WitchHazel Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I went to see a lovely lady in Hook today, and bought two 8 week old Girls: a Welsummer and a Cream Legbar I'm not ready to have Girls that young (and my cats would DEFINITELY try and eat them at that size), so she's going to hold on to them for me until they reach 14 weeks - which means I'll be collecting them at the beginning of July. At least that gives me a couple of weeks to see if I can get hold of a second hand purple eglu, before I explain to DH why we have to have a new one. They won't replace Lydia, but they will help fill the gap she's left. She also had some light sussex, some cuckoo marans (much prettier in the flesh than the pics, and the chicks are just soooo lovely), and I was very tempted to get 3 while I was at it. DH was remarkably calm while I was considering this, which surprised me a bit as, when I was deciding to get hens originally, he had an outburst in a resataurant when I mentioned the F word - "Four"). In the end I decided to stick to two new girls now. And then, as a white egg layer would be great, maybe another two (because you can't introduce one hen) at the end of the year. He barely flinched at this news - I suspect he's thinking there's no point in overreacting now as I'll just dig my heels in. Anyway. Sorry to ramble on, just wanted to share my news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 aww that's great news did you take any pictures of your girls?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 aww that's great news did you take any pictures of your girls??# No, sadly. It was only when we were part way home that I thought about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 That's great news Hazel! You will wear him down eventually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 cant wait to see them, I love new girlie pictures. Suprised me that you are asking for a purple eglu.. I would have bet money on you going with another orange for some reason.. shows what I know.. ho hum.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 Suprised me that you are asking for a purple eglu.. I would have bet money on you going with another orange for some reason.. shows what I know.. ho hum.. I was going to go for orange, and that was what I was looking for. I love my ornage cube and think it's definitely the best colour there is. But when I was looking out of my bedroom window I wsa thinking that an orange Eglu next to an orange cibe might be a bit of overkill - too much of a good thing. I think purple will complement it perfectly, so that's what I've decided to go for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 purple is a great colour to compliment orange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Lou Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Congratulations! hope the wait goes quickly for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Great news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 You lucky girl Hazel Purple will look lovely. All these folks getting new chooks - I'm starting to get broody for some more myself Hope the waiting goes quick for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 How lovely it will be worth the wait. Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennymom Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 how lovely I hope the time flies by for your and your new girlies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
