NClaire Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hello, I'm a little bit of an interloper here, as don't actually have an eglu but I DO have 4 chickens, and have read lots of very interesting posts on here, so this is me saying hello!!! I'm a bit new to all the smileys etc, so apologies if this doesn't come out right!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NClaire Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 How do you get those chickeny things on the bottom of messages? I did one, but it didn't seem to be there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hi and welcome to the forum. You are not an interloper.....plenty of forum members don't have Eglus. Glad to have you aboard. Tell us a bit more about your chickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NClaire Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 Ignore that, they've appeared! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hi and welcome to the forum.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NClaire Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 Ok, our chickens - we have 4 - we started off with 3, but one (a black leghorn called Sarah Jemima) very quickly got sick and died, which was a rocky start, especially as the vet then advised us to get a PM done as they thought it was either avian flu(!!!!!!) or salmonella - but clearly was neither, was just stress and a bit of cocci. So we got 2 Bovan Goldlines to join the Black Rock and Speckeldy, and they all get on tremendously! We get 3-4 eggs a day, and they live in a henhouse my husband built for them. If you click on the www link, I've got a blog where you can see some pics of them. The house pics are right at the beginning, back in 2007, but there are some chickeny ones in 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hello there and welcome to the forum!! Glad to have you on board! Just been reading your blog, really good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hello, welcome to the forum! I've had a peek at your pics - lovely girls and very nice henhouse . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 hello from me too Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Helloooooo and welcome! Just off to have a nose at your piccys, where abouts are you lot then? Mrs Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hello there! Don't worry about not having an Eglu, I think lots of chicken owners find this forum really useful because most of us are new to chickens, only have a few hens and, to be honest, treat them like pets - not that that's a bad thing, but I expect there are few other places on the web where people genuinely worry about their hen's _mental_ wellbeing and happiness as well as their physical condition! Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Welcome! Dont be afraid to ask any daft questions - someone will always try to help. And we love to chat about absolutely anything (chicken poo does feature a lot tho!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NClaire Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 Thank you for the welcomes!!! We are in the South West, so the chickens have got used to RAIN RAIN and MORE RAIN! I am quite envious of all the eglu cubes - they look fantastic, and some of the runs you've all built are amazing. I REALLY wish our garden was bigger and could accommodate more hens! But given the trouble we have getting through all our eggs atm, perhaps that's just as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hi & Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy64 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveypup Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Welcome to the forum. We are all quite mad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Great blog. Your husband has done a super job making that house. It looks very professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hello and welcome from me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Welcome to the forum. I love your chicken blog. It's fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bantam of the Opera Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 wow! you hen house lookes really good and professional. welcome to the forum! just thought id drop by and say taht jemima is a really great name for a chicken cause its my name! as you can see from my signature, i have rather bad luck with chickens also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol U Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 Hi, Welcome to the forum. I loved your pictures and was particularly interested in your Speckeldy, as I'm getting three new hens next week, one of which is a Speckeldy. Yours looks gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...