Alis girls Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I really love watching my 3 new girls. All my friends know I have hens and I cant stop talking about them. Only the other nurse at work knows as they are a bit s"Ooops, word censored!"by at work and would make rude comments. The cat has the hump with our new arrivals - hence the 3 dead mice on the patio i gave him lots of cuddles to make up. I am obsessed with my girls - suspect I am not alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-real-tinkerbell Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 my name is kellie-anne and im a chicken addict lol everyone knows about my chickens ,i never stop talking about them lol im a student nurse (peads) and the kids love hearing storys from omlet villiage .and all the nurses want my eggs lol i gave my mentor 6 eggs wrapped in a pretty ribbon as a gift when i finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieR Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I'm the same. My niece actually said to me yesterday "You're obssessed with those chickens" (my friends are more polite). It's like being a new mum who thinks everyone in the world is fascinated by her offspring's every movement Perhaps it wears off?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Perhaps it wears off?? No it doesn't .....you just find you get lots of these and sometimes learn not to ramble about them all the time................I often warn people that the chooks, bees or dogs will arrive in a conversation at some point (the children are a foregone conclusion )..and usually they do Welcome to the wacky world of chook-obsession Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 No it doesn't wear off! I just love it when some poor unsuspecting person asks "How are your chickens?" - I can talk for hours until their eyes glaze over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 No No and No, it just gets worse and more and more expensive Even used the money I had saved for a new bathroom to.................. pay for a concrate base and adaptations to their WIR and returf the garden. Sorry, XX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 You know when you're obsessed when the sight of chooks on TV, or when you're out on a drive elicits shouts of CHICKENS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l_ouise Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I've been harassing all the locals with chickens to have a look at theirs but they don't seem very interested. They let me look but they are kind of surprised when i ask lol I do know of one womeon that is rumoured to be a chicken nut so i'll have to pop around If you want to seem lesss like a bore, hang around with other bores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieR Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 If you want to seem lesss like a bore, hang around with other bores That's why this forum is so good! You can be sure no-one will think you are mental for showing them a photo of your chicken! My partner at work has never even seen a live chicken in the flesh (Glasgow born and bred) and said to me the other day "Look Val, shut up about your chickens. I'm really not interested." How rude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennydavies Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 We are Jenny and Charlie and we are chicken addicts , everybody where we live has chickens and when we walk the dogs in the evening we stand for ages watching other peoples chickens, saying things like "ours do that don't they" and then we come back home and watch our own chickens We haven't had ours long enough for friends to be bored...YET. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Horses have been my number one since I was a very small girl...and so I've learnt how to filter out the horse talk...now I'm having to do the same with the chickens!! So much so, very few people know I have them... But I can sit and watch them for hours!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 28, 2010 Author Share Posted April 28, 2010 Phew glad its not just me. i am fascinated and find a time in my stressful life to have a cuppa in the garden and chuck watch. it wont be so appealing when its chucking it down. I also stress if I cant see 3 pairs of feathery bloomers poking out from under a bush. We have foreign builders next door but one and I am paranoid they can be seen. keep looking listening for sounds of "poulet poulet yum yum" . Paranoa has set in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I kept moaning about how much my hubby talks about his motorbike until my DD told me how much I talk about my chickens and the forum My hubby actually said he's going to film me one day talking to the girlies and post it on youtube as he thinks I'm barking mad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken bark Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I find that I'm in a completely non chicken related situation, (such as buying a lipstick in Boots) and somehow, it must be part of my subconscious, I manage to get 'I have chickens' into the conversation. I talk about them probably more than I talk about my children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annettec Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I have knocked on complete strangers doors once i found out they had chickens and asked to see their girls Initially think they thought I was mad ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppers77 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 What a relief I thought it was just me ,because this addiction got to me so quick & has no signs of abating. Days gone i used to buy clothes, now i rush home just so i can chicken watch with a cuppa. Even meetings at work seem to go better with a little chicken talk to relax everyone at the start or is that just me, they do stare incredulously! I'm sure if you opened up my brain what used to be found was targets, performance & money; now instead has a big picture of a chicken! The best stress antidote in existance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Horses have been my number one since I was a very small girl...and so I've learnt how to filter out the horse talk...now I'm having to do the same with the chickens!! So much so, very few people know I have them... But I can sit and watch them for hours!! Me too but can't understand why unhorsey and unchicken people glaze over so quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmab Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Have you seen Home Alone 2? They say I'm like the bird women in central park except I'm surrounded with chickens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 Its a healthy obsession - could be worse drugs alcohol etc. so I think we should jsut go with the flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie50 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I do not even have my chicks yet and already obsessed! I show pictures of them to anyone who stops beside me. I am on this forum getting hints all the time. I have read every chicken book I can find and I am stalking the breeder! I manage to find some way to introduce chickens into every topic of conversation but what has really surprised me is that usually someone else at whatever meeting I happen to be at has chickens! My husband says he always knew that when I hit 50 I would go completely mad. The kids have agreed that mum has finally lost it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 Went for coffee with friends as you do and my friend who is a hen mum asked how they were. I was in my element blah blah blah and made the mistake of asking someones OH when hes getting his as his missus has decided she wants some. He said " we are not having chickens" several of us rolled our eyes - the poor man is deluded - sorry mate you are having chickens you just dont know it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
