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

I absolutely love my cube, it's ideal for my four girls. An absolute doddle to clean as well.

I studied reviews of this coop and made the jump once a patch of my garden was secure- 6 ft fence, and met a neighbour who had hens for the last 18 months free range and no intruders like fox or mink. I have a weak lower back so height of coop suits me , clean water and stiff brush aids in cleaning trays and flat shelf of chicken poop. No run so had to buy separately a steel treadle feeder to feed hens as local starlings were stealing most of the pellets in open feeders. Expensive outlay but easy to use. Smart door with timed open/close is great for kids in in the morning!

Having had a real battle with red mite which meant pressure washing and treating the coop with recommended products every three days we still couldn't completely eradicate the mites as it was a wooden coop with plenty of hiding places. The seemed to survive an array of hen mite safe products. Reading about the Eglu with no hiding places for mites and easy clean I decided to invest. Best thing I have ever done. Keeping the Eglu clean is easy, slide out tray and removable grid. There is just no place for mites to hide without being easily seen and removed but I have not seen a red mite yet. The Eglu is not a comfortable place for mites with its rounded smooth surfaces. As for cleaning the Eglu itself, I just keep some wipes in the coop to use daily to clean off any poop then once a month a thorough, everything out, clean which doesn't take long. OK, the Eglu isn't the cheapest coop on the market but I am so pleased I paid a bit more because of the ease of cleaning, lack of red mite hideouts and being able to stand when cleaning, something I couldn't do with my other coops. It's a brilliant design and has made my life easier and my girls are happier without the threat of red mite.

Delighted with our Eglu and walk in run quality exceptional after keeping hens for nearly 20 years in traditional coops the Eglu is a joy! Straightforward to assemble and so easy to clean - no dust mite required! Our hens have settled in well.

After retiring in 2012, I decided to keep chickens as a new hobby and I found Omlet! Anything to do with chickens, Omlet are my “go to” company. I recently decided to increase my flock and bought my second Eglu Cube together with an automatic door. Despite reading the instructions, I found it hard to program the timer. One phone call to Omlet and the problem was solved. The Cube gives the chickens the protection they need and the safety they deserve. I highly recommend the Eglu Cube and Omlet’s customer service is second to none!

Have owed an eglu classic and Go Up in the past but the cube trumps them by miles! Have kept chickens most of my life and yes there are cheaper options but as others have said when you factor in the build quality and therefore how long they last it's money well spent. The separate nesting area is a big improvement over the UP/ Go-UP and it's still a novelty collecting clean eggs so conveniently from the side door. We have used a few different type of automatic doors with various power sources in the past but I have to say so far the Omlet auto door is far superior, we have it permanently plugged into the mains (very easy to do with a plug board in an outdoor junction box as pictured) and found it incredibly simple to set up, adjust and add on the coop light. My only bit of (hopefully constructive) criticism is the instruction manuals need some work, possibly in the style of IKEA although I know this is a difficult balance.

Having decided to upgrade from a wooden coop to an Eglu cube I can honestly say that it is the best decision I made. Once I'd received my lovely stack of boxes containing the coop, 4M run, wheels & handles Mr fox had decided to pay a visit while chooks where still in their old wooden coop! This called for additional security and visits to the coop until I assembled the eglu and transferred the chooks across, these fix visits continued during daylight hours for the following week or so until I'd finally completed assembly doing a little each day after returning from work. The visits continued and still do but the chooks are much safer now in the eglu and no attempt has been made to dig at the security skirts. Now for the coop.... Amazingly easy to assemble and once chooks we're introduced they adapted quite well, first evening they were later than normal finding the courage to go up inside but once in they settled and accepted their new home. Everything about this design of coop is simple and very user friendly, I stayed with the manual door as I like to check they are all in and know that the door is securely closed, the ability to close off the nest box is a great design and is used each evening before they go in and opened again when let out next morning. I can see this helping with broody hens also and keeping the nest box cleaner. The roost area is a little larger than the old wooden coop and this winter it feels much warmer too in the mornings as I let them out. The feeders and watering trough are a great design for easy removal and cleaning and I purchased an additional feeder for grit. None of the contents have gotten wet from the heavy rain we've had. I also purchased covers, heavy duty wind breaks for under the coop, extra clips and extra screw down pegs. I was a little skeptical about the screw pegs in sifted soil but these work fantastically on pulling the anti dig skirt down to ground level and speedily removed and installed with the drill attachment not to forget about the wheels and handles, these make moving the coop an absolute breeze and the coop is currently being moved to fresh ground every 2 - 3 days now. Which is obviously creating happy chooks as egg laying has also increased this winter from one egg a day to two eggs and more recently a third egg! That's a good result from 5 chooks over winter I think. Now all I have to install is the roost bar I got for them which should add to that happiness. I could write more but I'll finish with highly recommending the eglu coop to anyone that is pondering over the additional costs against a wooden coop. Go for it, you will not regret it and you will also have access to all the additional add ons designed for the coop and runs.

After "falling in love" with my first Omlet, the Eglu Go Up, I decided it was time to replace my homemade wooden coops with Omlet products. This coop and run combo works perfectly for my bantam barnvelders. Like the other products, super easy to clean and extremely durable.

We have 7 chickens and one on the way. They have enough room in the Eglu Cube and their 12 ft covered run. It protects them from severe weather, wind, rain, and snow. Love it 🩷

We have had our Eglu Cube for a couple years and are extremely happy with it! My sister's wood coop has to have parts replaced every year, but our Cube is still like new; she wishes she had one! My wife's and my daughter cleans it about once a week in about 15 minutes, start to finish! The only part we replaced was the controller for the autodoor to upgrade to the smart controller.