Jane 20 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 I have posted a couple of messages but just wanted to say hello. I have been reading the forum for ages - ever since we got our two in June, We are slowly (well not that slowly really) becoming ever so slightly obsessed and can see friends' eyes glaze over when we describe another amusing antic .....they like the eggs tho'. We are now building a walk in run (after looking at all the fantastic examples here) as we want more chooks, and we nearly lost one to Mr Fox while free ranging so only let them out when we are around now,- she was sewn back together by a rather bemused vet and is now fighting fit again!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Hello....and welcome ...if I haven't said that already. Hens taking over your life....who ever heard of such a thing. Sorry to hear about the fox attack. Very upsetting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 we get the same bored look from our friends too!! Chickens are fab though and we are all obsessed on here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Hi Jane. My friends are the same too. Just had it with chicken info. So my only solace is to sit on this forum all evening.....ahh..... At least everyone here understands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Hi Jane, a belated welcome to the forum . People at my work are divided into two camps - those who ask about the chickens regularly and are genuinely delighted when I take eggs in (partly why I'm getting a 4th girl so I can give more away ) - and those who, as you say, glaze over and responded with a puzzled "why?" when I said I was getting chickens. Takes all sorts (but I know which I prefer .) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 Hi Jane20, not too far from us, there's a fair few in Surrey now! We got ours about the same time as you and we get the as well! Mrs Bertie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane 20 Posted March 5, 2008 Author Share Posted March 5, 2008 Thank you all for your welcome, looking forward to further 'chats'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrandMrsG Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Hi Jane 20, Welcome to the forum. I'm beginning to get the same glazed looks from friends too, however they love getting the eggs how surprising! I also get laught at by various farming folk around here who have flocks of 20 + birds - At our local tonight, one of them asked how 'the poultry farmer' (meaning me!) was tonight - how I wished I'd used that name as my ID name when I 1st got my chooks and joined this forum! I was sorry to read about Mr Fox getting one of your girls, but relieved that she's lived to tell the tale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyren Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Hi Jane, and welcome! I have to admit I'm a bit chicken-obsessed at the moment - I have all-round spring fever, so I think of little apart from seedlings and new hens I don't volunteer information to my colleagues at work unless they ask (or I know they keep chickens themselves - there are one or two, though I don't see them on a regular basis). However I did once conclude a powerpoint presentation with a photo of my first two girls - my excuse was that my post was funded by the chicken genome project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baby bears mum Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I haven't even got my chookies yet and I'm obsessed - big sigh - no hope for me at all (it's good though isn't it!!!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 No hope at all . How long till your girls arrive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baby bears mum Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I ordered them on 19th Feb and they said 4 - 6 weeks so I reckon about 3 weeks (ish). Its a good job you've all created this forum it's the only thing thats keeping me going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fur 'n' Feathers Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Hi Jane. We're chicken obsessed... and they haven't even arrived yet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane 20 Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 Its soo exciting waiting and such fun when they arrive - we had an eglu warming party for ours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 I'm so taken by all my hens that during a boring planning meeting today I thought about how I'd rather be watching my hens than sat around listening to them!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...