Alis girls Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Thanks Scarlet may do that - will work on OH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Wendy..........was just thinking ........you'll just have your new intro's all sorted .............then your ex batts will arrive I know! Yikes...i hate to think what Attila may be like... Harmony is still in the WIR - there appears to be a total acceptance of the pecking order - little Olive still stays on the boundaries but is quick and still gets her share - she gets the odd peck from the Hybrids (oddly the Rhodey girls dont bother her at all) but it is just a 'out of my way lowlife' type peck. There are no feathers lying around, so i wonder if i should re-spray her with anti-peck or not? They have just had their porridge - with grapes in it - which caused MUCH excitement! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorDoLittle Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 It's spread to Hertfordshire now...maybe I caught it as a student Paramedic with the London Ambulance service . Omlet sold me 2 x Miss Pepperpot and 2x Gingernut Rangers in November but now I have caught the dreaded Morehens disease when I travelled to Letchworth yesterday. 4 newbies Sussex Line x1, Speckledy x1, White Star x1 and Magpie x1. I spent the whole of today in a chair in the Garden watching hens as I realised how this disease can't be treated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-real-tinkerbell Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 i have it hun and im sorry to tell you its cronic i started with 2 hens in wooden house then i got 2 more so brought a cube then i wanted some blue eggs so i got a and 2 crested legbars then my daughter wanted some exbatts so i brought a and got 3 (sadly lost due to a dog attack ) and i lost my bluebelle due to a prolapse but then gained connie and tia from frecycle lol so i now have 7 im now looking for a new WIR and im putting 12 orp eggs in the inncy lol its a good job i have a massive garden im a nurse and as of yet ive not come accross a immunisation program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Its an antidote to the NHS - from a nurse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Poor you and you caught it so quickly I think it may even be a record Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 OH is immune but my 9 yr old son has it - he wants a white hen. aaah bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I had an email this morning about an open day at a chicken farm. So tempted to go but know that I shouldn't. There is no more room in the coop. http://ymlp.com/z1kvGq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 What are you doing spreading the disease!!!!! I am now even more infected than before! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenNutter Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Oh go on Migsy, they are lovely at Happy Chicks. We could have a Northern Omlet get together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 What are you doing spreading the disease!!!!! I am now even more infected than before! Thanks It's the devil in me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roobaloo Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 This fever is getting worse....Pekin fever that is!! My parent's have just bought a new property and the previous owner has two hens...As a new hen owner, Mum started up a convo about them and the seller said that he can't really take the hens with him...and Mum offered to keep them. When they move in, my Dad will be making a lovely new WIR for their hens and the two existing ones....which means, they'll be a nice little hen house going spare...which would fit in neatly against my girls WIR...and I'm thinking it'd suit a nice pair of pekins... Now, my OH doesn't like chickens, he's actually scared of them...he didn't want me to get them in the first place!! So...how do I convince him that his life is incomplete without two of the tiny delights? ...and feel free to tell me how wonderful your pekins are...pictures also appreciated!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Four current threads on this subject have been merged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 This fever is getting worse....Pekin fever that is!! . . . a nice little hen house going spare...which would fit in neatly against my girls WIR...and I'm thinking it'd suit a nice pair of pekins... Now, my OH doesn't like chickens, he's actually scared of them...how do I convince him that his life is incomplete without two of the tiny delights? If Silkies are the bunnies of the chicken world, Pekins are the Guinea Pigs. They talk all the time in dear little voices and come running to greet you when you return from work. Tell your OH that he can't possibly be scared of two dear little cuddly wuddly, squeaky, feathered Guniea Pigs Then get him to look at The Norfolk Gardens Chickens Website click on 'Pekins', and look along to the right. He'll see some very special girls. I know I'm smitten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Curses - Lemon cuckoos and Mille Fleurs - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-DiamondChick07 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 This fever is getting worse....Pekin fever that is!! . . . a nice little hen house going spare...which would fit in neatly against my girls WIR...and I'm thinking it'd suit a nice pair of pekins... Now, my OH doesn't like chickens, he's actually scared of them...how do I convince him that his life is incomplete without two of the tiny delights? Then get him to look at The Norfolk Gardens Chickens Website click on 'Pekins', and look along to the right. He'll see some very special girls. I know I'm smitten Welll thanks for that link, just made my morehens worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 So many Morehens issues Another NHS worker suffering here Kalico - The TV Programme sounds fabulous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnwickens Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 From reading online I was aware of this condition. Last Sunday I got my first 6 chickens. Yesterday I found a local supplier only about 3 miles from my house (she has 300+ and supplies eggs, chicks and more than I could imagine). While there I realised my coop was far bigger than I needed... which means I can get loads more chickens with my existing set up. I'm going to attend a course there before I get any more though... probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Space Chick - I'll be moving your way soon - you best watch out for chookies going poof in the night. They might just end up in my eglus! I have ultimately serious morehen breakdown disease at the moment & it's only the fact that I'm going to be moving that is stopping me. Once moved & settled, hubby will not know how many we have from one day to the next - plus ducks, guineas, pigs &..... (secret animals). Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I'm sorry to have to break it you but morehens disease is not just serious, it's terminal Totally agree - mine is terminal too - back in December I happily had 2 hens...as of last week I have 6..... I fear there is no cure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migsy Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I've just bought a stuffed chicken from John Lewis. I'd like another real one but a cushiony one will do for now. They have 3 chicken cushions. My stuffed one has pride of place on the back of the sofa. Lucky thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Hands up who else has been to google John Lewis stuffed chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-real-tinkerbell Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 i did lol my name is kellie-anne and i am a chickenholic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furball Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Me too, i soooo want one, but think the cats might attack the feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henchanted Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I must say as a newbie or even pre-newbie I have been swotting (is that the spelling?) up on the chicken knowledge on here only to be disturbed to hear about this seemingly local disease. Oh yeah ,ha ha I get it (more than I thought) Would you believe that only after such brief and remote exposure on here (and not even a whiff of one real hen yet) I have caught it too....so am now plotting to squeeze a fourth ex batt into my soon to be hen-eglu. Yikes contagious or wot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
