Thank you. I’ve just ordered the go up version and your video was very helpful for me as a first time chicken raiser. I’m planning to get 2 chickens. Look forward to more videos.
Awesome video! I'm a Floridian too! Central Florida. Was thinking about chickens. Was looking at this to move into garage when Hurricanes come. Happy that you say it's easy to move around.
good video. Same problem down under with rats getting in. They should have a smaller cage wire option for those who have this problem. We have foxes big time in Australia (introduced) and this coop was my only safe option really to have a portable, easy clean set up. I am 67 and maintain an acre myself so it's got to be easy. I have 2 large blue laced red Wyandottes (1 rooster). Big birds and 2 is enough for me. I use them to till my garden. 1 egg a day is fine. Important to check local ordinance re roosters which I am allowed to have one. Thanks for taking the time to film this. - a Californian in semi rural fringe of Melbourne, Australia Australia
Very helpful video. We purchased this setup a year ago also and found the low height a real burden. Too hard to bend down and clean. Ugh. Didn't want to spend anymore upgrading so put the coop in a large 10 x 12 run. Removed the low run. We have 7 clucks and the original run just wasn't big enough. We do let our clucks free range too. In addition, if you have a rooster, as we do, it's just not enough room for them (hens) to find their own space when they need a break from him. Just some food for thought to consider since it's a very expensive purchase. Quality is truly the best though and customer service is phenomenal.
Hi I just found your channel /video! I just liked and subscribed! I saw this cool modern chicken (Omlet) coup the other day while i was visiting for a dog playdate and i had to research it and found your vid! Great vid! Someday hope to have chickens . Introvert mom of 4 sons (2 autistic) enjoying the youtube community, learning from others, while trying to grow our channel (dog therapy music to save pups/humans lives) God Bless!
Thanks for your video. I got a cube and bought some year old hens to live in it. Do you have any tips on how to get them to learn to go into the coop on their own when the sun goes down? I also got eggs the first day, but some were in coop, but not the nesting box, and some were outside. How to they learn to use the nesting box?
Great video! I am just about to purchase this model, but I live in PA and am concerned about raccoons being able to turn the knobs to open the coop. Any ideas for that? I saw someone using bungee cords, but seems like a pain.
Josh, we started with just one of these cams and liked it enough we got 3 more and then purchased the solar panel for each one. That way we didn't need batteries or anything else. I have added an SD Card to each so that I can record both for fun You Tube clips as well as security when I am away or just want to if the chickens and bees are doing well. You can do some searching and find that many of the cams on Amazon can be linked up via the same exact application. I manage all of my cams from my phone. Let me know if you have more questions! amzn.to/2Pa7x36 - Chicken Cam amzn.to/3sAtl6m - Solar Panel
I'm curious about your chicken cam. My chicks are going out into their coop in a couple weeks and I'd like to check on them. It's a big change from their brooder tent! What camera did you go with? It's nice and small. Does it see well in the dark?
So glad you liked it! I used 1/4 19gauge hardware cloth. We have not had any issues at all since we did this. It's a bit of a process getting it on there (just getting it cut and such) but was really worth it to me.
Ive watched a few Omlet reviews , seems like a great coup that should last many years but noticed that there are no perches for them to sleep on or hop up on anywhere. My chickens love their perch and sleep on it every night.
Thanks for the great review. 2 questions ... we are located about an hour south of Tampa. How does the Eglu do in FL rain? Does the coop stay fairly dry? How is the ventilation? Does it manage heat/moisture in the coop during the summer? (We plan to put it in a shady spot)
Hey Jeremy, great question! So we are now in our second summer and things are great. The coop gets hit from about 12-4 but we also have the birds able to range outside of the Eglu run. I'd say in a shaded area it would do just fine. The venting is not bad at all and it has held up great. The only thing that has deteriorated over time is the green tarp over the run and that just from so much sun exposure and rain in two years. I might consider adding a small and different tarp but otherwise very happy.
@@MoonWoodHomestead We have a nice big scrub oak that the coop can sit under to provide shade. We've been looking for something that is easy to clean, meets our local ordinance that the coop must be moveable, has decent ventilation and can deal with driving rain. It was hard to find all these things in a single pre-fab coop. The Eglu checks all of the boxes for our needs. Glad to hear it has held up well.
look for birds who handle heat well. My Wyandottes are a bit too feathered and they can get hot. Shade and ventilation are really important. They are ok at night in the coop itself.
Here in the states we can call EGLU owners provided from the company to answer questions about the coop and I have not had one return call so I will ask you. I am concerned if I don't get out early enough to clean under the roost, the chickens will walk through poop to go in to lay their eggs. I have had chickens and I know their poop does not go through those bars without leaving some along the way. How do you deal with that?
I’m also interested to know more about the roosting plate vs actual roasting bars. Seems like the chickens will just be sitting in poop all night since poop doesn’t necessarily fall thru slats. @moonwoodhomestead Would you give more info regarding this?
For the auto door on the side, did you have to cut a square in the run? Like did you have to damage the the run to install the auto door? Thanks. As well as the run, your chickens are out in your yard as well. Do you think it would be ok to have 4 chickens just in the run?
Thats a great question! Yes you do have to use some wire snips and cut a square out as it will show you in the directions for the Autodoor. As for keeping birds just in the run itself I think you could do that but I'd recommend small or medium sized birds so they have the most amount of room.
@@MoonWoodHomestead mind me asking how much it cost you in the states? It's looking like close to 1200 Euro for coop with 9 foot run and 1 auto door where I am.
@@neshead3099 That sounds about right. The thing to keep in mind is this doesn't wear and tear like most other prefab coops. After a year if I were to clean it out you'd think it was like it was day 1 (minus the hardware cloth lol)
Yes we did, it has worked really well. We cut it to fit and attached it with zipties to the run. Absolutely 0 problems with rodents or otherwise since.
I was a huge fan of Justin For a while even though I do not believe in killing our chickens. I had to stop following him years ago when he bragged about putting a live chicken in a pen with hogs and watched it get eaten alive. He literally bragged about it being shredded to pieces because he didn’t like the attitude of the bird. That’s why he subjected it to a brutal death. Everyone else on his page follows him never cared about this but I cannot believe the lack of empathy. I also don’t believe that it’s psychologically OK to allow his children to slaughter so many animals at such a young age is exposing them to a solid lack of empathy towards the active killing. I still cannot get over what he did to that chicken and how he bragged about it on his channel years ago it just eats me up inside. I do love your chicken coop and It looks like you’re going to raise your chickens respectfully.
Great explanation and review. In future, if you have your camera person turn the IPhone horizontal your videos will be much more viewable and enjoyable On Widescreen. Just a hint…
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I missed the picture from the chicken cam!! I ordered my omlet yesterday and we are fan of the wyze cams
Awesome…just connected…I look forward to viewing more of your content…Great review..I am definitely in the market for a Coop…Salute!!!🍃🍃🍃
Great review-thank you! You forgot to add the photo of your chooks tucked in at night 😊
Love the video. We just received our Omlet today and we are excited.
Great video !! Thank you !!
Thank you. I’ve just ordered the go up version and your video was very helpful for me as a first time chicken raiser. I’m planning to get 2 chickens. Look forward to more videos.
Awesome video! I'm a Floridian too! Central Florida. Was thinking about chickens. Was looking at this to move into garage when Hurricanes come. Happy that you say it's easy to move around.
I am in central Fl too, Interlachen, and am pretty sold on this coop company. Great video, very informative and attentive to detail. Thanks !
Duval- I would pull it into screened porch for hurricane.
Thank you for this video I'm considering getting one of these coops for my home.
Your video is great! I was considering another coop, but after your video I’m definitely getting this! Thank you so much!
Trying to decide between Omlet and Nestera. This was a really helpful tour and review! Thank you!
Thanks for the awesome review! I'm thinking about buying one and found this very helpful
Thank you!
Great review!..and have you seen the Roots and Refuge page?.. they're my favorite..
good video. Same problem down under with rats getting in. They should have a smaller cage wire option for those who have this problem.
We have foxes big time in Australia (introduced) and this coop was my only safe option really to have a portable, easy clean set up. I am 67 and maintain an acre myself so it's got to be easy.
I have 2 large blue laced red Wyandottes (1 rooster). Big birds and 2 is enough for me. I use them to till my garden. 1 egg a day is fine. Important to check local ordinance re roosters which I am allowed to have one. Thanks for taking the time to film this.
- a Californian in
semi rural fringe of Melbourne, Australia Australia
thanks for the video myself have a Omlet Chicken house cube as well
Very helpful video. We purchased this setup a year ago also and found the low height a real burden. Too hard to bend down and clean. Ugh. Didn't want to spend anymore upgrading so put the coop in a large 10 x 12 run. Removed the low run. We have 7 clucks and the original run just wasn't big enough. We do let our clucks free range too. In addition, if you have a rooster, as we do, it's just not enough room for them (hens) to find their own space when they need a break from him. Just some food for thought to consider since it's a very expensive purchase. Quality is truly the best though and customer service is phenomenal.
Hi I just found your channel /video! I just liked and subscribed! I saw this cool modern chicken (Omlet) coup the other day while i was visiting for a dog playdate and i had to research it and found your vid! Great vid! Someday hope to have chickens . Introvert mom of 4 sons (2 autistic) enjoying the youtube community, learning from others, while trying to grow our channel (dog therapy music to save pups/humans lives) God Bless!
what brand camera did you buy for the coop? please We just got the coop thanks for the review.
How do you get inside the run to clean out the poo? Do you move the coop first?
Thank you for this review! Love this coop I think I might buy it!
I hope you love it! If you decide to, feel free to use the link in the channel, every purchase helps!
How conducive is this to do the Deep Litter Method with?
thank you but dont the mites get in all the door handles, there seems to be lots of nooks and krannys for those redmites?
Thanks for your video. I got a cube and bought some year old hens to live in it.
Do you have any tips on how to get them to learn to go into the coop on their own when the sun goes down?
I also got eggs the first day, but some were in coop, but not the nesting box, and some were outside. How to they learn to use the nesting box?
Great video! I am just about to purchase this model, but I live in PA and am concerned about raccoons being able to turn the knobs to open the coop. Any ideas for that? I saw someone using bungee cords, but seems like a pain.
I am wondering the same thing!!!! I have heard that people had issues.
@@SS-it7cr you could try an outdoor faucet cover that one would use for winterizing an outdoor hose.
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Great review. Looking at getting this coop. Just curious, but what camera did you get for inside your coop?
Josh, we started with just one of these cams and liked it enough we got 3 more and then purchased the solar panel for each one. That way we didn't need batteries or anything else. I have added an SD Card to each so that I can record both for fun You Tube clips as well as security when I am away or just want to if the chickens and bees are doing well. You can do some searching and find that many of the cams on Amazon can be linked up via the same exact application. I manage all of my cams from my phone. Let me know if you have more questions!
amzn.to/2Pa7x36 - Chicken Cam
amzn.to/3sAtl6m - Solar Panel
@@MoonWoodHomestead Thanks!
What camera do you have in the coop?
I'm curious about your chicken cam. My chicks are going out into their coop in a couple weeks and I'd like to check on them. It's a big change from their brooder tent! What camera did you go with? It's nice and small. Does it see well in the dark?
@MoonwoodHomestead -- I too am interested to know what "chicken cam" you used. Thanks for the video!
Hey, thx for the video it's quite helpful 🙂 what size mesh did you put up to keep the rats out, specifically guage and inch?
So glad you liked it! I used 1/4 19gauge hardware cloth. We have not had any issues at all since we did this. It's a bit of a process getting it on there (just getting it cut and such) but was really worth it to me.
Will this coop work for three chickens?
Absolutely, we have had 5 medium birds in there just fine.
Ive watched a few Omlet reviews , seems like a great coup that should last many years but noticed that there are no perches for them to sleep on or hop up on anywhere. My chickens love their perch and sleep on it every night.
the floor in the house where the sleep has slats that they can curl their feet around
Thanks for the great review. 2 questions ... we are located about an hour south of Tampa.
How does the Eglu do in FL rain? Does the coop stay fairly dry?
How is the ventilation? Does it manage heat/moisture in the coop during the summer? (We plan to put it in a shady spot)
Hey Jeremy, great question! So we are now in our second summer and things are great. The coop gets hit from about 12-4 but we also have the birds able to range outside of the Eglu run. I'd say in a shaded area it would do just fine. The venting is not bad at all and it has held up great. The only thing that has deteriorated over time is the green tarp over the run and that just from so much sun exposure and rain in two years. I might consider adding a small and different tarp but otherwise very happy.
@@MoonWoodHomestead We have a nice big scrub oak that the coop can sit under to provide shade. We've been looking for something that is easy to clean, meets our local ordinance that the coop must be moveable, has decent ventilation and can deal with driving rain. It was hard to find all these things in a single pre-fab coop. The Eglu checks all of the boxes for our needs. Glad to hear it has held up well.
Have you had a thermometer in the coop during the summer months? I live about a hundred miles south of Tampa.
look for birds who handle heat well. My Wyandottes are a bit too feathered and they can get hot. Shade and ventilation are really important. They are ok at night in the coop itself.
Here in the states we can call EGLU owners provided from the company to answer questions about the coop and I have not had one return call so I will ask you. I am concerned if I don't get out early enough to clean under the roost, the chickens will walk through poop to go in to lay their eggs. I have had chickens and I know their poop does not go through those bars without leaving some along the way. How do you deal with that?
I’m also interested to know more about the roosting plate vs actual roasting bars.
Seems like the chickens will just be sitting in poop all night since poop doesn’t necessarily fall thru slats.
@moonwoodhomestead Would you give more info regarding this?
For the auto door on the side, did you have to cut a square in the run? Like did you have to damage the the run to install the auto door? Thanks.
As well as the run, your chickens are out in your yard as well. Do you think it would be ok to have 4 chickens just in the run?
Thats a great question! Yes you do have to use some wire snips and cut a square out as it will show you in the directions for the Autodoor.
As for keeping birds just in the run itself I think you could do that but I'd recommend small or medium sized birds so they have the most amount of room.
@@MoonWoodHomestead mind me asking how much it cost you in the states? It's looking like close to 1200 Euro for coop with 9 foot run and 1 auto door where I am.
@@neshead3099 That sounds about right. The thing to keep in mind is this doesn't wear and tear like most other prefab coops. After a year if I were to clean it out you'd think it was like it was day 1 (minus the hardware cloth lol)
Did you add hardware cloth around the run? How did you attach it?
Yes we did, it has worked really well. We cut it to fit and attached it with zipties to the run. Absolutely 0 problems with rodents or otherwise since.
@@MoonWoodHomestead thank you 😊
@@vickichristian2364 Anytime, let us know how it goes if you end up doing it and keep the questions coming!
Promotional code for this??
I wish! We just love the product. If you use the link though we get a small bit to go toward the channel.
I was a huge fan of Justin For a while even though I do not believe in killing our chickens. I had to stop following him years ago when he bragged about putting a live chicken in a pen with hogs and watched it get eaten alive. He literally bragged about it being shredded to pieces because he didn’t like the attitude of the bird. That’s why he subjected it to a brutal death. Everyone else on his page follows him never cared about this but I cannot believe the lack of empathy. I also don’t believe that it’s psychologically OK to allow his children to slaughter so many animals at such a young age is exposing them to a solid lack of empathy towards the active killing.
I still cannot get over what he did to that chicken and how he bragged about it on his channel years ago it just eats me up inside. I do love your chicken coop and It looks like you’re going to raise your chickens respectfully.
Wtf is wrong with people
Great explanation and review. In future, if you have your camera person turn the IPhone horizontal your videos will be much more viewable and enjoyable On Widescreen. Just a hint…
I hope the chicken was hurt during the video