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[mostin]

That little cockerels are much much louder than big heavy boys

[Falkor]

This morning I have learnt that if there is something to knock over and spill the chicken will always get the most expensive lotion/potion and not the cheapo washing up liquid.

 

£10 worth of nutri drops on the shed floor this morning

[madchickenlady]

I have learned that chickens can skate board. The silkies are rather adept

[Chucky1]

I have learned that chickens can skate board. The silkies are rather adept

That has to be worth a picture

[whoopsie]

Skateboarding chickens! Fantastic.

 

Today I marvelled again at how Margot can lay such MAHOOSIVE eggs. 3 INCHES LONG!!!!!

[grracee]

I have learned that chickens can skate board. The silkies are rather adept

That has to be worth a picture

 

I agree! Where is that picture???

[mabelandflosmum]

I have learned that it is not a god idea to put an egg in the same pocket as your mobile phone and then squash it!

A very expensive mistake, it made the insurance lady laugh when I tried (unsuccessfully) to claim for a new phone!

[Chook n Boo Mum]

I have learned that it is not a god idea to put an egg in the same pocket as your mobile phone and then squash it!

A very expensive mistake, it made the insurance lady laugh when I tried (unsuccessfully) to claim for a new phone!

 

Do you mean they have small print to cover that eventuality then ............so you are another one in the "pocket collectors" gang then.......how many times have I discovered an egg in a pocket in an inopportune place .....sometimes intact ...............sometimes not

 

This morning I have learnt that if there is something to knock over and spill the chicken will always get the most expensive lotion/potion and not the cheapo washing up liquid.

 

£10 worth of nutri drops on the shed floor this morning

 

Aaaah the Law Of Sod is live & kicking in your shed then Em

 

And I second...third...fourth the Skateboarding Silkie pics please

 

Sha x

[thelurch]

Not having actually got chickens yet, I will be getting them in July Im learning from this thread and the many other threads.

 

Since researching about chickens I have learnt that:

 

* I dont think twice about spending £400 on a cube!

 

* I take great delight in giving the boys at work a biology lesson when they ask how can I expect to get eggs without a cockerel!

 

* I have learnt that we shouldnt have told my 3 year old son we will be getting chickens yet as he asks everyday if they are coming today!

 

* I will happily spend days in the garden in the rain and cold relocating 2 greenhouses to make way for a WIR, and then build it!

 

* I learnt that I shouldnt have told so many people to keep old egg boxes for me!, our front door step often looks like the doorway of a charity shop in the morning!

I have enough boxes to sound proof the albert hall!

 

* I have learnt that I already know 2 people who keep chickens but have only just found out.

 

* Having tasted "home grown" eggs from a friend, there is no doubt that keeping chickens is for me (and the wife!)

[mostin]

sounds like you've found your calling "thelurch"

[dannablue]

I have only had my girls 8 weeks but in that time I have learned that when top girl Maude does a poop it takes just 2 seconds for second in command Sybil to step in it!

 

I also learned that no matter the weather I can always muster up the energy to go out and make sure the girls have all they need - and boy do they need lots (according to them!!!)

 

I also found that keeping chickens is great

[McChook]

I've learnt in the last 2 years of chicken keeping that, no matter how hateful one older hen is to the other youngsters, you just can't bring yourself to let her go and spend over £100 on a separate (but pushed up against the other) home for her.

 

I've also learnt that it is just as hard to take a hen for her last trip to the vets as it has been for any other pet we've had

 

And no matter how many times DH says they're my chickens and nothing to do with him, he still rushes out there every night as soon as he gets home to feed them some raisins - and they're waiting for him!

 

This thread has made me laugh and cry in equal measure - just brilliant!

[Tutti Frutti]

I've learnt not to lean down and de-poo beneath a chicken who's perching above my head... the very reason I was there clearing up in the first place Fortunately, it was only a close shave (and would have been in a more literal way if she'd been on target! ).

 

[whoopsie]

I've now decided that I should have made a permanent site for the Eglu in the first place. The Garden now resembles the Somme and I have more weeds than grass.

[Tiggy]

I have learned that chickens can get through cat flaps follow moggy upstairs & poo on your bed

I

[debsygooch]

I would like to add

chickens love trailing lobellia - much to OH's disgust!

I love my chickens enough to forgive them!

My cat doesn't love my chickens

THat I don't regret a moment of having my girls

[debsygooch]

OM just read about Mallion -you were so lucky to have found her in time - I too would commit murder (to the callous person - not the hen I hasten to add) if I found out who it was

Well done you

[dancing cloud]

That watching a hen stalk the cat just for the sheer fun of it never gets old

 

That the first time an ex-batt lets you give her a cuddle is always special

 

That no matter how demanding, destructive or plain naughty they are, I just LOVE the little blighters!

[txswanie]

This thread is wonderful.

Things I have learned in my 3 months of being a chicken mum

 

Poo is not gross, it's just poo and it will wash off.

My chickens are not going to die every time they sneeze. They are tougher than I thought.

Never put an egg in your pajama pocket and forget about it.

Chickens like to peck freshly painted toenails and the jibbits on my Crocs.

That I am too old and stiff to get right inside a cube run.

There is nothing better than a cuddle from a previously shy chicken.

That a grumpy little Chihuahua can fall in love with a chicken. Cisco is in love with Marion Davies the SL Wyandotte. Inter-species love..it's all the rage these days..

That chickens can make a horrible day better, even one spent on the freeways of Los Angeles.

That Omleteers are the best and funniest people on the web.

Thanks

 

Colette.

[Tutti Frutti]

That when it comes to my girls, money is NO object

That when it comes to my girls, DH dare NOT object

[pipistrelle]

The sight of a chicken chasing a butterfly is extremely funny