Oh, my ..... it looks lovely, but: How could you attach a run to that? It needs to be on it's own somewhere in the garden, just looking gorgeous, not surrounded by weldmesh or eletric fencing However would you clean it? As said above, it won't look so beautiful with chicken poo all over the inside! Imagine red mite in there ... I'm just too pragmatic for this sort of thing. It's been designed to look good in the garden, not designed to suit hens/hen-keeping, in my view. Oh well, that's £1950 saved - now, what can I spent that on instead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Guess it is more of a sculpture than a real hen house. I was wondering what breed of chicken would look right with it Nothing too ruffty tuffty . . . possibly something minimalist . . . like a naked neck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkingChickens Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 If you had a Danish Modern, or the like type house I could see you keeping maybe two hens if your backyard in one of these. However, it looks so small and confining and I worry about ventilation. Of course, everyone I know who lives around me in California hated the Eglu too until they got to see mine in person. So, I'd love to see one of these before I make my final vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
