Wow - I almost gave up on having a few chickens in my yard with the cost of a coop and the shoddy workmanship of wooden coops. I found your videos today - and this just may be the answer for me. I've never had chickens but I just am really wanting to have perhaps 3 or 4 as an egg supply and as pets. thanks for your videos

Love ours! Easy to clean, stays cool, and we did their large walk-in run too and it was hard to put together but a great design.

We just added the cube to the go up. I love how easy it is to clean and it seems to work well in all climates, although we live in MD so the temps are not usually extreme.

I just got my second Eglu put together yesterday. I love these things!

Great video. Very informative!

I have 4 chickens in the cube and they are really happy. I just have the 2 metre run so it’s easy to move the cube but a also have a fenced run which is a bind to move but keeps them contained if I don’t want them free range ( which they mostly are) I power wash the cube every weekend, it’s so easy. Love it.

I have had my Eglu cube for about 18 months. Love it! Easy to clean. Agree with this video about access for sure. Today, a snowy cold northeast Ohio day..the auto door is blocked. Guess what? I can’t access the door to remove any blockage or even check it out. Yes, I can go in from the back after removing the roof and hoisting myself inside - but it’s freezing cold outside! I too, put on a chicken perch last summer and it was a PAIN!!! Agree with this video about moving it around with the long run, especially over rough terrain or on hills. Last con, of course, is the price…however…you do get what you pay for and Omlet seems to stand behind their product. Other pros…the jacket is a great add on for subzero temps here in the north, the chickens stay warm in winter and cool in the summer. Thanks for a great video.

We love our eglu cube as well! I believe the smaller flock is what the eglu was specifically designed for by the students who came up with its original concept. The 2 hacks we came up with are 1) using 1x2 lumber that has been sanded as roosting bars. We drill holes at the ends and cut the bar an inch longer on each side so that it can be secured with zip ties or coated wire. You can easily move them from outside the run rather than climbing in. I also have the super long run but I ordered the additional run a la carte and only have the 6 ft run built onto the cube. When we move the coop, I detach the extension that is screwed down with the omlet brand anchors and move that off and move the actual coop after. Once relocated, I set the open end of the extension over the entrance of the attached run and secure with the plastic clips. I take the doors off the attached run and slap them on the extension. I may have to make a video on that since I realize my description may sound confusing. Happy hen keeping!

I agree with your con of adding things in. I just move the coop to a fresh grassy area and climb into the run myself. Such a pain!

Thanks for your honest video! I'm contemplating getting the Eglu Cube to house 4 hens (in southern Calif), but the price tag is holding me back. Approx $1600 out the door is a bit too much for this new chicken owner. My other concern with the Eglu cube is the inconvenience of cleaning the area under the run. I would like to just walk in and rake up poop instead of having to wheel the coop and run every day to clean the run area. And lastly, I've heard some Eglu owners end up building a wooden coop afterward because they want more space for the chickens, space to perch and roost a bit higher. So hard to decide.

for roosting bar, I just bought dollar tree black broom handles and use zip tie to secure it in both side. So far so good. I would use twine rope wrap around it to make it feel better in winter

Great video! My chickens don't love the eggloo. I have 4 mediums. I used a 1-1/2" dia stick and some 4x4 for the roost inside at a diagonal. It gets hot and stays hot during our summers so they don't want to go inside at night they started going back in in the winter. This was an expensive investment so I don't want to ditch it but I have my druthers.

cool TY for this review, im looking into coops and came across these and living in canada and with a small backyard this may be right up my ally for 4 hens

Thank you for the review. I am going to buy a new house soon and want some chickens I was worried about the size seems small

Great review! ❤ Thank yoy!

I completely agree about the roosting bars. It's a pain to get in there. Check out their new handle locks. I love them! So easy!

I’ve had an Eglu for 3 and a half years now, and I think it’s held up pretty well. The only issue I’ve had is that the plastic clips have been breaking. I live in England, so we don’t really get extreme weather, but when we do have a storm/it snows then I think it does a really good job at keeping my hens warm.

You are right about the hen capacity of the Eglu. I have four Barred Plymouth Rocks. This is a larger breed of chicken, and the Eglu is perfect for them. I wouldn't want to put any more in there. Of course, it could alternatively house a half-dozen smaller hens. These henhouses are great for people like me, who consider their hens pets, and just need enough eggs for their family. The Eglu is not designed to be a farm product, where you're raising multiple birds for eggs or meat. Your set-up looks very nice and fun for the hens! However, with a run that long, you for sure need two people to move it!

We add 14 inch lawn more tires and handles to the front. Mount the handles high for leverage. For easier moving.

Awsome Video :). I just got the same Eglu Cube you have and during my research I found out, that Eglu now has a larger Cube for 10 to 15 chickens. For me I just decided that the smaler one is enough.

2 time eglu owner, bought my 1st in 2021....love it. Got a deal alert and bought my 2nd and a gift as well....BEWARE the Portable Chicken Coop - Eglu Go UP does NOT come with wheels!!! They are EXTRA!

I would like to see you go thru process of moving the tractor.

I’ve been thinking about getting the go up model with a 9 foot run and wheels however you brought up a good pointer about maybe wanting to go a little bigger down the road Maybe I should look at the cube with wheels and the long run I’ll be moving ours around in our backyard also I’m only starting out with two started pullets from Meyer Hatchery in Polk ohio here in the Ohio Valley I may have to get the insulated cover for the winter time to make sure they stay warm with just two of them in the cube since it’s a little bigger their body heat may not be enough to keep them warm in 0° days but then if I had one or two more chickens they’d probably be all right more body heat. I know our local Walmart just raise the price of eggs again and I don’t believe that commercial poultry house chickens are treated humanely I think this is the best way to go

I have a 12 foot run...my only complaint is the lack of side door access, near the hutch. I actually move mine every 2-3 days. Keeps them from tearing up the ground too much...

So glad to see this! I want to get an Eglu this summer for all the reasons you’ve listed, and it sounds like it’s going to work the way I want. It’s just me, so I’m just starting with two chickens and will add one or two each year as they age out. Do you have dogs? Do they bother the chickens?

Omlet is coming out with a large coop called the eglu pro, it holds 10 birds. Its starting price is 2000 dollars. We have a two omlet auto doors and coop like yours without wheels and run. Something about that coop that all the birds seem to love?

What did you use as the dividers in your egg box? We are waiting on the automatic door and then the Eglu assembly will be final. Our girls aren't old enough to lay yet, but thinking ahead, I like the division.

Very impressive ❤

I had a wooden hutch and I thought it was too dirty, not able to clean so I got the eglu cube extra long length. I have cement flooring with a couple of open areas for the chickens to scratch when I at them out near dusk they go out hunt around and then come back to the eglu. I moved the cube every day and the metal wire on the bottom has broken off, the wheel also broke. Well I found they poop everywhere and all the time so even washing the cement down twice a day was just not enough. I then tried to simulate a dirt and sand box and that really worked no smell at all until it rained. I tried to cover their run but then its not good enough ventilation and we are hving weeks of rain. I brought them into cages into the garage. I dont really know what to do now. I may have to give the chickens away really sad.

Have you looked at Nestera coops? I’m an Omlet Eglu owner however when I needed a second coop I tried Nestera, very pleased so far, not as easy to move but easier to clean, I wish omlet would make a 15 chicken coop tho 😊

Thank you for sharing your experience with Omlet coop! I just put mine together and moved my chickens into a large Omlet coop. Can you give me any suggestions on how to make them like it? My chickens do not want to go inside, they sit under it.

Could you link me where you bought the clear tarp that went over the run?

Which size did you get? Is the coop itself the same for all the different sizes just the difference is the run size? Seems very small? How many chickens do you have?

This was helpful

I asked about a larger Eglu as well!

How many chickens do you have in this? I’m debating getting this or a wooden one for 6 chickens, but wish there would be room to add a few more in the future!

It’s a nice chicken igloo coop 😊

I just got my eglu. I agree that Omlet needs to make a larger one. I can really only fit 6 of my chickens in it. I have nine🙄. On their website they make the eglu’s look so much bigger. Best to read the dimensions. Ugg

How often do you clean the poop tray? Also, what’s required in cleaning the nesting box?

Hi good pro's and cons, i have just bought one and have to australorps and maybe will add no more than another 2-3 say orpingtons if anything or australorps due to their size. One of my questions relates to the stairs, did you find your chickens adjusted in getting up the stairs, i know getting out they may just exit and fly down, just wondering. thank you again

Cool video

How many medium sized chickens do you think the large Omlet will actually house, I couldn't really tell exactly how many you have. I live in a cold climate so for months of the year they would be spending quite a bit of time in there.

How conducive is this to do the Deep Litter Method with?

I just ordered ours. We are planning on just 4 hens. Got the large Eglu with a 9 foot run.

when did you speak with omlet? They sent someone out to many people to ask about the coops, and I wondered if you spoke to them before or after their visit?

Try plastic white pipes with a slat sawn in each end, and then you can pop off the perches

Hello 👋 Where is eglu manufactured?

Is Eglu Cube suitable for 8 white leghorns?

What size iglu do you have and how many chickens? Not sure what size I need 😊

I put things under the tray and roosting bars. Easy access.

My chicks have just graduated to the coop and this run and cannot go up or down the stairs. I have to put them up at night and they jump down from the top in the am.

Now they have the Igloo Pro! For larger Flocks

We’ve had our Eglu for six months and here’s my opinion: Good news is nowhere for mites to hide, so far. The chickens are clean with no mites or lice, even through their first very small molt. It does protect the chickens very well from predators. We have all of them, include weasels, raccoons, coyotes and wolves who ignore the whole thing as far as I know. We have a Cattle Dog who alerts if anything comes on the property (yes, even 250+ yards away) and he hasn’t alerted very often. When he does, I flip on the back light and rarely see any eye shine but they aren’t close. Zero signs of mice/rats. It’s pretty easy to clean BUT it does require cleaning more often than a henhouse. I have to attend to the pan every day and dust to protect their lungs. And, cleaning poop off the roosts is a job cuz you have to put your torso inside to reach the front door. We had to buy the larger run extension at a very high cost, put it together, put it on a TRAILER (4 adults needed because it’s heavy and wiggly, so we had to use boards to pick it up) to move it to where we wanted and now our mobile coop is no longer mobile. Had to? Yes! It was destroying my back to crawl into the teeny run to place and remove the dust bath and stuff! All that necessary stuff takes up floor space! The chickens were rushing the door!!! AND, it’s not healthy to be crawling in chicken sh**! I even used my gardening knee pads to protect my clothes. The extension is over 6 feet tall so I can at least work comfortably inside and actually pick up my chickens to inspect! BUT, the extension has narrow spacing on the lower 1/3 so hanging the water/food/grit/oyster shell buckets is a challenge to say the least!! You get feeder and water buckets but where do you put grit and oyster shell?!? That takes up flor space, too (so I bought the expensive hanging ones. But, you never hear it mentioned). AND, you’re stuck with 6 chickens for as long as you own this! So, when a chicken gets older and stops laying, you can’t let her live her life out because you can’t add more chickens who will produce and keep ones who don’t! And, adding pullets to your flock is another conundrum with so little space. I have found an alternative way to purchase wind screens and roof toppers but that still cost almost $200! We needed them because our winters are windy. And, we made our own perches for the large extension out of wood stock we had, drilled holes in the ends and secured them at different heights. The chickens still want to free range so I have to walk around with them to protect from the hawks and eagles. We’ve been dive-bombed many times! It takes time I don’t really have so I limit it to twice a week. We have well over $3,000 invested in this set up and I feel we could’ve spent the money more wisely so we could have more chickens in the future!! I wanted a chicken tractor on a small flat bed I could move with our small tractor. Complicated, sure, but it would have been something we could easily expand if and when needed. Live and learn the hard way.

Tell that husband of yours that you can never have too many chickens😂😂

I’m sure you now know they do a huge eglu

What a crappy life for those hens if they are stuck in that tiny space all day long

This poor woman needs to lay off the old caffeine.

The color’s are awful, it looks like outdoor plastic children’s equipment