Chortle Chook Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Reading some of the posts here in recent days it seems as if we all have quite a special fashion parade when looking after our chooks - enough to terrify the neighbours. Normally, on a weekday I am relatively normally dressed (jeans etc.) but recently my garb is getting more eggcentric. Now on a weekday I wear jeans, jumper, scarf, coat, fingerless gloves with rubber gloves on top, socks and wellies. On a weekend it gets even worse: nightie, jumper, scarf, coat, fingerless gloves with rubber gloves on top, wellie warmers and clogs. No wonder my cockerel squawks when I turn up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Nightie (neighbours can't see that I hope), dressing gown, OH jacket, wellies, fingerless gloves, hair as it came out of bed Normal chicken gear isn't it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gertie Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 I am so fed up with having my trousers tucked in my socks. Practical but very unattractive!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Chicken coat kept specially for the occasion and OH's wellies (easier to get on and off ). This is regardless of what I'm wearing underneath . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 I've been wearing OH wellies but it was so deep they filled up with snow I'm now wearing my own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Please don't laugh....PJ's with long johns, joggers. Old army artic jacket,gloves,hat,and boots.....that is to let them out, I add rubber gloves and glasses so i can see to put the food and water in the run. To poo pick and toss the corn around....whatever the day has dictated plus coveralls, wellies,rubber gloves....jacket,hat .....and the glasses...i need to actually see the poo.... ( i have thermals on under all this and the usual undies too) Am i over dressed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 In the morning first thing PJs, pink fluffy dressing gown and crocs or wellies. Later in the day, jeans or trackie bottoms with t shirts or a jumper and a fleece I keep by the door, again with crocs or wellies I also always wear a smile, can't help it when I see my babies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 in the morning, from the bottom up: wellies. bare legs. nightie. dressing gown. coat. later on: whatever particularly attractive ensemble I can muster: eg, trackie bottoms/jeans. vest, t-shirt, jumper. fleece gilet. poss a coat. if cleaning out: all of the above, plus waterproof trousers if I can be bothered, a coat if necessary and definitely rubber gloves!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 In this weather I let the chooks out in the morning wearing wellies, woolly socks, long legwarmers or leggings (which ever I can grab first), a nightie and Hubby's coat. It doesn't really get any better afternoon snack time, other than the nightie will be replaced by daytime wear and I will usually have located my leggins by then. For poo related activities I add rubber gloves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Dressing gown with wax jacket over the top and rubber cloggs. Very fetching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catherinedon Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 I have very fabulous pink croc wellies that match my and my Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 For my 'hen clothes' I use a really old fleece and some old running pants that I used to use for the gym. I'm sure my neighbours must think I only wear one set of (very tatty) clothes... My girlfriend even has some 'hen gloves'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skye Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 At the moment, mornings to open them up and put the water in: dressing gown, wellies, fleece, himalayan pom pom hat, scarf Daytime today: tshirt, massive hooded jumper dress, long shaggy cardi down to my knees, jeans, fleece, scarf, himalayan pom pom hat, wellies surprisingly I didn't go to chat with the neighbours when OH spotted them! Hid in the run with the girls, ostensibly doing 'important chicken stuff' but really sparing the neighbour from a nasty sight! skye x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezers Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 I don't have any special garb to wear for the chooks, but I do turn my jeans up about 6 inches so they don't get poo on them , and I wear my 'chicken slippers' as YS calls them - garden clogs. This is fine while out the back with the chooks, but I do tend to nip round the front to pick dandelions or get more pellets, then I might get some funny looks from passers by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoxy Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Sure my neighbours must be glad I get dressed...and don't go to my girls like I go to my bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken deficient Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 PJs and pink wellies for letting them out in the morning. Please bear in mind that they are not in the garden - I have to venture out in 'public' and go across the driveway to the veg patch, but I'm not going to make them wait a minute longer than they have to! For getting down and dirty during big clean outs, I have green overall dungarees. The best bit, which I am very proud of, is my waterproof fleece jacket that matches my Eglus. OH keeps telling me I look like I work in Asda - he just doesn't get it! Oh, and for in summer I have got green crocs too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimnpaula Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 James usually lets the chooks out in the morning and gets dressed before. If I'm on nights I might visit them in the afternoon wearing a kaftan (when the weather's nicer). Currently the clothes are our walking clothes (quick drying, warm and doesn't matter if they get dirty). We both have 'garden' crocs and I've relegated some of my older 'walking clothes' to 'chicken clothes'. The problem is wearing my pink wellies comfortably: do I roll up my trouser legs over my big muscled calves or try and get the fabric down inside? Or waterproof walking boots & gaiters? Or do I just wear leggings? In the last lot of snow I wore leggings with shorts over the top for warmth. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzallie Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 And there was me thinking I was the only one beautifully attried in nightie, crocs and gilet! Getting abit chilly now, but focusing on the girls porridge and mash..now twice dail;y while its cold... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 T shirt nightie and flip flops in summer - well wrapped in walking boots and coat hat and scarf at present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trougher Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 An enormous fluffy brown jumper that makes me look like a demented grizzly - as mentioned on another post here before, it attracts bits of aubiose and shavings when I am cleaning out, and they won't come out with washing, so now I look like a demented grizzly bear covered in assorted bits of wood and grass products. (It does keep me extremely warm, however!) Oh, and tatty old green wellies. In the summer, I go out in pyjamas and/or dressing gown, depending on weather. Neighbours well used to it by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 At the moment , my attire for the morning dash consists of pyjamas tucked into socks, wellies, fleece jumper, big overcoat, hat with pom poms on and a scarf - nice! I work from home, and it's true (for me anyway) that you start wearing weird clothes when you work from home - on the basis that no one sees you So often I am to be found in jeans with muddy chicken footprints on tucked into socks, and several layers of non matching tops that usually don't match with the jeans either. The look is generally completed with dishevelled hair. (On the plus side I do shower every day ) This is fine until the parcel delivery man comes and starts giving me weird looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 This morning I went out in a grey dressing gown with white stars on it, pink & purple striped Totes Toasties, Hot pink Crocs & an old cream knitted coat over the top. Luckily the neighbours can't see into our garden...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Rags here. Sometimes I forget I'm not wearing my raggy clothes and my nice clothes end up being added to the rags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Sure my neighbours must be glad I get dressed...and don't go to my girls like I go to my bed My OH quite often goes out to let them out dressed as he goes to bed Today I had a fetching outfit of thermal underwear, fleecy dressing gown, old boden bright ochre jacket kept for the purpose, muck boots, and two pairs of gloves because my hands suffer very badly in the cold...can't wait for my walk in run (oh are you reading this?) as at the moment when I bend down to sort out water and grubs in the eglu run, the back of my dressing gown drags on the ground, and fills up with snow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 at the moment when I bend down to sort out water and grubs in the eglu run, the back of my dressing gown drags on the ground, and fills up with snow Just snow? I admit to having found chicken poop this morning both on the hen of my OH's dressing gown that I put on this morning, and on the rather large sleeves. I had some explaining to do when he came down in it later for breakfast, as to why I suddenly thought it should go in the wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
