Customer Reviews

This item is very different to the sunshade. It's heavy and has a rubbery texture. Other covers were blowing off. I only wish I had purchased sooner. Thankfully I read someone else's comments about how heavy it was so purchased in time for our current cold spell.

Our 4 hens are loving their safe, warm coop with 9 ft run. We bought a heated automatic chicken waterer that is such a relief to not have to go out in the cold to break the water first thing in the a.m. After we first bought them, our chickens each got a raspy cough/sneeze. We used VetRx and antibiotic but 1 hen died, sadly. We got a replacement. She got hen pecked for almost 2 weeks, by the hen who got hen pecked by the other 3 originals. Then they all settled down. But the new hen ended up with a "pasty or yucky butt". So after a while, we figured this was a thing and looked it up. We cut the dried poo off and thouroughly cleansed the hen's vent area with warm soapy dawn dish water from a spray bottle, rinsed with warm water from another spray bottle, and blow dried her off before putting her back in the coop. She had stopped laying for about 2 weeks. We anticipate her laying again soon. This is a learning experience and I'm glad we have 4 healthy, happy hens now with almost 4 eggs a day. The Omlet is so secure and warm for them. We did have a cat lunging at the hens and so added a roll of chicken wire around the coop for a little extra distance for cat paws. I run them off with loud clapping when I can catch them lurking around. We found we did not need the light to notify the hens that the door would be shutting. They would go up the ladder when the normal light of day was getting dim. Then when they were in the coop the light would come on. They would get confused and sometimes go back down the ladder. We ended up disconnecting the light and setting the door to close at the latest programmable time. Now it seems to be working perfectly! Love the coop, heated auto-waterer (bought separately) and our 4 happy hens! Also, we do move it around every so often. It rained for a few days and we tossed in some hay so they would not have to walk around in the mud. There was grass before, but not anymore. Mud. So hay is good to keep on hand. It was like rolling out carpet. Their little feet got a break from the mush. They even sat on it to rest during the day. We also stuck a rod through the coop for them to roost on during the day. They do like to get up high. We keep a few folding chairs around the coop to set and watch them if the weather allows. They like some meal worm snacks too. We gave them a little plain yogurt topped with meal worms for the probiotics. This was an idea I found online for chickens with "pasty or yucky butt". Good for the tummy. They really liked it too.

I have the chicken run for my runner ducks. We do not have and Omlet house because the door is not tall enough but the house we have fits in and we have a food and drink feeder. It’s great to be able to walk in to the run for cleaning. On one occasion we made a cover from a tarpaulin and it blew over so we bought a small cover and it works well.

The girls love going from perch to perch

This design is much better that the one that came with the small kritter cage. Will be easier to clean and won't fall apart at the edges.

A great addition to our set up, allows us to put a lot more accessories on our cat trees and looks great too! Feels solid and well built, was easy to asemble.

Easy to assemble, even with the ladies roosting right next to me.

I like the well designed waterer that came with my Omlet Cube and pen. I bought this one as a second one to have on hand. We're heading into winter months here and I wanted to have a second one I can swap out during the day if necessary.

The day after I installed this, temperatures dropped to about 1ºC at night and around 8ºC daytime. Hens are quite happy now, despite the wind.

This tarp kept my hens nice and dry