Eggloo, Egloo or Eglu?
Eggloo, Egloo or Eglu…?
Words such as Eggloo, Egloo and Eglu have been showing up in search results stats for Keeping Chickens, so I decided to see what they’re all about!
First thing I’ve discovered is that Eggloo and Egloo are spelling mistakes for Eglu, or to give it it’s full title; Omlet Eglu.
The Omlet Eglu is a funky looking chicken house and is made of recycled polyethylene, (so you can feel good about doing your bit for the environment by owning a Eggloo… Sorry Eglu!) the Eglu appears to come in a variety of different colours.
Eglu or Eggloo or Egloo - Portable Chicken House
The Eglu is also scalable, so it can house from 2 to 10 chickens depending on size. You can also extend the size of the chicken run to allow more ‘wing stretching’ space.
The Eglu is a moveable chicken house – it has wheels, so you can change it’s location pretty easily if you keep chickens in your garden.
Made in the UK, Omlet Eglu also offers a home set-up, for those new to chicken keeping and offers additional chicken keeping advice and services such as wing clipping. They also seem to offer chicken keeping courses.
The Eglu website is pretty informative and has various different chicken keeping guides, they also seem to sell chickens, so if you’re looking to keep chickens in your garden they may be a good place to start – if of course there isn’t a local chicken breeder with chickens for sale.
The one thing that will immediately strike you is the price. The Omlet Eglu is eye wateringly expensive, but then again it does claim to be a fox free chicken house, so you should expect not to lose any chickens to foxes.
They also claim that the Eglu is a low maintainence chicken house, so you may make your money back in less time spent in cleaning out your chicken house.
I have seen a few of these Eglu chicken houses for sale on ebay. Check here for chicken house section. They’re obviously second hand, but if price is a consideration then they may be worth checking out.
Of course you won’t get the 30 day money back offer unless you buy from the main Eglu chicken house website.
The Eglu comes with some nifty free extras, including a all weather shade, which will protect your chickens from the sun, wind and rain. A free food and water tray, some free chicken feed and a chicken keeping book. It also comes with 10 free egg boxes to store or give away your chicken eggs.
You can even (depending on your postcode due to availability) get your Omlet Eglu delivery to include chickens. They have a special chicken delivery service and you can choose from two types which kind of chickens you’d like.
So who would buy a Eggloo, Egloo or Eglu? I think they’re aimed at first time chicken keepers looking for a chicken house that’s easy to assemble and comes with support from a company that gives the impression via their website of being practible, knowledable and down to earth.
Check out a Eglu and see what you think.
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Posted: August 27th, 2008 under Keeping Chickens.
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Comments
Comment from Jo Wiltshire
Time April 22, 2009 at 2:02 pm
It costs £350! You could buy enough eggs to feed a family for four years for that money. Even if you don’t feel up to building your own chicken house, most pet shops could sell you something for a tenth of that price which would do exactly the same job.
Comment from Jan
Time March 2, 2010 at 6:20 pm
I know that the eglus are expensive but well worth every penny. Mine are now three years old and they are in as good a condition now as the day they were delivered. My friend has had to replace her wooden house and she’s had it for only 18 months. When pressure washed, the eglus come up spotless. Resale value is also amazingly good. Well worth it all round.
Comment from hayley
Time April 9, 2010 at 9:46 am
im looking in to getting some chickens for my garden its quite big and plenty of space but the only thing thats putting me of is that there is alot of cats in my area and i worry the chickens will get stressed do any of you’s think this will be a problem??
Comment from Ted Cole
Time May 9, 2010 at 8:26 pm
they are well worth the money if you love fresh organic eggs.It beats store bought eggs all to hell.
Comment from Susan
Time May 21, 2010 at 2:22 pm
I bought a used Omlet eglu with a run. How do you put it together?
Comment from MillyTillyJilly
Time June 22, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Have had our eglu for 3 weeks, it takes me 2-3 minutes to clean it out and it’s extremely easy to move around the garden. It was more expensive than other options but we thought it was worth it because of its resale value and the fact that it is so easy to clean. It also came with a 1/2 hour chat from the driver on how to keep chickens – great for first timers like us!
Comment from Tracey Wheatley
Time June 26, 2010 at 12:01 pm
I have heard that Eglu’s are also made for Rabbits and that they are Fox proof?
Comment from Carl Bennett
Time December 25, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Cats & Chickens – don’t worry about it. We have a garden full of cats (ours, next doors and next door the other side) and 3 Buff Orpingtons that are out all day long, plus 2 Polish and a Light Sussex. There has NEVER been any trouble between them and the cats at all, except some of the cats are a bit scared of being in the garden when the chickens are around! Get Buffs as first-time hens – they don’t stress about anything and they are robust lovely-looking birds. I’d think twice about getting a cockerel though.
Comment from Mick
Time January 5, 2011 at 8:50 pm
They are expensive but remember the average wooden one is too. Remember also that Egloo’s are fox proof, rot proof and red mite proof, so no cleaning and sterilising.
Comment from Kevin
Time February 27, 2009 at 8:33 am
1) What is the difference between Hens & Chickens.
2) Are they noisey?