Eglu Go With 2m Run For Sale

[dixie chick]

 

As requested - a photo of my girls' new red-mite free sleeping quarters!

They are settling in really well

[Gertie]

Wow, what an amazing looking set up! You must be very pleased with it

 

Lucky girls!

[dixie chick]

I am delighted with it !

At this end of the photo is the stable where the girls have been living for a couple of years - but it has become seriously infested with the dreaded red mite ....

In the depths of winter I could put the Loft into the stable to make it a bit cosier for the girls - but only when the mites are hibernating/dead /starved

The back of the Loft is removable for ease of cleaning - and soon they are bringing out some trays to fit into the bottom and make it easier still.

As I said earlier - I have nothing against the Cube - I love it - but the style did not suit this garden -( and it was nearly £100 more expensive)

[Chortle Chook]

It all looks lovely! Your girls have loads of space and I love all the climbing things you have provided for them

Do be careful about putting your nice new hen house into the stable where the red mite are having a party, as inside the stable the red mite probably won't die off and even plastic houses can get red mite. Because there are less nooks and crannies plastic houses are nowhere near as susceptible to red mite but it is false to assume that plastic = no red mite. Sorry

[mollyripkim]

Your set up looks lovely, I think the house realky suits your garden. Hope the girls appreciate it.

[daxigirl]

What a fab play ground they've got. House looks very stylish. Love the girl who couldn't keep out of the picci.

[dixie chick]

It all looks lovely! Your girls have loads of space and I love all the climbing things you have provided for them

Do be careful about putting your nice new hen house into the stable where the red mite are having a party, as inside the stable the red mite probably won't die off and even plastic houses can get red mite. Because there are less nooks and crannies plastic houses are nowhere near as susceptible to red mite but it is false to assume that plastic = no red mite. Sorry

 

Thanks CC - I will be very wary of putting the house in the infested stable! Do red mite hibernate during winter? I just thought that it would be less draughty for them if the loft was in a stable ....I don't like closing the pop-hole and it is rather a large opening on the GF loft .....

[Chortle Chook]

I don't think red mite do hibernate exactly. Though they certainly become less active they will still be there

When the nights get very cold here (I live near Benson which is a UK cold spot) I put one of those fluffy dust sheets over my hen house and that seems to work OK.

[Lavenders_Blue]

Ooh that's a lovely coop! Is the loft high enough for the hens to get underneath for shelter? I have a couple of wooden arks at the moment - one of which was a freebie given to me by a friend who gave up chicken keeping. However, it's one of the cheap flat pack jobs and is pretty rubbish. I'm going to keep it going as long as I can, but when it gives up I'm considering replacing it with a Green Frog coop. Would love to know a bit more about them as shelter underneath the coop is very necessary for my set up as my run is not covered (and can't be).