Eglu Go Up with 2M run for sale Wrexham

[stoice]

Anyone else get this? I blame my mother, i never used to worry so much, it must be genetic.

I got two new girls today from Landbase poultry (Pics to follow). I was toying with the idea of pure breeds but liked the idea of a blue egg layer and i was also worried about losing a girl over winter leaving one lonely hen when getting a friend may be more difficult. Anyway, I got a heritage skyline and a redco (As yet un-named) and they are lovely quiet girls, if a little nervey at the moment. It's the constant grumbles from Blanche and occasionally Beryl that are getting to me. I have knots in my stomach that this is going to be like this for a long time. I don't want to 'reward' their behaviour by popping out and shutting them up with treats as that's a habit i don't want formed. I live in an estate and constantly worry about my neighbours. To the left and right of me are ok with them but i worry about the people who's garden backs on to mine. Ever since we objected to an extension that got the go-ahead anyway I don't think they like us all that much. I've just popped round with some eggs but no one's in so at least they're not hearing this screeching at the moment. We've never really met them so I'm not sure how they're going to react. Had no complaints in the 2and a half years we've had chooks though so at least that's a positive.

I'm also glad that more rain is the way so then everyone will have their windows shut.

This feeling makes me not like my girls very much. How long do you think the constant grumbling-type squawks will last? They are separated in their run at the moment and will be for about a week before i even try any FR together. I even had a dream that all my neighbours complained about me for keeping ostriches (?) in my garden.

[chicken bark]

I imagine they will all be making their presence felt for a while. When I got some new girls one of my original hens decided to do extremely loud and proud egg announcements - she had never made a peep before. However this soon wore off and things settled back to its almost quiet self again.

 

Don't worry so much - worry about problems with the neighbours IF you get problems with the neighbours. They might like the chickeny sounds - after all we do else we wouldn't have got them.

[Mercedes55]

Our 4 ex batts went absolutely loopy when we got our 4 pure breeds about a month ago. They all bocked for hours on end and we were quite worried that they would never stop. However by the next day it was like the new girls had been there forever. I think they just don't like things being different so they start being noisy. I'm sure they will settle down. I really would not worry about your neighbours, there is nothing they can do to stop you keeping hens

[migsy]

I'm sure they will calm down. It probably sounds a lot louder to you because you are stressed about it. The mornings are later now so there shouldn't be any noise at unsociable times. There are lots of noises outside and your hens will just be one of them.

[stoice]

Thanks guys, we'll see what tomorrow brings eh? They've finally quietened down as the light is going, just as my neighbour has returned home so that's not bad timing!

 

My nerves seem to be getting worse the older i get, think i may talk to my GP about it as i can get close to tears over some things that i know i shouldn't, just can't help it. Like a phobia, you know it's not anything to really worry about but it doesn't stop how you feel.

[chicken bark]

I get like that sometimes. I just try to put it down to my hormone levels not being fully settled since having children (although my youngest has just turned 2!). Omega 3 and vitamin B help (a little).

[migsy]

Go to your GP! There is very effective treatment for anxiety. Good luck.

[Chicken deficient]

I'm sure the chickens will settle soon, but I hope you do too!

I'm just the same - I really look forward to something, (like getting new chickens !) and then start fretting and worrying when they arrive - it really spoils the enjoyment and makes me worry I've made the wrong decision, so I really sympathise.

As has already been said - I'm sure it all sounds much louder to you because they're yours!

 

Take a deep breath, relax and smile - it'll all be a distant memory soon!

 

p.s. please could you tell me the same stuff next week when I'm worrying about my Pekins beating up the new arrivals!

[sari]

Thanks guys, we'll see what tomorrow brings eh? They've finally quietened down as the light is going, just as my neighbour has returned home so that's not bad timing!

 

My nerves seem to be getting worse the older i get, think i may talk to my GP about it as i can get close to tears over some things that i know i shouldn't, just can't help it. Like a phobia, you know it's not anything to really worry about but it doesn't stop how you feel.

 

You msut....I have just been diagnosed with agoraphobic anxiety disorder....I'm been " coping" for years, but have had a very difficult year with OH's ill-health and unemployment, so GP says my coping strategies have failed, showing the true extent of my illness/problem......I am waiting for talking therapy, and have meds that I can take. I wish I'd sought help years ago......I am doing the ANnie Anxiety tonight, as I have lost a chook....so am panicking abit

. Hope you feel better soon x x x x

[stoice]

Right, you're probably going to think I'm silly (And so is the breeder) but i think the new girls have to go back. I've not slept hardly a wink all night. I even got up at 1.30 convinced i could hear the girls, only to find it was next door having a few friends round. I think if i go back to my original two, I'll feel better, if i loose a girl months or years down the line then I'll introduce 3 to 1 and hopefully it won't be so bad. *crosses fingers and toes* I wish i lived on a couple of acres or something then maybe i wouldn't feel so stressed. I let the girls out a 7am this morning (Despite cat-napping since 5am with a sick feeling in my stomach) and the grumbling has been so loud I can hear it at the front of the house.

I've turned into an emotional wreck over this, OH is staying at his mums (Working nights, his mum is closer to work so he'd get more sleep this way) so I don't know if not having him here all week to help me 'pull myself together' i'm not sure. The only other solution would be to let a friend of mine with a small holding have my older girls and i get two more new ones on top these two but I just couldn't do that to my older girls just because they're upset.

Maybe someone should send me to small holding!?!

 

Do you think I'm doing the right thing?

[Plum]

Look you are doing ok. It's not a failure sending them back it is just realising this is not a good time for you. You've bonded with your two ratbags and they give you joy and peace (normally) which is why you are getting some more.

 

When you are more in control of yourself you can think again and do it a bit differently. I put up a solid barrier in the run so they couldn't see the others for a couple of weeks it also acted as a quarantine barrier.

 

Your plan of adding others when you lose one is good. Don't make yourself ill, they are supposed to be fun. xx

[jennydavies]

Don't do anything too quickly (like sending them back) we have just got two new girls to join our three originals. Our next door neighbour was about to slaughter some of his hens and coqs for the table. Charlie saw he was taking our two "favourite" brown hens and asked if we could buy them from him, he said Oui ! and promply dropped them over the garden fence in with our three girls ! Our girls were very put out and complained for a couple of days....now two weeks later - chicken heaven has resumed in the hen-house all is friendly and we feel that we have "rescued" two lovely girls

I'm sure yours will soon stop moaning and the neighbours, well......there's a lot more noise on an estate for them to worry about than the noise from a couple of hens. Don't worry, it will be ok.

[migsy]

Do what ever you think is right for you.

 

However, if I was in your position, I would be tempted to wait a few more days. Chickens will get used to each other in the end. Also, you said that you think you can keep hearing them. I went through that for a few nights after I had some hassle from a neighbour and like you, I couldn't sleep very well. Then I realised that the things I was hearing were all sorts of other noises. The neighbour has not given me any hassle since and when I asked all my other neighbours about the chickens they said that they hardly ever heard them but when they do hear them it doesn't bother them at all.

 

I don't want to upset anyone with chicken noises, but at the end of the day, there are so many other noises out there that I'm sure the chickens aren't really that noticable.

 

All the best with whatever you decide.