chestnutmare Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Is it serious? Is there a cure? Does it happen to everyone and when does the disease kick in? I love having my three and the eggs are so popular. They work out to be very expensive eggs but taste wonderful, and the chickens are marvellous pets. It would make sense to have a few more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 It seems to be highly contagious amongst Omleteers - I've held out until now (6 months ago I'd never had chucks), but my new Cube is (hopefully) arriving today, not of course that I'm going to have any more chucks, its purely to give my existing girls a bigger home ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I'm sorry to have to break it you but morehens disease is not just serious, it's terminal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Very serious. The onset can be any time from 24 hours after delivery of your first Eglu and hens, but the risk increases with time. Symptoms: searching for local suppliers online looking up different breeds measuring up different reas of the garden Voicing the words 'two (or three/four/five) hens are so easy to look after, a few more won't make any difference' shouting 'Ooh, look - chickens for sale!' when driving locally There is no cure, but symptoms can be alleviated by enquiries about walk-in-runs, and spreadsheet exercises enabling you to calculate how much money you could save up if you stopped feeding the children can bring temporary relief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Is it serious? Only in as much as there is no cure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I think I have caught it I am planning for this year or is it plotting Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 its plotting. definitely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Symptoms: searching for local suppliers online looking up different breeds measuring up different reas of the garden Voicing the words 'two (or three/four/five) hens are so easy to look after, a few more won't make any difference' shouting 'Ooh, look - chickens for sale!' when driving locally Eek I have all the symptoms Oh and I have bought a chicken magazine recently too and turned to the ads at the back first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Sorry chestnutmare, I think you saw first hand when you came to mine what a serious condition it is. Once upon a time I only had 4 Now it's 18, and WIR2 is in progress Sorry, there is no hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 all of those. Next symptom is going to 6 poultry shows in a year and then looking at the chooks for sale before the exhibits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Puts hands up to admit that that is now me Plum But getting to the sales pens first has it's advantages... As all Omleteers that fancied the frizzle pekins at the National will confirm... They were mine, all mine, within 2 minutes of the sale pens opening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sageandonion Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Very serious. The onset can be any time from 24 hours after delivery of your first Eglu and hens, but the risk increases with time. Symptoms: searching for local suppliers online looking up different breeds measuring up different reas of the garden Voicing the words 'two (or three/four/five) hens are so easy to look after, a few more won't make any difference' shouting 'Ooh, look - chickens for sale!' when driving locally There is no cure, but symptoms can be alleviated by enquiries about walk-in-runs, and spreadsheet exercises enabling you to calculate how much money you could save up if you stopped feeding the children can bring temporary relief. CHM - go on you know you want to, besides current demand for your eggs must outstrip your supply, so surely it makes economic sense . I will if you will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Serious? It's fatal....No known vaccine & even the customary treatment (giving in and expanding the flock) seems to bring only short-term relief... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Only relief is to get more chickens, try hatching that gives a longer fix, but it is a terminal disease sorry, we are all sufferers here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsquid Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Definitely terminal! You will note all the symptoms above plus - shouting "chickens" whenever you see them on the TV - saying "ooh, I'd love to get a [insert breed here]" - planning out how you can re-jig your run for more intros - having a DH who says "how many this time?" With me it was going to be 3 chooks to lay eggs - up to 8 already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 What do you all do with so many eggs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Wot are eggs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 We eat some, in the summer the dog gets about six a day and we hatch loads Cant give them away round here - everyone has chickens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Yep will vouch for Speedy Gonspacechick. It was love at first sight and out she rushed. My OH rang while we were in the queue to pay and he tentatively asked er have you . . . ? The sigh of relief when I said no could be heard all over Wessex. It was hard mind you - very hard because me wants blue laced bantam Wyandottes, and faverolles and croad langshans and and and . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lougarbard Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I just love this post! I bought a lovely Welsummer trio just oabout 3 years ago, then aquired another hen, then last summer hatched my own and bought some day olds. And yes, I keep planning how I can re-arrange the garden to add another small area for some 'fancy' hens. ITS VERY ADDICTIVE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm loving the responses - it seems there is no hope for me! Bramble, have you received your cube yet? Space Chick, what's going in WIR no. 2? I will if you will Ok, so I'll go first... but you have to stick to your word, agreed? I'll probably have to wait until I have moved house (which will hopefully be very soon) before getting more chickens. But I am already plotting... I've even found myself thinking about my next chicken-housing purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Bramble, have you received your cube yet? Yup, Cube arrived yesterday, on schedule, I now have a kitchen FULL of humungous boxes, but daren't open them, cos then I'll start putting it together and then I won't be able to get it out of the house, oh flippety flip, what have I done? 2 more ex batts maximum, that's it, no more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Nope, no hope. Finished work early on monday, so just happened to order some railway sleepers from the timber yard on the way home... garden extention for the WIR Have told Oh have a new project for next weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 You know you have it bad if you run to the TV when someone shouts 'Chickens' just the way your chooks run to you when you shout 'Mealworms'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I've found that not only do I react to chickens on TV, but I keep hearing the same bbc chicken soundtrack. It appears on all sorts of programmes , not just the obvious ones. For example, it was on Doctor Who (when they Victorian Christmas edition), Whenever there is a chook on a bbc programme, even unrelated to the story, you can here them burbling and bocking away. By the way, the correct medical term for this sort of illness isn't "Terminal" because it isn't going to kill you, it's "Chronic" which means it's incurable. Many years ago, my DH was very anti chicken, and it was an uphill battle for me. Before I got chickens, my normally quiet husband had a moment of public outrage in a restaurant, when I mentioned that I was thinking of getting 4 chickens instead of 3. Now we have 16, and are both totally engrossed in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...