feemcg Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 (edited) I'm not sure if anyone here has Orpingtons (I think someone has) but just to let you know whats happened with mine. I have a beautiful, 17 week old Buff Orp called Sandy. She is huge, already much bigger than all my big girls. When she was smaller she slept in the pink eglu with the other chicks from that hatch. Now I only have her and Ness left and the big run and 'pink' run are opened up, the 2 of them have been cuddled up sleeping on the run floor outside the eglu. I've been trying to put Sandy in the eglu but she really resists then comes straight back out, so I've left them to it. Also, she can barely hop up a low step in the garden, so has no chance of getting in the cube. Then last night I went out to lock them up and Ness had gone in the cube for the first time (I was surprised all the big girls had let her in, but to be fair, theres been very little squabbling), and poor Sandy was lying sleeping under the cube . I felt so sorry for her, and annoyed at Ness for 'abandoning' her . Anyway, just a wee word of warning - I think Orpies are too big for Eglus and not agile enough for Cubes Edited July 28, 2007 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Awwww, poor thing. How about putting a plank of wood under the ladder to make it a bit easier? Maybe once she sees Ness has gone into the cube she will follow. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 There's someone with 1 orpington and 2 standard sized chickens in an eglu that was OK with it. Omlet thought Orps would be OK in the eglu as long as they had extra room to free range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
