motherhen Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Anniversary Party Today is the day Get your bubbly or other celebratory drink ready because it is now a year since eglus started taking over UK gardens (and French and German ) (Well strictly speaking it is a year and a day, having had a lovely email from Omlet HQ, but they forgot to celebrate on the 7th - too busy masterminding eglus taking over the world - so I think the 8th is about to become official eglu day ) So, as well as sharing how you will be celebrating with your hens (must buy some more tinned sweetcorn), why not share with us all what your hens mean to you and your family, and how they have changed your life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanne Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Hi Motherhen, we posted at exactly the same time, so my contribution is in a separate thread!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Congratulations Leanne for a whole year of chicken keeping !! Congratulations Betty and Roobs on a whole year of Eglu life !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanne Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 thanks Kate! a very happy year, the first of many with hens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Rats I am on a training course from 9.30 so I will ba at the virtual party in spirit if thats okay with you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Congratulations Leanne and all the 'first' Omlet chickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Did someone mention bubbly/wine ... . Have a great day (s) all chooks and keepers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Hurray for Omlet and you lovely people in the forum Here's to many years of chickens keeping and chicken gossiping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Did someone mention bubbly/wine ... . Here she is! Pass the corkscrew please! Congratulations Omlet on a successful 1st year, & may you have many more of them! Congratulations also to those of you who are celebrating a whole year with your chooks! Oh, & Louise, I've sneaked a bottle into your training course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Looks like I've got some catching up to do ah well here goes.... I'm taking my drink in the bath if that's okay, great way to unwind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanne Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 yes, happy first anniversary to the omlet team, and the eglu! an inspired idea that grew and grew, well done guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Hope Betty and Roobs have had a good day Leanne. I'm going to get LSH to buy some maggots from the fishing shop as a special anniversary treat on Friday (I would go down there and buy some myself tomorrow as that's their special day but I'm too chicken!!) I still can't believe the girls have only been here a year! Feels much longer than that and I can't ever imagine life without chickens in my garden! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanne Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 me neither! and i cant believe i never did it years ago! deciding to get the girls was one of my better decisions in life, and we will now always have hens, i just love the girls to bits and just wish all chickens could have as nice a life as eglu hens have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Well, it's exactly a year ago today that Jenny and Clarry joined the family and what a fantastic year of ups and downs! We've had so much pleasure from the girls and their antics (and gorgeous eggs!) and have learned so much. As an anniversary present, it looks like Jenny's decided to go broody on us! She was welded to the nest this morning and when I pushed her gently out to feed, she walked through the run throwing twigs and sticks over her shoulders ! Oh the joys!!! Never mind, I still love them to bits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanne Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY KATE! and to anyone else celebrating today (9th)!! Have a great day!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Thanks Leanne !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Clink ,clink, cheers. Happy anniversay to Omlet and the art of keeping chickens and cheers to us all for being part of that year!!!! Sorry I'm late!!! Bx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 Thanks Guys This year has gone so quickly, but I can't really remember what it was like before I got the girls. Keeping hens was like coming back home for me. For those who don't know I kept lots of poultry from when I was 8 until we moved to Newcastle and a tiny backyard 18 years ago. So that was 20 years of the joys of hens and then a long period with nothing to do with my cooked s"Ooops, word censored!"s and not being able to poach eggs. I never found anywhere to buy 'same-day' eggs! What is new for me is having hens as pets. With only 2 of them living a few feet from our backdoor and glass walled kitchen they couldn't be anything but pets. I have modified the eglu over the year to suit our compact conditions - but if it weren't for the eglu I couldn't have my girls. Even with a small wooden henhouse, you need lots of room for the annual dismantle and clean and creosote (I guess you use something other than creosote nowadays). I love my plastic washable eglu I also love the emptying of the poo tray as opposed to what I had to do with the wooden hen houses (don't ask). So, while keeping hens is a bit like coming home for me, what has also changed this year is what else I get up to in the backyard. I'm now growing lots of veggies and have planted a very short native British hedgerow to remind me of my childhood in rural Warwickshire. I'm learning a lot about growing things in containers and small areas. Yes, I do still lust after moving to remote Northumberland and farming free range poultry. This wouldn't suit the rest of the family at all so I'm probably stuck here, but I do feel I've been able to create a tiny oasis of my dream in central Newcastle So the the brilliant Omlet guys - Thank you And to all you omleteers - thanks for sharing your experiences through the forum. Sometimes I can't type replies for laughing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted June 9, 2005 Author Share Posted June 9, 2005 Bit off topic, but I've just spotted that I'm up to 599 on the postings, so I thought today would be a good day to make it 600 I've also realised, now the eglu is off the ground on a nice new platform, how muddy it is. So I'm going to clean it on the outside (that's a first for an ex-muddy country girl!). If I get a bit creative and carried away with the cleaning I'll post photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Congratulations on reaching 600 Jane!! Is that an excuse to open another bottle . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Definitely, Kate! Congratulations to you & anyone else who is celebrating a year of chooks. Motherhen, 600 pearls of wisdom & laugh out loud anecdotes. May we have many more of them! What would we do on the forum without you?! I do find your comments so helpful, because of your history of poultry keeping, as well as your enthusiasm & sheer enjoyment of Sybil & Pollo. oops, should I start a Jane fan club topic! OK, one bottle for anniversary, another for 600 postings, you'll soon have enough empties for your w/e garden plans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Well done jane!! I've got a long way to go and will never catch up!! I'll see if I can achieve 600 by my anniversary or 601!! Bx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Thanks for the bottle and I thought it was just water *hic* Sheila I have only just got out 2 days of time management groan. Happy anniversary to all you early omleteers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Today is the aniversary of Tallulah and Millie joining our household One Year with chickens and I feel as if they've always been here It was a cold, wet and windy day when James delivered them at about 7.30pm. Today has been hot although we have just had a heavy shower. As Sarah said the other day - Now we are Six! and we wouldn't be without them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted June 28, 2005 Author Share Posted June 28, 2005 Congratulations Lesley - you have certainly changed your life more than most of us Definitely an evening for drinks and/or chocolate And here's to the next year (any bets on how many hens you'll have by then? - especially now you have passed the easy introduction of new hens threshold) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
