Yolky Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I have been squirreling away money for a while now to save up for mine. I knew the husband wouldn't mind me getting one but with three kids and everything I felt I should try to get some saved up other ways so I opened a 'chicken fund'. I have been selling lots of my stuff that was just hanging about, not buying treaty things and putting pounds away here and there and also asking for chicken fund contributions for my birthday (which isn't till august lol) I also managed to get a recon eglu so that is £40 saved too. I have just been totting up my fund and I have £310 only £45 to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 No, my in-laws gave us money for mine and DH's birthdays so we put that towards the chickens! I had been lurking for a few years and we just decided to go for it before the money got 'absorbed' into other things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 no I just bought it, I knew I was working for something all this time, I just didn't know it was partly for an orange eglu..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I have just been totting up my fund and I have £310 only £45 to go Wooooooooooo, hooooooooooo I never had to save, I was promised one once we moved to a house with a big enough garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I just bought mine, & then another as a pressie for my daughter when she got her SATS results. I got the cube as a Christmas pressie from my Hubby - it was sat in the garden on Christmas morning in all its orangeness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I bought mine......allegedly as a birthday present for Him Indoors, but we know differently. I bought my second one three months later (a "rehoming" package...to good to miss and fairly local) from a former Omleteer. He didn't notice this one for three weeks. The cube and walk in run I bought with a bit of "inheritance " money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I got the cube as a Christmas pressie from my Hubby - it was sat in the garden on Christmas morning in all its orangeness loved that bit, I wish my hubby would think of buying surprises and hiding them.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 No saving for me either, we had a lump sum pension payment so I also grabbed a bit before it got absorbed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I saved - had the eglu instead of a holiday and much better it was too. You are nearly there - go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lailapet Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Well done on being so sensible and patiently saving up for it! You're nearly there and can see the eglu at the end of the tunnel!!! I had some tax money paid back last year and decided to buy my eglu with it. The transport cost was deducted from my wages (I work for TNT and had it collected) and so I hardly noticed it. I got the chooks free of charge from a friend and it's all been so worth it! Today my 6-year old son helped me clean it and we had such fun. My 11-year old daughter is more into the feeding raisins by hand etc. You'll wonder what life was like before chickens! Let us know when you actually go for it! Laila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Well done for saving up. My OH wanted to buy a motorbike and knew I didn't want him to get one - so he bribed me with a cube!!! He always tells people that I made him get the house extended because he wanted a 'big' television (we really wouldn't have been able to fit it in otherwise) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 No I bought my first one from ebay using paypal & an interest-free credit card My cube is also on an interest-free credit card BUT hefty chunks of it are being repaid monthly so I won't have paid a penny in interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yolky Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 My recon eglu is on order for the 11th of July. I ordered when I knew I wasn't far off and I wanted to get them in the summer time too. I actually got my sums wrong yesterday and I have £325 and I have a cheque on its way for anther £10 for something I sold and someone is sending me £5 for something else so now only £20 *bounces* I have really enjoyed saving for it. It hasn't taken me long (a couple of months) but it has made me really think about money I would have spent on other things. I may start another fund for a rablu for the kids, I wouldn't be looking to get it till next spring though so have a good amount of time to save. Mind you if I love having the chooks as much as I think I will I may have to use the fund to upgrade to a cube and buy a converter for the eglu lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I saved up birthday and christmas money too and eventually bought a second hand eglu from a former Omleteer for £250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Saving up for something is such a great thing to do. So much nicer than just buying something on a whim by slapping down the credit card I remember many years ago, falling in love with a gorgeous pair of boots and carefully budgeting and saving for them. Oh the anticipation and longing (I used to go and look at them in the shop every lunch hour) and then the day came when I had enough money and was able to buy them I am sure you will enjoy your Eglu and chickens so much more because you have had to save to get them Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Lou Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Used my annual work bonus! i'd been working hard all year for it so what better way to treat myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Well done for saving. We had been thinking about getting chickens for a while and then were given some money by a relative in a kind of "I want to see you spend it while I'm still alive" moment. I'm so glad we spent the money on that as the kids (and us adults) have had such a lot of pleasure from them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 My first Eglu the red one was a combined Birthday/ christmas present from my OH Andy in 2005. The green Eglu was bought in 2007 by Andy as my birthday present. I agreed to pay £100 towards it. Actually I don't think I ever paid him the £100 I reckon I am due another Eglu Christmas time this year or sometime early next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yolky Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 ali-s you don't fancy a cube then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 ali-s you don't fancy a cube then? I much prefer the design of the Eglus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 ali-s you don't fancy a cube then? I much prefer the design of the Eglus Me too! It creates much more flexible housing too for introductions or broodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 ali-s you don't fancy a cube then? I much prefer the design of the Eglus I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little cluckers Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I was saving for an eglu and stumbled across one on ebay that had been listed without the words eglu or omlet and won it for £140!!! It was brand new but had no run (which wasn't a problem as we'd already built a walk in one). I also had to travel 80 miles to collect it but it was such a bargain that really didn't matter! I just wish I could stumble across another like it as the bug has bitten hard and would love more!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Wow! That really was a bargain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooken Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I haven't yet got an Eglu, but I'll be saving up for one. I'm 13, so I make no money from a job (no one needs paper deliverers ) but I do get allowance =] I have £40 at the moment. I get £30 every month if I do all my chores and hand ALL homework in on time, so I'll have £70 by July. Also, I've just done my year 9 SATs. My Dad said that if I get level 7 in all subjects like I'm predicted, he'll give me an extra £20 I revised enough, so I hope I did well It's also my birthday in August. I don't want presents, I'm just asking for money. As my parents like me to go out with friends to the cinema etc. instead of cooped up indoors, if I behave myself they still give me allowance over the summer. So if I do well in SATs, behave etc. I will have.. £120. I'm not sure how much money I'll get for my birthday. I'm buying a second-hand Eglu from eBay and an extension run from Omlet, so I'll need a fair amount. If I don't get all the money I need from that, I'll happily save up until September, even October. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
