Wanted - Eglu Cube Mk1 Roosting Bars

[maxinediana]

I have my 3 chickens in a walk-in-run, with the Eglu Classic in the run also. I wish to give them something to perch on and am asking for ideas, please. I don't know of anyone who could make me a wooden perch either. Thanks.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Ikea shoe racks are perfect .

 

[zakjon-98]

Great idea with the shoe racks! Many people on here have nice walk in runs with logs, tree branches and tables in them to keep the hens occupied

[maxinediana]

Great idea with the shoe racks! Many people on here have nice walk in runs with logs, tree branches and tables in them to keep the hens occupied

Very many thanks for replying. I think the IKEA shoe rack is a good idea. I have also found a perch in the Flytes so Fancy web site.

[maxinediana]

Ikea shoe racks are perfect .

 

 

 

That's a brilliant idea! Thank you, and also for taking the time and trouble to take a photo of yours!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Not a problem! It's actually a few years old but gets wheeled out fairly regularly in response to posts about eglu runs .

 

I also use cut logs of different heights which they like hopping on and off.

[maxinediana]

Not a problem! It's actually a few years old but gets wheeled out fairly regularly in response to posts about eglu runs .

 

I also use cut logs of different heights which they like hopping on and off.

 

 

Thanks for the extra info.

 

I have seen mention of red mite and wooden chicken houses. Could the same happen to the shoe rack - or because it is outside, it wouldn't get red mite? I seem to recall someone saying red mite are in the 'houses' and nests because they come out at night and its warmer there.

 

Its all a learning curve isn't it. I only got my chickens in February this year. Thanks once again! Maxine

[LottyJ1]

I have a shoe rack also

 

I have also put up some shelf brackets in the WIR and screwed a perch to the end of that - B&Q do good brackets and perch size 3ft wood rods that work really well. Going to put some more up in my week off next week.

[maxinediana]

I have a shoe rack also

 

I have also put up some shelf brackets in the WIR and screwed a perch to the end of that - B&Q do good brackets and perch size 3ft wood rods that work really well. Going to put some more up in my week off next week.

 

 

Dear LottyJ1 - many thanks for your reply. My walk in Run is the Omlet one and is all metal and I don't think I could screw/fix shelf brackets to it. If it had been a wooden frame then I could have done. But thanks for troubling to reply to me.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Red mite do tend to live in coops/houses so they have easy access to their sleeping victims! I've never had red mite on anything wooden that's outside (never had red mite at all *touches wood*).

[sandyhas3chucks]

in my Eglu run I have a perch a piece is 2 x 1 from wickes with the sides round off. pushed through the mesh... A slot sawn in will help keep it located. might need a little more sawing to get in an angle of the WIR corners..

Also a cheap wooden folding chair makes a good roost place.

[LottyJ1]

Cheeky Chooky has lots of perches in her omlet WIR. There are lots of her photos on here for great ideas.

[Mrs Potts]

I have an Omlet WIR with extension. The upper layer of mesh has larger holes than the bottom layer, so I have slotted tree stakes through top layer to make two perches, at my waist height. They cost £2.99 each from a local nursery. Fixed them with cable ties to make them stable and not slide about in the mesh slots. They are at an angle to the WIR sides and both at one end, so give the hens room to flap down across the run. They jump up onto the perches from a pile of circular log rings (old Christmas tree stands). Leia and Lottie are daring me to go higher but I won't.

 

Alys doesn't do heights. Her perch is about a foot off the ground and made from two piles of balanced house bricks, each topped with a facing brick on the top (ones with holes?) and a wooden broom handle slotted through, which does the job really well. My neighbour was knocking through so I got the bricks free and the broom handle was a few pounds. Alys also has her own a log she can hop on to at one end of her perch, which gets afternoon sunshine.

 

Mrs Potts

[maxinediana]

What you describe seem great. Lucky chickens! I'll make notes of what you said and see if I can copy your ideas. One of my chickens - Miss Pepperpot variety - never jumps up, whereas the 2 Gingernut Rangers jump up to around my chest height. Many thanks.