Spudsyouliked Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Hello, I’m new here and looking for advice please. I would love to get a couple of chickens and have been given an old eglu classic that a neighbour was using for chickens previously. I think the inside is for the rabbit set up though? Or maybe just missing any sort of insert (it’s just the attached base with draining holes and another hole presumable for a good bowl), I wanted to buy the converter kit but the site is showing that they won’t have them until August now.. is there anything I can do to make it work just for now do you think? Until the conversion kits come back in? I know my neighbour used it as is but I’m not sure how exactly and with everything going on I can’t really pop around to ask her at the moment. I also wondered how many hybrid hens can comfortably be in the eglu classic? We have plenty of space and are hoping to build a long ‘chicken moat’ for them around our large vegetable patch but there might be times when they need to stay in the eglu and run and wouldn’t want them to be cramped. thanks very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Sounds like you are missing the roosting bars and maybe even a poo tray? A picture would help, so someone with a Classic can tell you what’s going on. Always useful to give Omlet a ring to see what’s possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I think 3 full sized hens is the limit for a Classic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 When we sold our classic (sniff, sniff) it went to someone who wanted it for rabbits and it is a different set up. Does sound as though there are things missing....is there a tray that you pull out from the back, outside of the house? We had 3 bantams in our classic and that was comfy. If you go for much bigger birds then maybe 2 would be more sensible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 On 4/30/2020 at 9:23 PM, mullethunter said: I think 3 full sized hens is the limit for a Classic. That's with an extra extension on the run, so 3 run lengths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, The Dogmother said: That's with an extra extension on the run, so 3 run lengths. Yes sorry - I was just referring to the house not the run space 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, mullethunter said: Yes sorry - I was just referring to the house not the run space Sorry to be pedantic - I get irked by Omlet's insistence that you can fit more birds in their runs than you can... I see it's more realistic now 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Maybe but it’s still not great is it? I’ve just checked and it still says you can keep 6 chickens in a standard 2m Cube run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 11 hours ago, mullethunter said: Maybe but it’s still not great is it? I’ve just checked and it still says you can keep 6 chickens in a standard 2m Cube run. Oh, for flip's sake! 😡 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Don't get me started on the Qute - doesn't even meet RSPCA standards in terms of space! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, soapdragon said: Don't get me started on the Qute - doesn't even meet RSPCA standards in terms of space! I still use my Ferplast “extension” on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 That's interesting, CT....I hadn't realised that the Qute would be compatible with anything else. Bogbrush is an ex show hamster; we got him when he was a year old and he was kept in a very small cage - grrr. We've put him into one about 4 times the size but he doesn't move much; I honestly think he's peanut short of a foodbowl, seriously dim! Hades (half the size of Boggers) is in the biggest cage that we could find on Gumtree...having been unimpressed with famous pet store offerings...and has the hamster equivalent of acres! When we ordered the classic remember being 'advised' that we could have up to 4 hens in it and no mention made of increased run space. Bonkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, soapdragon said: That's interesting, CT....I hadn't realised that the Qute would be compatible with anything else. It isn’t. But I made it compatible if it liked it or not!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Cat tails said: It isn’t. But I made it compatible if it liked it or not!!! I'd have paid to see that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, soapdragon said: I'd have paid to see that! It takes LOTS of tubing, a plastic container lid, a few bits of wire and a relatively well behaved gerbil with a sense of exploration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Good Heavens! What an amazing structure! Do you teach DT, by any chance 😉? I hope your little one appreciates it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 I’ll keep to teaching chemistry! And yes, Knaagmans uses the whole lot. Sleeps in the little plastic tube house on top. He doesn’t use the lower compartment of the Qute much though. But loves zipping through his tunnel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 What I don't like about the Qute is that it's so dark, with only mesh on 2 sides. I think it looks like a cheap IKEA bedside table converted into a cage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
