AndyRoo Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) Hello, I have a couple of Qs re: walk-in runs - 1. If I order a walk-in run at the same time as a cube, will I have to buy the connection kit separately, or do you get one of those thrown in? 2. Does anyone know which adaptor kit I need if I get one of the new style cubes? Is it the original one, or the one for the Eglu go? I wasn't sure because of the shape of the new cube. Thanks, Andy EDIT So it looks like we'll be getting an Eglu cube with the run this weekend! YAY! I do have one question though, which I suppose I have probably already asked in a different thread, BUT- The area in our garden where we'll be keeping it is currently 'gravelled', but not with a fine gravel, something like the cotswold buff stone pictured here: It's far too big for them to eat any of it, and we'd put down bedding on top of the stones... but would it be ok for their feet? If it'll be a problem, we can always clear the stone away first. Help! Cheers, Andy Edited October 10, 2016 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 You'd best phone Omlet up on Monday morning; they will be able to answer those questions for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 If you order online you'd have to buy separately, but I have found that if you phone up, sometimes if you ask, you get... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Definitely agree, if you don't ask you don't get. Omlet are often very good if you're placing a large order all together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoo Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 Well, all sorted and hopefully by the end of next week we should be all set for some chickens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Whoop whoop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Awesome That gravel should be fine. I think bedding on top of it will be a pain to clean so if it's deep enough just hose it down every few weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoo Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 Awesome That gravel should be fine. I think bedding on top of it will be a pain to clean so if it's deep enough just hose it down every few weeks I did think that, but beneath the gravel is one of those anti-weed sheets, so I thought if I was washing it away, it may not go as far as we would like and build up and then... well, ewwwww! I can always clear away the stones and just have the bedding on top of the anti-weed matt sheet and then clean that away. I didn't want to go and put the bedding directly on to the soil because if it rains I am expecting it to turn into a boggy mess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Are you able to get hold of any cheap slabs to put under the litter in the run? From experience (a friend used gravel) is clings onto the poo when it dries and gets difficult to clean. Personally I would go with a slabbed base with Aubiose on top, which you can sprinkle with Ground Sanitising Powder and rake over each week, then clear out every couple of months or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoo Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Are you able to get hold of any cheap slabs to put under the litter in the run? From experience (a friend used gravel) is clings onto the poo when it dries and gets difficult to clean. Personally I would go with a slabbed base with Aubiose on top, which you can sprinkle with Ground Sanitising Powder and rake over each week, then clear out every couple of months or so. We'd have to go out and buy some slabs, although there is a Wickes not too far from here which sell them relatively cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Might be worth putting an ask out on your local freecycle/freegle; loads of people are tearing up patios and installing decking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 I agree with DM. I have weed membrane - sand - slabs - hard wood chip. It's brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 It's a heck of a lot easier to clean.. i think the weed membrane splits after a bit, from what i have heard. My skabs are just on soil, and are fine... after i shovel the litter out, i either sprinkle it with GSP or lob a bu cket of liquid disinfectant, such as viratec, over it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Another slabs and auboise fan here. Andy - I think you have got a touch of "I gotta get hens now" disease different to Morehens where you just gotta add to those you've got - no vaccine and no cure - so you are dooomed - doomed - thought you were waiting till next year? That garden's crying out for a patter of tiny feet. Good luck with the girls - will you name them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Def agree I too have slabs and there are always lots on gumtree freebies from people changing garden. Or if you spot a landscaping project on the go they might give them to you,saves them disposal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRoo Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 Another slabs and auboise fan here.Andy - I think you have got a touch of "I gotta get hens now" disease different to Morehens where you just gotta add to those you've got - no vaccine and no cure - so you are dooomed - doomed - thought you were waiting till next year? That garden's crying out for a patter of tiny feet. Good luck with the girls - will you name them? Well, we were going to wait - but an opportunity has arisen in our favour, so we've taken it! I'm not a particularly lucky person, so when I get lucky I tend to capitalise on it! It's not so much a case of 'igottagethensnowdisease' - as we have been talking about it for about 3 years(!). We could probably have gotten away with an Eglu and a small run in our old garden, but it would have been quite a small set-up. We've definitely decided to avoid morehens disease by waiting until our 'supplier' (as it were) has all of the hens we'd like in stock, and then we're going to buy them all at once and be done with it until enough have died off that it makes sense to add more at a later date. Besides, we're going to start getting work done on the house fairly shortly, so I need to have something to occupy my time while I am not picking out colour schemes and tiles and wood flooring or writing books or reading or baking or painting... hmmm, maybe I don't need another project. hehe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
