Jules. Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 It was the first meeting of the year of our ladies meeting at church today, & we had a time of open fellowship where we can bring along a gift we have received for Christmas & show it to each other, and just say a few words about it. I took this with me it's the chicken bag my boys bought me I then read out this verse form the Bible, Matthew chapter 23 verse 37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing..... and I told the ladies about how wondefully designed chickens are, with their ( & I quote) "knicker feathers!" and their wings which can stretch out to protect their chicks. I also took along a photo of my girls & their eglu which I passed around. I have given eggs to a few of the ladies there- the last lot went to Marion who was 80 last week- she made a quiche with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 great, how nice to hear. Its really nice to spread the love of chickens to everyone. I bet they'll all be after your eggs now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Have you persuaded any of them to buy an Eglu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Very good Jules, your boys have good taste as I was bought the same bag by my sister for my birthday! If it had been me I would have gone with this: It was a secret santa pressie from the Creative Living forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Have you persuaded any of them to buy an Eglu? Not yet! I have heard them tell me that their grandparents used to keep chickens. One lady brought a present that one of her children bought her, & it was a replica of things that people had in the war - little cards that had tips on . One was about how to look after blackout blinds, another had the "careless talk costs lives" motto on it. I was waiting for her to bring out your "feed you s"Ooops, word censored!"s to the hens" poster, but she didn't have that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Lovely cushion, Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Awww what a nice day youve had. Its good that you have a club like that. maybe you could hold a BBQin the summer, so they can see the chickens! They will be hooked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Great idea, Laura! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
