Chicken Shirl Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Mine like them roasted best with the seeds roasted as well, but they will eat them uncooked. As we roast most of our veggies in one dish they get a taste of everything. They especially like sweet potato mashed with butter. Naughty I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahsausage Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I've always wanted chickens and then a friend at work rescued some ex-batts so that gave me the nudge to get some rescues myself, they are definately spoilt pets with eggs as a nice bonus. Seems to have caused a chain reaction as several friends have now got rescues! Chickens are sooooo adorable and addictive! Hoping to get a couple more very soon, just waiting for a phone call........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrissyH Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 We bought our 10 chickens in Sep, being newly retired we felt we could make the commitment. They are now 16-18 weeks old and they control our daily routine. 9 different breeds, they are best described as a bunch of marauding juveniles making combined raids on food stations, the latest hole that one has dug, "helping" wiith the coop cleaning etc. There is always one on watch for a human bearing gifts coming up the garden path. Not sure that they will ever have time to lay eggs! We realised how attached to them we were when some got gape worm and gave us sleepless nights. My husband likes to handle them whilst I am happy to be amongst them and feed them by hand but don't see them as cuddly. They give us hours of pleasure so they are definitely pets - eggs, well they will just be a bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Shirl Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 They sound lovely do you have any pictures of them all, we would love to see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rarara Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 I'm loving all the perspectives When I get some I think eggs will also be a bonus. I don't eat that many anyway. I really can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I like to refer to my girls as "Productive Pets", they are pets but I love the egg production I spoil my girls rotten, but they give as much love back as they get 'Productive Pets' is what I'd call mine, too. Mine don't have names, but I am fond of them just the same. Saronne xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Ooops! They do have names! Saronne x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkisland Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Mine are definitely pets, first & foremost. The eggs are a lovely bonus but I would still keep my girls, in the manner to which they are now accustomed, even if they all stopped laying tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
