squidsin Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I'm picking up a new pekin on Saturday - and in some obscure way, I blame you lot! There is definitely room in my Eglu for another small one, and I decided to stick with pekins as I love my pair so much. They are just so adorable with my baby son - he's only 10 months old, but he was very carefully hand-feeding them with a piece of toast this afternoon. It was so cute - right up until the point where he stuck the chook-pecked crust into his own mouth! So anyway, fellow chicken addicts, opinions please: I have the choice of a buff pekin or a silver partridge pekin, which one should I go for? Sooo tempted to take both - but NO. Must. Resist. Temptation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken bark Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 This forum certainly has a lot to answer for! Personally I like the look of the silver partridge pekin but maybe the best choice would be to go and look at them both and see which one you fall for and then come home with both. Sorry I was meant to be helping you resist wasn't I. This is going to be an expensive hobby ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidsin Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 My husband is pro silver partridge. My pair are white and cuckoo so really I should go for buff....and silver partridge. How pretty will they all look together? Er, I mean 'would' of course not 'will.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 The buff look so soft you should have that one and take the other to keep it company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidsin Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 Ha ha ha - you are all evil! But in a nice way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Its easier to integrate 2 new girls than a sole hen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Oh no, you really can't introduce one girl, safety in numbers and all that. So you'd need a pair at least - a lone girl could be picked on... unless your existing two are really very, very new and haven't had chance to settle in yet! Aaah the wonders of chicken maths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieR Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I agree- get two! If you only have 3 they will be positively RATTLING AROUND in the eglu! How can they snuggle up and keep warm? 4 bodies are better than 3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-DiamondChick07 Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Speaking of chook addiction, I pick up my 3rd coop on Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Yes, you have to introduce a pair. Introducing a single hen is a nightmare and quite cruel on the poor little hen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 It'd be cruel to leave one behind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Clearly you should get both in the interests of ...um...avoiding favouritism? not letting one feel unwanted? errr...... But WHY weren't we warned of the dangers before we collected our first chooks?!?!? I guess that the fact that my chief poultry keeping friend had 22 at the time might have suggested something to me, but I thought it was just because she can't say No to any waifs and strays. Her general approach is so much more practical than mine, though: they are "livestock" and not "pets". I did try to pretend that I'd manage that myself but somehow...Anyway, it wasn't til I started reading the forum that I realised there were dozens of other "Oh she's soooo sweet...I want one of those" types out there. We really are a lost cause, I guess! Now, of course, I'm bidding madly on any and every eglu that comes up on ebay so I can make introductions easily come the spring. No hope of a WIR as vicaring means too many moves, so my girls will have to cope with a mix of eglu/FR life for the forseeable future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Go buy another coop... you know you want to.. and get another 6 hens.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken bark Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Speaking of chook addiction, I pick up my 3rd coop on Saturday Well you can never have too many. Squidsin - it's been a long time since May - I'm assuming you got both in the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 A different pet I know, but when I was much younger I was allowed a guinea pig for my birthday. I went with a friend to choose one but their were 2 and I was only allowed 1. So I chose 1 and left the other behind only to be told once I got home that I could've had both if I'd wanted . I always hate decisions and I probably would pick both chickens - what did you choose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I'm not sure 2 more is enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkysmum Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Eh Karlotta, do my eyes deceive me or is that 3 cubes , 2 eglus and 3 Go's How many hens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I'm trying to sell my house at the moment to relocate and I know it shouldn't influence me but I keep looking at the garden size of prospective houses. Now why would I be interested in garden size???!!! The chooks should not be influencing my decisions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Eh Karlotta, do my eyes deceive me or is that 3 cubes , 2 eglus and 3 Go's How many hens Put it this way... I don't *quite* have to send my litle form off to defra! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken bark Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I'm trying to sell my house at the moment to relocate and I know it shouldn't influence me but I keep looking at the garden size of prospective houses. Now why would I be interested in garden size???!!! The chooks should not be influencing my decisions! I bought this last house based on it being good for my cats so I think it is only sensible that the chickens should get what they want first! Buy a field for the chooks and you can live in a caravan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 Its easier to integrate 2 new girls than a sole hen I was just thinking the same thing, you couldn't get just one it is wrong on so many levels. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 That's it...addiction completely confirmed. A friend just took me to a book signing in a beautiful country pub in Oxfordshire... Lots of lovely people milling about...interesting book.....lots to talk about - and a flock of FR pekins in the other part of the garden, with a "Cotswold Hen houses" caravan. i lasted in the book queue for - oh - a good 2 minutes before i went to play with the girls. Sooo charming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I love pekins....now up to 17. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 My MoreHen disease is definitely entering a new & serious phase ...My wish list is now somewhat overwhelming...pekins, faverolles, cochins... And I'm only allowed at MOST 4 more girls, and that not til the spring......and i've just been outbid yet another ebay eglu. It'll end it tears, mark my words... but, if you were me, would you be aiming for a cube? or a classic? or a go? Love the I already own, and my 3 hybrids are fine in there, thanks to the extension......but if you were starting from here, what would you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I'm not a good person to answer that given that I've just ordered my fourth cube. I love the cubes. They are easy to clean and they hold lots of chickens if the run is big enough. Cochins are lovely. I like the fact that they are a bit dense. Hubby says that when God was giving out the brains the cochins forgot where the queue was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
