Eglu/Omlet concerns/warning

[Aunt Tat]

Animals KNOW who will care for them. It's weird...but wonderful.
I hope those people don't ever get any more animals. It's disgusting they didn't protect them!

But I'm glad their 2 remaining will have long happy lives with you now.
You're MY kind of people! LOL

 

[Aunt Tat]

@Aunt Tat, I have two of my neighbor's chickens that decided to pack a bag and leave. Don't blame the chickens my neighbor's idea of animal husbandry differs from mine. They built a simply gorgeous coop but did nothing else to protect them from predators. When they first moved here they had about 30 chickens, a flock of guineas and turkeys. After the first year they had none left. Next year they just got chickens - 30 - and by the end of year 2 the only one remaining was Hai Hai, pictured in my avatar. She is a gorgeous white Ameraucauna going on 7 years now, I've had her for 4. This past summer I adopted their last remaining of three pullets, Henrietta. She's a Red Star and the day I went to bring her over she jumped right up on my arm and up to my shoulder. She'd never met me before! It cracked me up. After a few weeks of introduction she finally has a flock of her own. Henrietta laid her first egg the day I got her and she's laid an egg every day since. It won't last forever but it's been nice since my other's are slackers during the short days of winter.

Oh...and we're going with this coop with an Omlette security door
https://www.chickencoopcompany.com/...p-designs/products/the-rhode-island-homestead

The run is kind of small compared to what I was thinking for them, but they can free-range when we're outside and I can make a Port-a-Pen from PVC and wire with a perch and place for hanging food/water. We have some shade block fabric/tarp so that can go over the port-a-pen.

If we want to use the pen in the winter, we can put a tarp over it..

 

[CHlCKEN]

Hello @Aunt Tat! I own an Eglu Cube with an attached walk in run and love it. I planned on four standard hens, then ended up taking in a fifth hen who needed rehoming. Five is pushing it, but it's been fine. I would not recommend putting six in the Cube.

Never attempt 6 in the cube. It’s far too small.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Oh...and we're going with this coop with an Omlette security door
https://www.chickencoopcompany.com/...p-designs/products/the-rhode-island-homestead

The run is kind of small compared to what I was thinking for them, but they can free-range when we're outside and I can make a Port-a-Pen from PVC and wire with a perch and place for hanging food/water. We have some shade block fabric/tarp so that can go over the port-a-pen.

If we want to use the pen in the winter, we can put a tarp over it..

You can always build an extension!

 

[CHlCKEN]

I bought an omlet run two years ago, and I love it. It’s the most predator-proof thing I’ve ever had and it works just great. I bought a second one, of the largest size, for my ducks coming this spring.

 

[Aunt Tat]

I agree. We're going with a wood coop and run, but with the Eg-Loo Automatic chicken door.