Customer Reviews

me and the chuks love it and I feal safe in the knowledge that that pesky fox who killed my other chuks can't get to them,the little ones find it difficult to clime the steep steps and so do the ducks but hope fully they will win thank you soon much for my safe house its brilliant . Julia

It works beautifully !!! No more getting up in the morning !!! Want to go away for a night - no problem !! Absolutely love it !! Little tricky to install for me, so my bf did it for me, but super easy to set up. I am using the light sensor with little delay and it works perfectly !! The only thing I would love to see with it is a solar panel so you don't have to install new batteries all the time !!!! The first night chickens were little scared when the door started shutting but now they used to it and they in and locked up every night when i checked on them !!! Thank you for this amazing product.

We bought this product (our second eglu) so we could keep chickens again. The eglu has a new design and comes in 5 separate boxes. All the packaging was excellent so everything arrived without damage. I built the eglu in about 5 hours so it takes a while but the end result is worth it. It is a quality hen house. My one criticism is is matching of the M10 nuts and bolts. A few times the threads seem to grind and on a couple of occasions the threads crossed and I couldn’t retrieve the screws. Overall, you will be hard pushed to find a better hen house. Just be extra careful when you are screwing it together and don’t cross threads.

I wish I’d bought one years ago. For a bit of extra money over a wooden coop, I’d have saved myself hours of cleaning, repainting, trying to keep red mite away (how they loved that wooden house), re-roofing etc. This is just great. So easy to clean, easy to access (eggs and main house), secure, robust. One of the chickens can’t get her head around the ladder, so I’ve had to prop the old wooden one there instead, I think the plastic steps are too slippy for her (she’s a big weighty chicken). I wasn’t anticipating the detailed flat-pack build required, but the instructions were clear and it didn’t take that long. Very pleased with this purchase.

Bought my old chicken a swing as looked like she might like it. She’s stepped over it and on it but not sure what’s she meant to do so I think it’s a great idea and I’m sure in time chookie will grasp the concept and enjoy a swing.

Just set this up in an Aussie backyard where we had problems with aerial attacks from ravens and brush turkeys roaming and raiding the coop. At night foxes lurk, cane toads and carpet pythons visit and rats come scrounging for food. So in short, lots of unwanted visitors! Delivery was excellent and I really appreciated the quick response. As we set up in the sun with the coop inside the enclosure, radiant heat has had to be stopped by fitting shade mesh all around. I have some rain protection also but the shade mesh has been really critical for the hot sun while being breathable to let the heat escape. The mesh size, while attractive, is not small enough to stop a cane toad, rat or python from entering. It is dog and fox proof though. I now intend to add a finer mesh to floor and walls to the inside to stop vermin, aerial pests and turkeys, but at least I have a great base structure to add on to. Enclosure is strong and easy to put up and my chooks love it because they feel protected in there. I would love to extend more. The Omlet auto coop door is also fitted onto the coop so that our cute little chooks can let themselves out of the coop to roam safely inside the enclosure from early morning after laying. In summer it gets light from 4:30am here so that is saving me getting up ridiculously early to let them out. Gotta love a sleep in!

I set it up by myself using the video online and the manual, laying it out as per the video I’m only 5’4” so I used a ladder to do the roof. It took me about 6hrs to build but then I am a slow and methodical 53yo woman. The whole enclosure is well made and the clips tough, it took a little while to get the hang of the best way for handling the various clips so be patient with yourself. I found a flat screwdriver very handy for prying apart the pole clips if I’d placed them incorrectly. I erected this freestanding in my backyard away from the house and try as I might for a week or two my cat did not like it even when I sat in there with her and cat treats and toys and shade cloth so she did not feel too exposed. I was devastated however after much rethinking the structure and my rental property I took the enclosure apart and reconstructed the pieces to make a solid, escapefree run on the side of my rental house. I didn’t drill into the dwelling and I didn’t cut bend or otherwise change any of the mesh. All I added was a platform, a bridge made from garden edging and a cat hammock. Now my cat can come and go when she wants she happily pops in and out through my bathroom window and I still have a complete 2x2x2 run if I ever need to move.

I love this fence. Our yard is already fenced in, but bought this as additional security for our 2 month hold hens. More hens on the way so this will be great.

When the run handles arrived I moved the Cube under a tree for some shade. I wrapped the electric fencing around the Cube, next to the tree. During lunchtime I looked out at the run and noticed an overturned bucket and dark figure. Momma bear was in the run! She had nuzzled Up the tent stakes and crawled inside. The hens were huddled under the cube. I sounded an air horn until she broke out of the run and ricochetted off the tree to freedom. Thank goodness for the clip system which allowed her to break out but was easy to put back together. I now use screw tie downs. The Omlet screws are super fast to install and allow tightening with a drill! Thank you Omlet for your thoughtful designs and quality materials!