AyeAyeMagpie Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 (edited) I thought it might be a good idea to have a thread of modifications that have been made to Eglus. I have the Mark 1 Cube and its previous owners retrofitted a partition to stop chickens sleeping in the next box. I'll take some picks and add later today. My own improvement to my cube has been to solve the issue of losing bedding down the big, gaping drainage hole in the nest box. I bought a set of silicon placemats off Amazon, they were really cheap. They were sold as a set of 4, I only needed one but I'm sure I'll put the others to good use elsewhere. The mat fits really neatly to the bottom of the nest box and acts like a seal over the hole. It's super easy to remove, clean and dry. It's also colour coordinated with the Cube so almost looks like it's part of the kit. Edited September 29, 2018 by AyeAyeMagpie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 What sort of bedding is that Ayeayemagpie? Looks just like pellets! Like the solution though - I use the flat side of a plastic milk carton with plastic coated garden wire ties to hold it in place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Chick Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, mullethunter said: What sort of bedding is that Ayeayemagpie? Looks just like pellets! Like the solution though - I use the flat side of a plastic milk carton with plastic coated garden wire ties to hold it in place. I was going to ask the same thing about the bedding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 It looks like pressed paper kitty litter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeAyeMagpie Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 It's just wood pellets. We're trying out different bedding materials to see what works bestfor us. Tried Carefresh pet bedding first (which was great but super expensive for the volume I used), now trying this and yet to pass judgement. Trying to get hold of hempbedding locally to give that a try next, I've heard good things but don't want to pay delivery from online orders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Chick Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Thanks AyeAyeMagpie would be interested to know which bedding you prefer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 I really liked carefresh but also found it to be too expensive for the volume needed for chooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
