Sue1411 Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Thanks (I think ) Good luck you two! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Hi, There is no mystery to my age no reason really why I didn't reply to this subject, I am 41 and my husband is 44 the children are 13 and 7. My son just called me an old fogey. 13 year olds are such pains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 I'm 46 and the stroppy teenagers/young adults in my family would like to remain anonymous. Webmaestro is a bit older. I actually started keeping hens when I was 8. We'd moved into rural Warwickshire the previous year and I was given a broody, Penny, and a baker's dozen of hopefully fertile eggs as an Easter present. I looked after them all by myself and creosoted and assembled an old hen house I was given. I kept Penny in a wooden box with an upturned turf in the bottom, all kept in the greenhouse, while she sat and had the henhouse ready in time for the chicks - 9 of them I think. I carried on with hens until I left home when my Mum took them on - however a few weeks after I got married and we bought our first house I managed to bring a small henhouse and some of my hens from home, including a sitting broody. This lot were transported round the country as we moved house (there was the interesting incident with a bantam that escaped from the cardboard box while driving to Sheffield) until we had to move to a Victorian terrace with very small backyard in Newcastle. However all was saved when those clever guys at omlet designed the eglu and the rest is history. Anyway I reckon over 20 years experience and many hatchings of chicks means I really am a motherhen. (the avatar is 2 light sussex chicks I hatched in Sheffield) Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammi J Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Hi Jane. What a lovely story and with your experience with chickens you truely are a motherhen. The chicks in your avatar are so cute! I've wanted chickens for years, I lived in Cambridge all my life until 3 years ago when I got married and moved to sunny suffolk. As you drive any where round here there are signs saying eggs for sale out side peolpes homes, it reminded me how much I wanted chooks so i did a search on "google", found omlet site then just had to keep showing hubby how fantastic it would be to have chooks in the garden. Now all I have to do is wait for their arrivel. Sammi-x- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 17, 2004 Author Share Posted November 17, 2004 Sammi - when are yours due to arrive? I know the waiting seems exciting and intolerable all at the same time. Hope we haven't all put you off Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicki Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 I'm 40 and Si is 49 till January! We had a joint 90th party halfway between on one of the few hot days this summer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammi J Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Hello Lesley. No not been put off, I love reading all your stories. The noise the chickens make was mentioned and that worried me abit, but apart from that i'm just very excited and can't wait for them to arrive. I don't know the date of their arrival yet, end of november hopefully. And let me tell you november is going VERY slowly I can tell you! Sammi-x- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 25, 2004 Author Share Posted November 25, 2004 I'm still 49 - just felt the need to say that while I can! Counting the days now - the next person to say X number of days to Christmas will just have to be killed! Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jangle Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 I'm 39 (forty in February) and Simon is 43. The chickens have really brightened up both our lives and our garden and despite no eggs yet (three weeks and counting) we really wouldn't be without them now. They are certainly a lot less trouble than our other two girls, aged 7 and 13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 20, 2004 Author Share Posted December 20, 2004 Come on new members - we're really nosey and need to know! perhaps it's just me! so I should change that to 'I need to know'! Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surrey-based Steve Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 I've just turned 30 and the better half is a year or so older than me. You'll see from Alan's video that, despite my age, I have the best legs on the messageboard. Ahem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 22, 2004 Author Share Posted December 22, 2004 I've just turned 30 and the better half is a year or so older than me. You'll see from Alan's video that, despite my age, I have the best legs on the messageboard. Ahem. I can feel a competition coming on! (It's alright - I won't be joining in!) Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Iv'e just had a look Steve and I agree you are the winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Hello all, My first message to the forum and I can't believe it is 'age' related!! I am 33 years young and getting younger all the time. I would like to know if I am the only Eglu North of the border?? Louise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric&Claudine Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 claudine and I are both 35.... no younger chicken handlers yet.. and my mum didn't even take up my offer of a stroke when she was here at the weekend!! Haven't been on the forum for a few weeks. Have some good news though. Ginger has started laying in time for Christmas! you can see her inspecting her first egg in the gallery. Needless to say we are chuffed to bits. Just need Freddie to start although she looks a few weeks away. merry christmas, and may you all enjoy fresh eggs for breakfast... eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Well done Ginger! Nothing nicer than the first egg, is there! Glad to see we've had a posting from Louise - Welcome to the forum ! The Borders eh? Lovely part of the world - you are so lucky! Hope all is going well with your hens. I'm going to watch the k"Ooops, word censored!"bly knees competition with interest although I think my knees are definitely not worth an outing in the gallery. They are not for the faint hearted ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Thanks for the welcome Kate. Borders is lovely but V cold and snowy. Taking delivery of my 2 White Leghorns tomorrow so have been gathering tips for the last couple of days. Will keep you posted as to how me and the two neebies get along!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 You'd better get your winter woolies on ready for tomorrow then, Louise, because you'll not come in all day - you'll be too busy watching what your girls are up to! They are so funny to watch - you'll wonder what on earth you used to do before you took up chicken watching! Good luck and don't forget to vaseline their combs while it's snowy out there (lucky thing - I'm not going to tell my boys you've got snow or they'll have me packing the car right now!!) Glad the forum is proving useful - there is a wealth of information posted already but any questions that pop up when you do get your girls, don't hesitate to ask - someone will help - eventually! Good luck and we're looking forward to seeing first egg photos in the gallery (if it ever reappears !) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 22, 2004 Author Share Posted December 22, 2004 (edited) Hi Louise As well as the advice from Kate, I hope you can run well? If your Leghorns get out they could be down here in the Midlands in no time! We have a Whitestar which is a Leghorn cross and looks similar to the Leghorn and she is turbo-charged! She also has a large comb which needs Vaseline in cold weather so have you checked out the topic on Vaselining combs? There is a photo of Mrs.White in the Gallery, keep going through the pages until you see Eglu Towers, she is in that album. We will look forward to seeing your photos. Lesley I've just checked on www.meadowsweetpoultry.co.uk and Mrs.W. is a Leghorn, not a cross. Where we bought them they refer to them as little egg laying machines! Eric Pleased to hear that ginger has started laying - what a great Christmas present! Lesley Edited December 22, 2004 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 I have also heard that leghorns can fly very well, my mother in law used to keep them when she was younger and she said they kept her on her toes. Welcome to the forum Louise keep posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Hi Louise Congratulations. Very impressed with first (I think) home hatched eglu hens. Did you use a broody or incubator. Do you have any photos - we love pics of chicks! Actually you could (in all your spare time) take some pics of them now - any names by the way. 12 week hens are so cute to look at and so like teenagers in their behaviour. Just remember - they will settle down with age. Have a good Christmas Actually that goes for all of you - HAPPY CHRISTMAS - with everything I have to do it may be a few days before you hear from me again and can't promise I won't be in post-hard-work inebriated state - watch out for interesting spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 11, 2005 Author Share Posted January 11, 2005 Just 'bumping' this topic for new members who haven't felt bullied enough yet to post here! It has gone slightly off topic at the end - never mind And anyway as most of you know - I am 5 now Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 Are we still playing that game I like this it means I am only 14. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted January 11, 2005 Share Posted January 11, 2005 I don't like it - I'm 93 !!! I prefer to add mine together so I'm only 12 . You would be 5 Nicola and so would Lesley!! We're little children again - yippee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 11, 2005 Author Share Posted January 11, 2005 Stop it We had to take part in a Home Office survey on crime tonight and the first Q he asked me was my age! Well - he could have called two weeks ago couldn't he!! I did think about adding the numbers but didn't think he would believe me Lauren will be 7 tomorrow and my daughter 33 on Friday - now I do feel old Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
