kazaddress Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 how much time do you get to spend with your girls? I spend about 15mins every morning with them, when i give them their porridge and fresh veg. Then about 15mins when i get home from work, when i change their food / water and clean out their nest before they go to bed. at the weekends when im gardening they help dig up the soil (as im trying to sew seeds) lol can not wait till summer when i can eat breakfast in the garden with them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Similar, maybe 5-10 mins in morning and 15 after work. Weekends longer. and I spend ages watching them through the window, and they watch me back. Mine spend all day digging up the soil. They have dug a new trench on the slope. We are hoping they will level off the lawn for us as we are hoping to move the eglu onto barkchips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I do most of my computer work things on a laptop in the kitchen, so I watch them for several hours a day - and keep going out to have little chats with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazaddress Posted March 23, 2006 Author Share Posted March 23, 2006 oh.. and we have our chicken cam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I am about the same too. Although I keep finding that I am gazing out of the window at them all the time as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 It's called 'thinking time' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clare* Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 It's called 'thinking time' I spend a lot of "thinking time" with them as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 My time with the hens varies throughout the week gepending on work committments, and for the past 6 months I've barely seen them at all on a Wednesday because I don't get home until after dark and they're always roosting by then. I can't wait for the clocks to change this weekend so that I can spend time with them on a Wednesday too. Every other day I'm normally around in the afternoons and evenings, and am constantly watching them, in and out of the garden for a chat and so on. I just love the way that I only need to touch the back door handle and they've heard it and are running up to see me OK, I know it's not me they want, more like treats or access to the house, but I still love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 My time with the hens varies throughout the week depending on work committments, and for the past 6 months I've barely seen them at all on a Wednesday because I don't get home until after dark and they're always roosting by then. I can't wait for the clocks to change this weekend so that I can spend time with them on a Wednesday too. Every other day I'm normally around in the afternoons and evenings, and am constantly watching them, in and out of the garden for a chat and so on.I just love the way that I only need to touch the back door handle and they've heard it and are running up to see me OK, I know it's not me they want, more like treats or access to the house, but I still love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I spend about 10 minutes out ther ein the morning, sorting out the bunnies and chooks. Then 5 mins when I pop home for lunch,a nd 10-15 mins again at the end of the day. In summertime and at the weekend, I get to spend much more time with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Mine are just gathering at the gate and pacing up and down. They can see me at the laptop and reckon it is now time for their pre-roosting handful of corn. Yes, I'm a big softy really I'll just go and attend to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I love the way they thunder down the lawn when I go out If I forget to take anything for them, they mug me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I love the way they thunder down the lawn when I go out If I forget to take anything for them, they mug me! Yep, but mine mug me food or not. I can't get through the door to the pen anymore without lifting chickens out of the way. They've taken to perching on the fence again ever since John's family were visiting and the chickens had 5 people at the window looking at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 I am rather naughty and spend hours outside with them - even in awful weather, as I am retired. I like to stand and watch them, sit and watch them, go in and pick them up, stroke them, talk to them - a bit daft really. I expect that once the summer is here, they might come up the allotment with me to do a bit of scratching about, and once the fence is repaired then they will get to roam the garden when I am home and OH isn't! They are terrible time wasters, we watch them from our conservatory where we eat, and OH gives me a running commentary - and that is from a man who was dead set against them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 My two don't get much time at all mid week. Let out in the morning (into the run), before I go to work, so possibly 5 minutes, then in the evening when I get home, maybe 10 whilst I change water, top up food etc. The weekend is different: They get let out of the run and get to chill out with the donkeys. They follow them everywhere. When we muck out on a Sunday morning, they spend two delightful hours getting in the way, dodging pitchforks , stealing bits of straw off the muck sack, throwing themselves into the path of oncoming wheelbarrows etc. I am out there, supposedly doing my share, but in reality spend nearly all of the time crying with laughter at OH who pretends its SO tedious. WHen he thinks I'm not there though, I hear him talking to them as he works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxhen Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Taking the conversation in a slightly different direction - did anyone else enjoy a chuckle watching the flock of chickens on 'Jimmy's Farm' last Tuesday as they charged after the mini trcuk bringing their food rations? All you could see in the camera shot were chicken bottoms rocking from side to side and chickens wings trying to flap themselves along faster in their haste. Fabulous. I love watching mine hop off the patio on to the grass below. The guys that made 'Chicken Run' got it perfect. H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Yer my Mum, Dad, and I were all laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Kooringa, how can it be bad to spend time with chickens? It is nice to have the time, they are lovely little things. I would spend ages with them if I was around more. AnnieP, I love the image of chickens following donkeys, don't the donkeys mind, or the chickens feel nervous at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Kooringa, how can it be bad to spend time with chickens? It is nice to have the time, they are lovely little things. I would spend ages with them if I was around more.AnnieP, I love the image of chickens following donkeys, don't the donkeys mind, or the chickens feel nervous at all? The donkeys tolerate them, like they are little children to be indulged. My heart does fly to my mouth sometimes when the chooks decide they are going to peck around the donks feet though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Do they perch on their backs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 yep. Free rides I keep trying to get pictures, but haven't quite managed to get there with the camera in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Dogmother Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Brilliant Annie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
