What makes a chicken coop easy to live with?

[Ladylucan]

I am having so much trouble trying to decide

 

 

Do i get a cube with an extended run, or one without and spend the extra money enclosing the run i have...........

 

Help .......

[sparkleeeeee]

oh ladylucan

get the one without the run as your run is lovely and big. its so much easier to clean if you can stand up and dont have to crawl theough a tiny door or take the whole thing apart. also the omlet runs are so expensive you could do all kinds of great things with your homemade run with the money. i have just put a platic roof on mine in preparation fot the cube and it cost £30 (but the run was recycled so didnt cost me anything) when i swept the hemcore out today i thought how much easier it is to clean and i have more room to build platforms and perches. i can even plant bushes in there.

[Snowy]

I agree. I love the eglu and the cube, but the run was a complete pain. It's great being able to go in and grab them; refill feeders and drinkers; sweep out etc. And they love their perches and bushes. Also, I don't feel quite so guilty if I can't let them out every day. My favourite? - creeping into the run when it's dark and peeping into the cube (with a torch) to see them all snuggled up together

[Ladylucan]

Yep i think you are both right, it would be better without the run, have just got to convince DH to enclose the run for me,

It would make sense to not have the run, and to make my own, i shall have to scout the piccy gallery for ideas ,x

 

Thanks folks, xxx

[Richard]

oh ladylucan

get the one without the run as your run is lovely and big. its so much easier to clean if you can stand up and dont have to crawl theough a tiny door or take the whole thing apart. also the omlet runs are so expensive you could do all kinds of great things with your homemade run with the money. i have just put a platic roof on mine in preparation fot the cube and it cost £30 (but the run was recycled so didnt cost me anything) when i swept the hemcore out today i thought how much easier it is to clean and i have more room to build platforms and perches. i can even plant bushes in there.

 

Yep, definately agree with this. I didn't buy the run with my Cube and I'm pleased I didn't. The cube sits nicely in my home made run and its great - I can walk around it and clean everything etc etc.

 

Mind you, my run is actually a disgrace and I'm sure yours is much much nicerer.