Chooksrus Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Hi all, First post to introduce ourselves and say hello. Planned on getting chickens next spring but after being given a 'cube' and picking up 4 ex-batts a week ago, we are up and running quicker than we thought! So, 'we' are Me, the Wife and 2 kids aged 4, 1 dog and now 4 ladies - Cookie, Clucky, Crumble and Hogarth. So far, 1 week on, 6 eggs in total- 3 edible. No problems encountered as such yet and they are all finding their feet and seem to settling in well. For the last couple of nights, 1, then another, and tonight all 4 were settled to sleep in the nesting box Pecking order established and the biggest, loveliest of the birds is the on the bottom rung. The Kids love them and the Wife even more so. They are much more endearing and intriguing than we ever thought they would be with their lovely noises and scratching around. I'm having a good look a round different topics and I'll be posting lots of questions soon, so until then, bye-bye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jam Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Heya Glad you like your new hens. Welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky1 Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Welcome to the forum Chooksrus. Enjoy your new girls Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatieB Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Hello and welcome but more importantly I want to know how do you get "given a cube" ? I want that kind of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Hi Chookrus and welcome to the forum. Chickens are so addictive arnt they? Any questions just shout, theres always someone on here to give a quick reply. We do like pictures too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Welcome to the forum. Given a cube, how lucky Glad to hear that your new girls are settling in. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldstar Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Hi and welcome to the forum. How lucky to be given a cube. Glad the girls are settling in well and giving you eggs already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Hello and welcome!!! I need friends like you have if they give you things like Cubes, you lucky things!!![*] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISCA Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Welcome! Glad they have all settled in so well. Fairly new to chickens myself but I have found they are fantastic to have in the garden- they bring it alive somehow. The forum is a great place for information and the forum posters a friendly, knowledgable bunch of folk, so keep popping in! Good luck with them and enjoy the eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizz Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Hi, I am new to chickens and the forum too, your family sounds just like mine, the chooks are soooo addictive, we all gain pleasure from watching them in the garden. Good luck and happing chooking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Hello and Welcome. you'll find answere to all your questions on here, lucky you being given a cube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooksrus Posted August 3, 2010 Author Share Posted August 3, 2010 Thanks everyone for the welcome! Yes, very lucky to be given a cube. I have got an old dismantled shed which I had planned to build a coop from but that was going to take some time as we have other priorities. My Wife used to work in a school which attempted to keep chickens until they were all killed by a fox before they even received the cube (Kept in a rabbit hutch). They instead kept 6 rabbits in it instead but it has sat empty for a year until the Headteacher offered it to us! Not quite free as we'll be making a donation to the school but still a real result! I'm so glad we've taken the plunge though. I like them racing out of the cube in the mornings and already being in ready for bed when I go and lock them in. Today, I Iclosed the door for a little while to stop one of them hiding in the coop so that she would stay out and get some food.I came out a little later to find another at the top of the steps , waiting, making clucking noises, asking for the door to be opened so she could get to bed! They are characters that's for sure. Best of all though - another egg waiting for us this evening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
