Hi!
So... for the time being, I own 11 Indian Runner ducks...
I was actually going to keep 8 only until next spring : 2 drakes, and 6 ducks...
But I have to keep a third drake, because he was already so shiny in his juvenile feathers my mother fell in love with him... (I understand her : I have seriously never seen a black runner so green so YOUNG!!)
Thus : I now own 3 drake and 8 ducks. (I know : I don't have enough ducks for my drakes...)
Problem : for 11 runners, I had only two Eglu Classics until recently!
And 4 runners can easily get (and sleep) in an Eglu Classic. But more? I don't know.
So... winter coming fast, I obviously decided I needed a bigger coop for my ducks.
And what's better than to replace one of my Eglu Classics by buying and converting an Eglu Cube for my runners?
Finding no information, I didn't know if it was possible to assemble it on the ground...? But I just took advantage of "Black Friday", and I bought an Eglu Cube (with a 2 meters run, and no "Outodoor" or accessories) to try at least...
To ease my ducks in getting in the coop, I decided it would be on the ground. (Using a ramp would probably be hindering for the ducks, no...?)
So while assembling this Eglu Cube, I did not use the metal parts : I just put them away.
Thus, the Cube is now on the ground, placed on gratings (to keep it clean from mud)...
I connected it to a Omlet run by using the panel (in two parts now) from the "Connection Kit for Walk In Run", AND 10 "Zippi Rabbit Run Skirt" (Omlet).
(I personally could not use the steel panels to connect my Cube to the run, because there is a big brasero not far behind the coop; and so, I needed something SMALL to keep the coop far enough...!)
Inside of the Eglu Cube, I did NOT put the separation panel ("Nest box partition") in.
And when I was assembling the coop, I also did not connect the nesting box to the panels : I have just made it slide, because I did not want my ducks to hurt themselves of some metal parts ("Partition Brackets").
...Of course, I have also put away the roosting bars (and the "Locator Block") : runner ducks don't roost.
For now, I have seven runners sleeping in this Cube.
I have no problem with the coop being on the ground. No water in, in spite of the rain... And ventilation is really good! My ducks are now happier : their Eglu Classic was too small for all of them.
(Soon, when my babies are AT LAST 16 weeks old, they will be eleven in the Cube. For the time being, I don't want to let my adult drakes with my young ducks... So, I am keeping the four adults apart from the ones born this year.)
...So... Voilà!
I don't know what you think, but I hope my post help you if you think about buying a Eglu Cube for your ducks?
Good luck.
So... for the time being, I own 11 Indian Runner ducks...
I was actually going to keep 8 only until next spring : 2 drakes, and 6 ducks...
But I have to keep a third drake, because he was already so shiny in his juvenile feathers my mother fell in love with him... (I understand her : I have seriously never seen a black runner so green so YOUNG!!)
Thus : I now own 3 drake and 8 ducks. (I know : I don't have enough ducks for my drakes...)
Problem : for 11 runners, I had only two Eglu Classics until recently!
And 4 runners can easily get (and sleep) in an Eglu Classic. But more? I don't know.
So... winter coming fast, I obviously decided I needed a bigger coop for my ducks.
And what's better than to replace one of my Eglu Classics by buying and converting an Eglu Cube for my runners?
Finding no information, I didn't know if it was possible to assemble it on the ground...? But I just took advantage of "Black Friday", and I bought an Eglu Cube (with a 2 meters run, and no "Outodoor" or accessories) to try at least...
To ease my ducks in getting in the coop, I decided it would be on the ground. (Using a ramp would probably be hindering for the ducks, no...?)
So while assembling this Eglu Cube, I did not use the metal parts : I just put them away.
Thus, the Cube is now on the ground, placed on gratings (to keep it clean from mud)...
I connected it to a Omlet run by using the panel (in two parts now) from the "Connection Kit for Walk In Run", AND 10 "Zippi Rabbit Run Skirt" (Omlet).
(I personally could not use the steel panels to connect my Cube to the run, because there is a big brasero not far behind the coop; and so, I needed something SMALL to keep the coop far enough...!)
Inside of the Eglu Cube, I did NOT put the separation panel ("Nest box partition") in.
And when I was assembling the coop, I also did not connect the nesting box to the panels : I have just made it slide, because I did not want my ducks to hurt themselves of some metal parts ("Partition Brackets").
...Of course, I have also put away the roosting bars (and the "Locator Block") : runner ducks don't roost.
For now, I have seven runners sleeping in this Cube.
I have no problem with the coop being on the ground. No water in, in spite of the rain... And ventilation is really good! My ducks are now happier : their Eglu Classic was too small for all of them.
(Soon, when my babies are AT LAST 16 weeks old, they will be eleven in the Cube. For the time being, I don't want to let my adult drakes with my young ducks... So, I am keeping the four adults apart from the ones born this year.)
...So... Voilà!
I don't know what you think, but I hope my post help you if you think about buying a Eglu Cube for your ducks?
Good luck.
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