Verified Reviews for Eglu Cube^® - Large Chicken Coops with Runs

Love the design and our chickens seem very happy! Easy to clean and access. Was just a bit disappointed when putting it together as some of the part alignment and finish was poor and it took some pushing and shoving to get some bits together.

We are really thrilled with our new Eglu Cube (as are our chickens). We upgraded from an Eglu Classic so already had experience of how user friendly these hen houses are. I have awarded the product 4 stars rather than 5 because after we had collected the Eglu Cube and un-boxed it we discovered a small part was missing and there were no instructions. I managed to download some instructions from the internet and after contacting Omlet I was sent the replacement part.

I am now a happy owner of the eglu classic. The chickens, in my opinion are happier, cleaner and warmer. I love that you can put the feeding and drinking containers in the dishwasher, that everything fits together well. it looks good too. I did think that it might look a bit to space aged in our lovely countryside garden, but it blends in well. The only slight downside is that it took my OH all day to put it together, but that was inbetween coffee, meals,chatting etc. But I wouldn't down rate it for this.

Really pleased with the Eglu Cube. Easy to clean as stated, keeps the chickens secure from foxes and looks good too. Only slight criticism is that we have to be able to access both sides and would have liked to be able to site it alongside the fence. We've since purchased an additional metre run but haven't attached it yet cos we would either have to do it first thing in the morning when the chickens are in the cube or during the day when we can't secure them - next door's fence has a gap in it! Sure we will work something out.

We were new to chicken keeping but had friends who had recommended the eglu to us. It arrived shortly before Xmas in about 5 large boxes. My husband and brother in law assembled it in a little over an hour with a beer in the other hand. And then they were up and running. It seems well constructed, the kids clean it out easily with a stiff rubber brush some water and elbow grease. We have it set up within a much bigger run area but I feel confident that when enclosed in the cube run nothing would get to the hens, including our lurcher! I really like the funky colours and actually surprisingly the bright green blends in with the flora and fauna. Lots of my friends have commented on it when they have seen it. Thank you, whilst it seemed a high price for a hen house it enabled us to get up and running very easily with limited DIY skills needed.

I had already purchased a green cube back in 2009 along with 6 chooks. Two years on and a couple of broody hens later and I'm now up to 13 chooks so I decided to purchase a second cube. The new cube has slight changes to 2 years ago. It has a rubber flange across the top back vent to keep out the rain, and the water glug no longer contains nipples, due to them leaking in the past, so it now needs to be situated in a low position. Omlet were excellent with delivery and even assembled the cube for me in the pouring rain - so thank you Omlet. Both cubes are now sitting a few yards apart down in the orchard and all the chooks have integrated quite well, although, I do smile to myself because as I close them up for the night, the 5 Araucanas take themselves to bed in the purple cube while the other mixed bunch of eight tuck themselves into the green cube. I'm actually quite tempted to swap the cubes around in exactly the same position one evening to see what happens!!

Excellent

George from Omlet delivered my cube and walk in run extension today and did a brilliant job constructing it for me (it would have taken me a week). The chickens have gone to bed no trouble this evening altho I did have to put a wooden ramp up against the ladder to encourage them to bed. First impressions of the cube are that it's a great design - easy to clean out and easy to get at the eggs. George was a lovely man and the service was excellent - arrived first thing and spent about four hours constructing the house and walk in run. If you are getting the wir make sure your ground is level - mine wasn't so I've had to build up one end with some flags.

We started with a wooden house to see how we got on with keeping (4) chooks. After a matter of weeks we were hooked on the girls but less impressed with cleaning out their house. The cube duly arrived and 2 more girls will be joining them in their palace next week. The ease of being able to clean it out without bending down, kneeling in a poopy run and twisting into awkward positions to get into the house and scrub it out cannot be under-estimated. Muck comes straight off the plastic and it's dry in no time, unlike wood. We've cable-tied poles from the Omlet netting to the front of the run so we can access the pop hole and nesting box as well as clean out from outside the run and it works a treat.

Our small flock have been residing in a self built home for a number of years. The quantum leap to Eglu was prompted by the end of shelf life of the original structure, coupled with a desire to have something of an easier maintenance routine. My wife has an illness which was rendering the original design too heavy and awkward for practical and comfortable operation (although it was fairly well designed at its inception). Bring on the Eglu - the girls have embraced their new home with consumate ease and clean out time has been reduced from a two man job of 20 minutes to a one man job of two minutes. Wonderful. Thank you.