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

Eglu Cube: The boxes arrived on a Friday and on Saturday we opened them to start to erect it. However not all the boxes had been delivered (Royal Mail's fault). The remainder arrived on Monday. We started to erect it but quickly discovered that a captive nut in the base was missing. We rang and Omlet arranged a replacement base which arrived the following day. During erection the right side of the house (looking from the rear) refused to go into place. After struggling for 15 minutes we went back several stages and loosened the triangular brackets holding the front face of the house and pulled it backward until the side fitted. It is in fact written in the instructions that the front face should be pulled back as far as it can go before the bolts are tightened, but it is so essential that perhaps this instruction could be highlighted in some way. We then took the side off again and tightened the bolts of the triangle bracket. It was plain sailing from then on but we are sure this must be a common difficulty experienced when erecting the house. The tip is not to do the bolts up tight before the sides are in place and the holes in the two side to base rear L shaped brackets can match the bolt holes. Another tip is not to undo the boxes on paths or concrete because of scratching paint from any metalwork and exposing steel to potential corrosion. We use the Cube for eight bantams and were initially worried that they were too small to be able to use the ladder. This proved unfounded and they happily "fly" up to the bottom step. The only thing we have done is to remove one of the roosting racks and use hay for them to nest in instead. Being smaller birds they seem to prefer it to the racks which are a little large for them. We wondered if the manufacturers would consider making smaller roosting racks specifically for bantams. We and our bantams are extremely happy with the Cube. In particular the wheels mean that moving it is simple. Our old heavy ark used to cause us back ache when we moved it. Thank you, Alison Lay.

The cube is brilliant- safe and secure, easy to clean and it looks great. I am delighted with it.

Really easy to clean, looks great and very warm. Pricey but if you can afford one you won't be disappointed

We've had our Omlet Cube for a couple of months now and I can honestly say I wish I'd bought it earlier. Our old coop was difficult to clean and couldn't be moved, but the Cube is fantastic. Easy to clean, looks great, the food and water dispensers are amazing, and our 4 chooks seem quite content. Happy chickens make good eggs

My Eglu for my eight new rescue hens is wonderful, and so easy to clean and mite free which was a huge problem with previous wooden coops. i managed to assemble it with the help of my 6 year old son and had no problems. It is a really well thought out design brilliant, sturdy and a lovely house. Thank you very much.

only one small difficulty - I cant easily reach inside towards the bottom back of the hen house to clean the one area where the chickens always go to the toilet.

Our introduction to eglu was the purchase of a classic on eBay and loved it, the chickens also seemed to be very comfy so when we needed to upgrade and after missing out on several cubes at auction I naturally went to omlets website. I have to admit I did get a shock when I saw how expensive they are I had definitely not banked on spending the best part of a grand on a chicken coop and extra meter of run. However, if you can afford to pay the price of an EGlu no matter what model you will not be disappointed with it, they look so much better in the urban garden than the standard wooden shed type coop, it's so quick to clean (properly) and I was surprised how warm they are inside. Also the customer service I received from omlet has been second to none and speed of service excellent, despite my initial comments on price I will be buying the replacement for my other coop from omlet.

Very pleased with the purchase. Beautifully detailed design which works on all counts. Chickens very happy. One large hen still clucks a lot when jumping off the bottom step in the morning - but she has learned to get on and off the ladder. Well worth the expence.

To sum up an Eglu in one word EASY! Easy to put together. Easy to manoeuvre. Easy to clean. It looks good and is spacious. On the down side PLEASE, PLEASE redesign the stairs. We have attached a wooden set as our 8 week old chicks couldn't use them. The gaps are too wide and the distance to the ground too great.

Bought the cube plus 2m extra run as I wanted a very mobile coop and run to let my girls graze a lawn down each summer by moving every couple of days. Cube is perfect for this and it's working brilliantly. Does need 2 people to move it with 3 metres of run attached, particularly if the grass is long or the ground uneven, but still takes only minutes. The design is funky, practical and functional so easy for cleaning out and egg collection. The grub and glug containers are genius! The Grub keeps food dry and there's a lot less waste than with standard feeders. I can confirm the run is fox resistant! :) Witnessed nightly fox parties around cube and regularly find a "calling card" from the fox right next to the run in the morning, but so far no attempt to get in. As a precaution I do always close the pop hole and remove all food from the run each night, but still v.impressed that the cube and run keep my girls as safe as possible each night. One improvement I would make which other reviewers have already suggested is that I would like the hole in the nesting box to have a plug or something to stop bedding falling down the hole. I've been keeping chickens for 2 years now and I swear by hemp chips for nest boxes and trays as it absorbs smells and draws fluid down to the bottom keeping the coop dry, odour-free and (so far) mite-free. Currently my solution is to plug with a piece of damp-proof-coursing material to lay over the hole, but still the girls move it when kicking up the hemp and then the hemp chips fall in the run. The other small gripe is that the ladder was a bit mission impossible for the girls for the first day or two and they took to flying in and out the coop to avoid slipping on the ladder! Comical but a few feathers were lost and minor injuries sustained over the first weeks. We've stuck at it and I found that moving the run cover up next to the coop keeps morning and evening dew off the ladder and the girls are happier about using the ladder now it is a lot less slippy but still seeing rather comedic coop entries and exits. Reckon a re-think of the ladder might be in order. However all in all I'm really happy with the purchase and think it is really good value for money.