Hi I have my five ex bats in a cube in a large run. The floor is concrete to prevent rats digging their way in and covered with 2-3inches of aubiose/hemcore....from the plant hemp and can be bought from horsey places as it is used for horse bedding. The aubiose soaks up the hen droppings and every night I 'pooh pick' the run to keep it fresh. Then every 3 to 4 weeks completely replace the bedding. Inside the run we have tree branches for perches and from these we hang hard white cabbage. I cut a circle round the top of the cabbage and thread with string. They absolutely love this and keeps them occupied with pecking the veg. I feed our hens on layers mash, plus any other veg going. Late afternoons they are given a handful of chicken corn each. On the bedding I throw chicken grit for food digestion and oyster shell for healthy eggs(hard shells). Having the cube in a walk in run is not only easy to maintain, but really good for building up relationships with our hens. They are used to me getting in there with them and chatter away and try to help.! Everyday I clean out the nest box. Ex bats have a habit of sleeping in there...preferring this to roosting....they've had a hard life and the nest box is so comfy, but needs to be kept clean every day for clean eggs. Aubiose on top of newspaper is what I use for the nest box. Perches are cleaned...scrubbed weekly, and the henhouse cleaned with animal disinfectant 2 weekly to avoid red mite and other nasties. I was given some money as a gift from my cousin and earmarked for the cube, that is the only way I was able to afford it. I would say it is a very good buy. Easy to clean and my hens love their home. The cube houses up to 10 hens, so mine have plenty of room. In the afternoons, I remove the back of the cube(grey colour part) which provides extra space and interest and another place to perch and see the world. Our run has a perspec roof, so that wild bird droppings are not a problem. The run mesh is built on top of breeze bricks, so no bedding can spill out onto the garden and mice and rats are unable to get in. I hope you find this information helpful. Oh yes, the cube is warm in winter and cool in the summer. Two weeks ago when it was really hot, I was unable to collect the eggs until 4pm due to being at work. I thought the eggs would be cooking! but no! They were cold which proves that the 2 layer plastic really works.