I am thinking of buying this, for four hens. Do you think that if I put a good sized chicken wire pen around this and let my hens walk around in that during the day, that they'd be ok locked inside of it at night?
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if you put the chicken wire pen around it, then in my opinion, it would be ok. but you said you wanted to put them in it at night, and they are more inclined to sleep in the roost area than they are "outside" - so actually... with the wire pen attached it seems like it would work for daytime, but I am not sure about night use. Let me know if you want me to take some photos of ours... you might get a better idea of size/space limitations. Direct answer to your question? I don't think it would work that great for 4 hens. 2 work great, but 4 might be overcrowd situation.
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It's big enough for one standard size rabbit, or two small rabbits. If you had one of the tiny breeds, you could maybe squeeze three in there, but they might feel crowded and fight. I have two bantam chickens in mine. It's been in constant use for a year. We set it up on concrete blocks and left one end open to a chicken wire run so they'd have more room. Handled winter weather just fine. We did block the little window on the side during the winter with a piece of cardboard to prevent drafts.
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Joel, We had two chickens in our Eglu Go. I would not put in more. Raccoons figured out how to open the big door. Omlet now offers a new lock so if you have raccoons buy the lock. Ann
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I think it would hold up just fine. You could put a heating pad inside just to make sure your chickens where nice and warm. I have four chickens in mine so they sleep pretty close together I've never had any problems.
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I think it would be tight quarters. I have a single silkie chicken in ours (she was being bullied). She is okay to be in there during the day without being let out, but I'm not comfortable with it every single day. When we get her a friend, they will fit fine for sleeping and the occasional day or two that they don't get out, but they will need out most every day. There would be no room for a single bunny to really run and do happy jumps/kicks in this one, but it would be okay for night/occasional day I think. You'd definitely want to use some hardware cloth on the underside or something so they can't dig out. The bottom is not covered. I think it would be tight quarters. I have a single silkie chicken in ours (she was being bullied). She is okay to be in there during the day without being let out, but I'm not comfortable with it every single day. When we get her a friend, they will fit fine for sleeping and the occasional day or two that they don't get out, but they will need out most every day. There would be no room for a single bunny to really run and do happy jumps/kicks in this one, but it would be okay for night/occasional day I think. You'd definitely want to use some hardware cloth on the underside or something so... » Read More I think it would be tight quarters. I have a single silkie chicken in ours (she was being bullied). She is okay to be in there during the day without being let out, but I'm not comfortable with it every single day. When we get her a friend, they will fit fine for sleeping and the occasional day or two that they don't get out, but they will need out most every day. There would be no room for a single bunny to really run and do happy jumps/kicks in this one, but it would be okay for night/occasional day I think. You'd definitely want to use some hardware cloth on the underside or something so they can't dig out. The bottom is not covered. « Show Less
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It should work fine in the chicken coop after a few days. However, I would check with the manufacturer or veterinarian first to be sure it won't affect the chickens. I would hate for all your chickens to suddenly stop laying.
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I have four red star hens using one right now you can adjust it to drop the right amount of feed down cuts down food waste from billing out. fill it about every fourth day. it needs a lid if it is going to bee outside. maid mine out tin flashing.
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I'll go out tomorrow and check for you. But now that I know a lot more about chicken care (we knew nothing when I bought this) I would spend the money on building supplies to build a much bigger coop that is tall enough to walk into and gives the hens plenty of room. It takes awhile to build and is very difficult to clean the floor because ya just can't get in due to the size. Also, the ladder up to their coop kept falling and we really had to reconstruct it to keep it from collapsing on the poor dears when they walked on it. This Pawhut is cute as a bug when it's all built but you'll never be able to have more than 4 hens in it, and that's pushing it. Look at some home made chicken enclosures and coops and seriously consider building one yourself that you can walk into and around in and expand your chicken family if you want to. These girls (hens) are pretty addicting and are so fun. I just wish I was not limited to 4. BTW, it definitely looks a lot bigger in the photo than it really is.
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I have 5 large brown egg layers that aren't full grown yet. It is rather small so I built them a small yard for the daytime. The pen is about 3 1/2 tall.
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No. It's WAY too small for an adult hen- even one. We have used it only for an injured hen that couldn't stand to let her out for a bit, and we use it for our chicks.
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Depends. It's pretty small for 2 full size hens for more than a few hours. I use it for when a broody is setting on eggs. Have to move them to something bigger within a week or two of hatching. Just run out of room.
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I live in South Dakota, and it's been a brutal winter. My chickens have done very well in this coop. I've seen a little bit of frostbite on some combs, but since I will not use a heat lamp, I'm not sure that would have been prevented no matter what coop I used. Other than the frostbite, my girls are in very good health. I love my SnapLock coop. It was a great investment.
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In States south of the Mason-Dixon line, adult chickens won't need over-winter heat supplementation.This rock won't work though.Otherwise, I'd suggest a red 250w heat-lamp.
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Yes but maybe only 1. Chickens need room to move and this doesnt have that much room for that. I have chickens and it is too small for my pets. We have the rabbit in the cage.
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One of my chickens managed to force her way under it and then couldn't find her way out - it's quite stretchy and would require a lot of stakes to really be secure at the ground. Smaller birds do get tangled pretty easily. I'm going to switch to a heavier netting.
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Anytime there is an electrical gadget and a flammable object you need to be carful !!! In my case I have it sitting on a cement block 8" off the floor so bedding cant really reach it and my chickens will not mess it up as fast.your vitamin junky
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You should just be able to leave it out the chickens will get into it fine. We have also used for chickens.