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[no1male]

Eglu's were the first thing we looked at due to us not having a massive garden but at the same time wanting to keep chickens.

If that hadn't have shown us that it was a viable thing we would never have looked at Coops, and runs, one of which we have brought and are happy with

 

[TinaK]

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agree with you.....

but couldnt help thinking that if you got the kids to help you MAKE a coop.... you might drag out their interest in the subject for that little bit longer!.. you know.. get them to 'be good' for that extra week! while the paint dries!!....

(absolutely no expert on the subject of children either....)

 

[Tonopah Pati]

The good thing about having chickens is you can spend lots of $$ or you can make them a house out of almost anything. I have see some wonderful coops and would love to have them IF, I had the money. I have seen some wonderful coops that have been made from some unique things .Scraps. Raising even one chicken can be family fun.

If you live with a HOA, that tells you if you can have a chicken and or coops. How large they can be, and some folks even what color.

Everything i look at i wonder if it will convert to a coop. It is so much fun to see what you can come up with. You can get lots of advice and helpful ideas from BYC members.

Doopy, take a look at the coop contest photos. Wow! some great coop idea's there as well as the Coop Designs. I never get tired at looking at them.

 

[Bookworm chick]

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They've got to be joking!!

The best part about chickens is they are cheap and easy to keep and provide eggs and endless entertainment. $495?? That's A LOT of hatching eggs!

Did you see the price of a 50lb bag of organic chicken feed? $72.00!

 

[elmo]

My problem with the Eglu is the same problem I have with many prefab coops...they're so small! Not much more space there than a poor battery hen gets. I have my five small bantams in a 64 square foot coop/run and that seems too small to me now..I'm planning on expanding this spring.

 

[shopchicks]

I have to agree with Doopy. Not everyone feels comfortable busting out the hammer and saw and building a coop. Or they might just not have the time to build something, and the Eglu will make chicken ownership seem much more manageable. I have a coworker right now who really wants some chickens, but doesn't know if she can get the coop done on time (we want to go in on an order of chicks together) because they're in the middle of remodeling their basement. If it were me, there are plenty of coops for sale on Craigslist that I'd buy over an Egglu, but to each his own. If the people and the chickens are happy and healthy, does it really matter?

 

[JoAnn_WI_4-H_Mom]

It may be that a loving spouse will let you have chickens but only if it does not make the yard look like....tobacco road.

Now I grew up on a make-what-got-work farm, so appearances are not the main thing with me, but they are very important to others. I'm glad they have such attractive options.

But all the same, those designer chickens will poop like any other chicken, and almost always where you'd rather they did not.

 

[angels4]

A misconception about the Eglu is that they are too small, I agree they may be too small for the number of chickens suggested can be kept in them but they are larger than they appear on the web site photos. I have two, I have an Eglu Classic which is housing three young BO's (Omlet suggest you can keep "up" to 4) and an Eglu Cube that I have two SLW and one BO living in (Omlet suggests "up" to 10). Take a look at this site here, the Eglu is no smaller than any of these "Handbuilt" tractors and in some cases it is larger. http://home.centurytel.net/thecitychicken/tractors.html There is plenty of room for smaller numbers than suggested in the roosting areas (as chickens like to huddle for warmth) the run is pretty small if they are going to be cooped up full time, but my girls free-range more often than not so it hasn't been a problem for me

I have no building skills what-so-ever and wanted to keep chickens, if I built my own coop it would be drafty, and most likely leak, I did my research and found Omlet and the Eglu. This summer I'm going to try to build a large walk in run in which I can house both the classic and cube

Please wish me luck as I'm going to need it!! LOL

 

[Tecalli]

To each his own. No need to criticize those of use who buy prefab coops. Some BYC'ers have the skill and the land to build a nice large coop. Others of us have restricted space and no building skills. The beauty of BYC is that we can all come together on our common chicken interest, even if the way we got there is different.

We got into chickens last summer when they became legal in the city. We never considered chickens before. Although we did not buy an egglu, in our initial researching the egglu site was very helpful in letting us see that it was possible to keep 2-3 birds in a backyard. We didn't have any scap lumber lying around, and couldn't wait for offers on Craigslist to appear. Being able to buy a nice pre-fab coop and getting it delievered to where I wanted in the yard was a great option and got me started.

 

[wildorchid053]

i think chickens can live in anything and everything.. from dump to palace. and if you love chickens as much as we all do i say go for it anyway you can!!!