eglu chicken house

Hi tom,
  I dont but sure there maybe 1 or 2 in here. However I dont believe there value for money if you can make a coop. However for a bought Ark compared to eglu then there is only a little increase in cost, so that may make it better.

I have an Eglu and love it.  Yes, I could have made my own but I bought it as a present to myself and love the way it brightens up the garden.  We have had our hens (3 called Bridget, Holly and Kendra) for nearly 2 years and they seem to love it too.  It is easy to clean, assemble and collect from.  We have had no issues with foxes as OH regularly marks his territory!  

My only recommendation is that although on the omlet website they say you can move it about the garden in reality this is quite hard as unless you have loads of space (we have about 100ft x 50ft) the grass never really recovers from where they have scratched about in it during the day, even though we do let them roam freely it still turns into a mess beneath the cage.  Also on another note, chickens are incredibly rewarding but do not underestimate the work they need.  I have seen quite a few people of late buying them up and thinking they can just leave them to look after themselves but they do need to be fed and watered and let out regularly to have a good run about.  

Good luck with the house hunting.  Why aren't property prices slumping in the chicken world?  

We have the cube - it is fantastic but as mentioned before does need two to move it around the garden.

Easy to clean and the hens love it - nice and waterproof and doesn't hide any nasties!

We do move it around every week to give the grass a rest - we have also built a run that butts up to it so that the birds have more space than offered by the (expensive) run extentions. Although when we are home they range in the garden (poop is a disadvantage as we have children!)