Eglu Go Up - Chicken Coop for 3 Large Hens

I bought this as well were moving house into a new build with a stop off at my parents bungalow. The hens were previously kept in a pheasant shed with a built in outdoor area. Much of the appeal of this coop being that it can be moved around as the hens ditched their run. My husband constructed it which was no problem for him. I like the fact it's plastic so will be easier to clean and maintain. I already owned an Omlet moveable pen so have adapted that to provide space. The coop and run are very expensive compared to a wooden coop but I am hoping it will pay off in terms of durability and possibly resale if the hens die.

As a real novice where keeping chooks is concerned I am delighted to be the lucky owner of an Eglu Go Up and 3 Bantam Wyandottes. It took them a little while and a lot of encouragement for them to get the hang of the steps. But they got there in the end. One of them even walks up each step! The swing so far has not been a hit so I've removed it and just put in a perch, which they are totally ignoring at the moment. The Eglu is really easy to move around our paddock and the girls get very excited about each patch of new ground. So far so good with predators, our resident magpies think the girls are a new food source but cannot get close enough to them. We also have various visiting neighbourhood dogs. All of whom have shown a great deal of interest and tried to get in to the run. A really good product which was easy to assemble and really easy to keep clen.

I'm a chicken mama to many fluffy butts. My favorite breed is my bantam frizzle cochins. One in particular, Rachel, has recently become the object of some serious henpecking...to the point of being left bloodied and bald. I decided, if she could pull through, she had earned the right to a peaceful existence in her very own coop. The Omlet Eglu Go Up Coop and Run has so much to offer! She has tons of room in both the coop and run. I added the wheels and love how I can move her to a fresh area of grass and leaves daily. She's thriving and looks so happy. We've started getting cooler nights here, so to be able to close her coop door from the outside keeps her warm and comfy during the night. In the past, I have purchased wooden coops from a national big name company that have already had to have the rooves replaced and are rotting away at the foundation despite being placed off the direct ground and the three coats of expensive outdoor paint used. My plan is to replace them with other Eglus down the road. I love the maintenance free plastic used for the coop. Assembly of both the coop and run was so easy. Time and care was taken with the packaging. I also added a clear rain guard to the run that worked terrific during the high winds and rain we received from Francine a couple weeks ago. She and her food remained dry! I'm so glad I bought this setup!

This is my second GoUp. I’m so pleased with my first that when I decided to get more hens (they arrive in a fortnight) I didn’t hesitate to build another GoUp for them.The auto door in the cage adds flexibility for me and the hens.

I originally ordered the Eglu Go Up to have an isolation shelter for a weak bullied hen but never used it for that purpose. I always brood my babies in my home with a DIY brooder but this time, I was raising twice the chicks and they quickly became over crowded. They were too young to put with my cranky old laying hens and had to think out of the box to figure out what to do. I completely wrapped the run of the Go Up with 1/4” hardware cloth and completely covered the floor of the coop itself with nesting pads so none of the babies would get trapped or hurt on the roosting bars…. then put the coop and run in a semi shaded area of the yard, layed out a skirt of 1/4” hardware cloth around the perimeter… (the skirt that comes with the run couldn’t deter the chicken snakes), then placed a reflective heat barrier over the top of the run. It gets over 100 degrees daily in my part of Texas so I thought the heat barrier couldn’t hurt. The Go Up is not recommended for young chicks but I was desperate - now, 15 baby leghorns are having a blast in their new “brooder”. They are playing and perching on the ladder and occasionally venture into the coop. The Go Up and run is working wonderfully for this unintended and unrecommended purpose of housing 3 week old leghorns.