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

I have now had the Eglu for almost a year and it is great. It is so easy to keep clean. added the automatic door at a later date which was extra handy in the summer when they wanted to go to bed much later. My silly bantums have never taken to the ladder though, we had to make our own ramp to go on top of it and still have it now. I did contact the Omlet team to see if their rabit ramp with fit and they kindly did the measurements, but could not buy one on its own and our makeshift wooden slope is still ok! I would love an option for a ramp. Rosie, snowball, peggy, scruff, tina, dolly, ivy, daisy and mabel love their home (all bantums, have plenty of space)

We have the Cube with a 4m run, and overall I think it's fabulous. My only gripe is that there's no way to clean the ladder or to access most of the inside of the run apart from the part closest to the door and the area under the roosting bars (via the house)...unless I'm missing something! We recently added a walk-in run (due to an increase in the number of chucks we have coupled with flockdown) and it works really well. Adding the conversion was a tad fiddly without the ladies escaping but now it's done, it's great (but the opening could do with being bigger for access). It's easy to clean the house itself and the chickens seem happy - they gladly hop up the ladder every night. The feeding and watering containers that come with the coop are ace.

I put off buying one of these for ages because of the cost (despite having seven hens). I thought I might be able to cope with two coops, instead of one big one. That was a pretty stupid idea, because it meant cleaning out two coops instead of one. So in the end, I cracked (if you'll excuse the eggy pun) and bought my Cube. It is FABULOUS. Well worth the money. The separate nest box means the eggs tend to be cleaner (you can close it off at night when the chickens are roosting), and the pull-out tray means emptying droppings on a daily basis is easy. There is plenty of room for all the hens, and they all seem very happy. I don't have the built-in run - my Cube is inside an extended walk-in run. Yes, this is an expensive solution, but if you are older (like me) and you have any arthritis issues (like me) it makes caring for your hens a pleasure rather than a pain. Building the coop was fairly easy - the worst bit was putting the sides and the roof on because you have to climb inside. You do need two people, and it took my sister and I about three hours to do it, mainly because it was pouring with rain and we kept stopping for a tea break.

Bought this after seeing a friend with the same. Super speedy delivery. Relatively straight forwards build (although I would argue 1-2 hours longer than stated). Coop itself is brilliant, very sturdy, easy to use, chooks seem to like it. Great peace of mind knowing they are safe at night. Next time- I will definitely buy the automatic door. And I will definitely get a run extension as the 2m standard run is tiny. Otherwise, love it!

I've been raising chickens for 20 years and let me tell you, the Omlet Eglu is a game changer. It's like the Prius of chicken coops - efficient, easy to move and clean, and it looks pretty stylish too. Plus, my chickens seem to love it. After 10 weeks of use, I can confidently say that I will never go back to a wooden coop. It's like upgrading from a flip phone to an iPhone - once you go Eglu, you never go back.

My 9 year old is High Functioning Autistic, and has been hyper-fixated on eggs since he was just a toddler. I found out this past fall that he has wanted chickens his whole life, and never said anything because he never thought he would be able. I have never seen him as happy as I did when he received his chickens for Christmas. Fast forward to the coop, after a lot of research we went with the Omlet Eglu. Some of our favorite perks so far: -The cleaning is a breeze. - It stays cool during the day, and warm at night - The chickens can not perch on the included food/water dishes in a way that their bathroom debris ends in the dishes. - Love the ease of access to every component of the coop. - It is so user friendly, that my son can operate everything by himself. He likes to bring them to a new patch of grass and interact with “his girls”. This morning he was even IN the coop. - Free fertilizer as they are moved around the lawn! We are adding a 3 foot extension and handles because chicken math is real, and I’ve ordered a few other accessories to keep our hens happy.

I bought the Eglu chicken coop in green, after a few days my chickens loved it, still a bit unsure of the ladder, they will work it out. It was so easy to put together took about an hour, and so easy to use. Thanks for such a good product.

I have seen these on videos and always thought I had no need as a large homesteader. I have lots of chickens so why would I need such a small run. But last year a predator was able to take out 11 of my young chickens a mother was raising in the coop. Now, I have two of these coops and I will be buying more. They are perfect for a broody mom and her babies. They are also perfect for young chicks once they are old enough to leave the brooder. When they are young I can fit a bunch of them in one Omlet. By the time they start to outgrow the Omlet they are ready to go into one of the main chicken areas. It's so easy to move around the yard and they are safe from predators. I will be getting another one to raise my young turkeys as well.

Bought this in May for 5 young hens to move into from being raised. Think a bit about where you are when you start assembling this. Its not easy to move around corners or obstacles as it is so long. We have Racoons, Foxes, Hawks, Possums, Snakes and Neighborhood dogs (and our own) so lots of potential dangers. So far I have only lost a couple of the side plastic snaps. However, based on what looked like a probe I did reinforce the sections to the tubular structure with many zip ties. This has minimized gaps. We ordered the pegs to secure the skirt and they work but they are a bear to screw in when the ground is cold or dry, so I supplement them with tent pegs that are much easier to push in with my feet and remove with a hammer. Optimally with 5 hens I need to move about every 3 or 4 days but I usually wait a week and it will be dirt, so I just dump the cleanings on the ground and cover the patch with new soil. The grass seems to grow back stronger and this spring I will seed when I move the run. The coop is VERY easy to clean. After a while I think they only poop in the coop. 5 hens seems perfect for this large run. Im not sure they would be so happy if there were 10 in it but I think its doable and humane. I did find the green cloth cover to be usable, but not enough for rainy, stormy or cold/windy conditions. I bought two huge tarps for the winter and use one to create shade in the summer. It was kind of expensive to buy heavy duty large tarps but man, they work. I have a photo of the nice weather configuration, the hot 100 degree sun configuration with the tarp oriented toward the sun, and the cold weather two tarp protection tunnel configuration. I did spring for the blanket for the coop and covered the coop with tarp to keep dry. It got down to 2 degrees with 15 knot winds and snow but the hens seemed pretty well protected, and dry as they kind of stayed in the wind buffer tunnel. The supplied water bowl freezes quickly and freezes solid so had to change it and break out a solid block of ice at least 2-3x daily. We have several neighbors who have chickens and I think they envy how easy we and our chickens have it. The main compliment I hear is that it is easy to keep clean.

This coop is incredibly easy to clean, and our birds seem to love it. They moved from a slightly larger wooden coop into this coop, and we’ve noticed no reduction in egg production over the last month since the move, so the girls must be happy. I’m ecstatic about how easy it is to clean. We bought an autodoor and it’s awesome for putting the girls to bed at night/not having to get up in the cold and rain to let them out into the run. (Definitely recommend the autodoor). Recently we had a cold snap with -9° F temperatures, accompanied by -30° F windchill temps, and the girls made it out without frostbite or major interventions on our part. We covered the side ventilation points with a tarp, installed a free standing coop heater in the coop, and changed out hot water bottles in the nesting box (for comfort) and we only had 2-3 eggs (out of 12-16 eggs total) freeze. even with the frigid temps outside, the coop temps for the most part remained above freezing. I know our previous coop would not have fared as well. Overall I’m happy with the purchase. I do think the price is a bit extravagant for a small chicken coop, but it’s so easy to move and clean that I’m happy with the purchase overall. I will say also, if you are older or have a bad back or poor mobility, find someone younger to help you assemble it. I’m only in my 30s and it was a job getting everything put together.