gooner.girl Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Have ordered my ducklu tonight!!! (well its a blue eglu but will take the roosting bars out and keep as a spare set for the chickens) So excited! It will come next week - on our wedding anniversary... What a present! Shouldn't everyone have an eglu for their 4 year wedding anniversary present? Much more exciting then paper or cotton or whatever! I have to wait another 6 weeks for the ducks though Thats ages... Still at least the eglu is a start! Time to get the garden re-turfed and sort out pond etc. I hope the chickens will be ok with them - they'll only be 6 weeks or so when they come... Will have to keep them apart for a while i guess. Dunno what Milo and the cats will make of them either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Well done Helen! 6 weeks though???!!!!! You have some patience, but it will be worth the wait! Good choice of colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 Hey Christian, I know! 6 weeks! if not longer - how AM i going to wait?! I hope i've gone for the right colour - the blue looks different in different pictures i've seen of it... Is it a nice blue in real life? Helen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 It is a nice blue. Did you go for female ducks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 It is a nice blue. Did you go for female ducks? No 2 drakes... Gonna name them Kolo and Thierry! H x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Great news Helen - I agree, an excellent present for an anniversary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 No Eggs! I like the name Kolo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 No Eggs! I like the name Kolo! We don't need eggs Martin! We are inundated with them already!! Our neighbours bought us an egg box back today and we filled it again for them - we have loads. Duck eggs are not a big concern! Reason we didn't have girls is that they are much noisier then the boys... And plus you can't call a girl duck Kolo! (well you can, but is open to ridicule from football fans.. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 And plus you can't call a girl duck Kolo! (well you can, but is open to ridicule from football fans.. ) Yes you can, someone on here had 2 hens called Robert and Collin! The blue is gorgeous! between dark and light blue, not wishy washy! Difficult to describe, but I love it! I bet you're counting down the days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 I am counting down the days Christian and am glad to hear that its a nice blue! Will post pics of them asap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 it is a difficult decision! I called so many times before mine was delivered! Jan called me the day before to double check I definately wanted blue! Blue/green/blue/green??? Then Jan offered me PURPLE! Oh my! Decided on blue finally, but my next one will be purple! (Still working on OH) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 I thought blue went really nicely with purple, so you should go with purple next Christian! Its a lovely purple as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Thats what I thought! It was such an effort to get OH to agree to 1 eglu! Am having trouble with 2! He does love the girls though! Wouldn't be without them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Fab. You must be so excited. Blues a great colour for Ducks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 Thats what I thought! It was such an effort to get OH to agree to 1 eglu! Am having trouble with 2! He does love the girls though! Wouldn't be without them. Just sneak one in Christian... He'll never know (well not til its to late anyway! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Well he is back at work at the end of April................ *reaches for the phone* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 Well he is back at work at the end of April................*reaches for the phone* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Blue is an excellent colour choice for Ducks Helen Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 I hope you're prepared for a flurry of Pm's with questions in a couple of months time Lesley?! (i was really taken with the lovely pic of your blue eglu with ducks in, as it happens Lesley!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Reason we didn't have girls is that they are much noisier then the boys... And plus you can't call a girl duck Kolo! (well you can, but is open to ridicule from football fans.. ) you could cal a girl duck Eboue... he's a bit of a big girl's blouse!! but - hey!! - fantastic news re. the ducklu!! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 You two! - clear off back to the football thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Well done Helen Am very Looking forward to seeing the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Reason we didn't have girls is that they are much noisier then the boys... And plus you can't call a girl duck Kolo! (well you can, but is open to ridicule from football fans.. ) you could cal a girl duck Eboue... he's a bit of a big girl's blouse!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 You two! - clear off back to the football thread just helping with names Lesley!! I'm nothing if not helpful... err (cough) Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 WOW Helen, I go away for the weekend and what have you done!! Bought a ducklu !! Great news though that you thought BLUE was the best colour, which it surely is!! I cant believe you didnt go for red?? Hee Hee. Well done though on getting a great anniversary present and I cant wait to see pictures of your new arrivals and their new pond and their lovely BLUE home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
