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

We already had an Eglu Classic, but having recently hatched one chick and bought another our flock was up to 4, so decided to invest in the Cube - it is great, well made, easy to clean, all as expected, but also easier to move around than the Classic, although we still use this as well at the moment for the chicks & their "mum", so had to buy another chicken when bought the Cube to keep the other one company - so currently they all have plenty of room, but will eventually put all 5 in the Cube.

Great item. Plenty of room for them to move around in. Easy to clean and move around the garden. Simple to put together and looks great to. Great improvement to the old wooden one we had.

This is a lovely addition to our garden and a great home for our girls. It's easy to clean, hygenic, and simple to move around the garden. We have the 1m extension which is important as our girls spend a lot of time in the cage.

I am extremely pleased with the high quality build of my green cube. I purchased walk-in runs to attach to eat and would highly recommend these for provide greater space and ease of tidying/cleaning run areas.

In my opinion the cube with aitsstandard, or even with an extended run, does not offer sufficent space for 10 chickens. Chickens need more space to be kept happy, even when the unit is moved around.

I did think twice about ordering a Cube because of the cost, but it has proved to be easy to clean and maintain, and the hens seem to like it a lot.

My chickens are now pretty happy with the cube itself - the interior is really easy to clean, and they are happy sleeping in the roosting area and laying in the laying area, which is a great improvement on my previous wooden house. The only problem i've encountered is the ladder - my chickens wouldn't/couldn't climb it, and I had to create a wooden insert that hangs off its rungs and makes the surface easier to climb.

I am overall pleased with the Cube. I have the small 2m run as my girls free range all day. However it is useful to have the facility to shut them in the run if needed and also it is useful to hook the food and water bowls to the cage. The sun shade doubles as shelter from the rain. As a previous reviewer has stated it is very difficult to get into the caged area to clean/top up the food as you need to stoop down double to get into the cage as the door is much lower than the top of the cage. Compared to the Eglu (there is no comparison, they are in different leagues) it is easier to access and clean as you just slide out the poo trays without needing to bend. My only concern is that there are sizeable gaps around the poo trays so I don't know how warm my girls will be in Winter as the wind will whilstle through. Also the Cube is not big enough for 10 hens. I house 6 in mine and they are average sized hybrids. 4 roost on the bars and 2 sleep in the laying box. Very easy to access the eggs via a door on the side of the cube and again no bending.

Very pleased to report that our four birds are now clear of red mite after leaving their wooden coop for the Cube; took a couple of cleans under the roosting bars to eradicate the ones the birds must have brought in with them, but we are so pleased as none of the treatments we had tried worked effectively. We had to prop their old wooden ramp over the Cube's ladder to begin with; they are used to jumping up now, but being smaller breeds the gaps in between the rungs and the diameter of the rungs themselves are quite large - it would help if there was a better surface for them to grip on to as they hop up. Ours prefer to all cram into the nesting box to sleep together than standing on the roosting bars! We're in agreement with a previous review that some kind of handles to assist moving the Cube would be a good idea, as the wire run is difficult to pull from. Overall, brilliant but priced out of many people's pockets and we wouldn't say it could house ten birds comfortably; six to eight maximum depending on breed size.

We were initially considering buying one of the smaller Eglus but then decided to make the 80 mile visit to Barn Farm Plants garden centre to have a look at them all. I am so glad that we did because we realised immediately that that neither the Go or Classic would have been suitable for our needs. Although the Cube is considerably more expensive, it is well worth the extra. It is so accessible and easy to clean being off the ground which, as we are no 'spring chickens' ourselves, means we don't have to bend. We have four chickens and they seem very happy altough I am not sure that it is really suitable for 10 birds. We have a 3 metre run, which comes to the top of the cube and is more easily accessible than the run of the small Eglus would be, although It is quite awkward for me, with my arthritis, to get into the run to clean, especially to the back. A further gate in the side of the run might be useful. It is reasonably easy to move around but, for most of the time, we have decided to keep it in one position, because we have attached netting to the end near the gate of the run and have it all securely pegged down. I Have no doubt that we would have been sorry if we had bought a Go or a Classic rather than the Cube.