clairehol Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum - our new chickens arrived today and we are so happy to have them after several years of thinking about it. I have two children, 3 & 5, and they are very excited to have new pets to look after. We have an Eglu Go and 2 chickens from Omlet - 1 gingernut ranger and 1 Miss Pepperpot. So far so good - the darker one is being much braver so far... and looking like she wants to find the nearest exit out of the run! Hopefully they'll put themselves to bed soon and I can stop worring for the evening Glad to be a part of the chicken keeping world at long last. Hope everyone is having a nice evening. Best wishes, Claire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sageandonion Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Warm welcomes to the forum and the wonderful world of chicken keeping. Don't worry about bedtime they'll get the hang of it soon enough and unlike kids once they go to bed they stay there until morning! Pics are a must btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennym Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Congrats Claire, well done on becoming a chicken-keeper. I wish you many We got 3 ( ) for our classic a couple of weeks ago - still no eggs but I'm sure they're coming tomorrow Lucy the is definitely the boldest & friendliest now, but she wasn't at the beginning - will be interesting to see how yours develop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Congratulations and welcome to the forum . I don't know how you managed to wait several years though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witzend Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 piccies - please please please??? xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clairehol Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 Ah, thanks for the replies lovely people - I haven't been back to the forum for a couple of days so apols for not responding sooner. We had our first egg! It was really weird - had a sort of soft shell-ish membrane around it and was about ping pong ball sized.... so one of our girls is getting the hang of it. Hopefully some proper eggs before too long! Pictures most definitely to follow - of the weird egg, our lovely Eglu Go (yellow) and of course our chickens. Hope everyone is having a nice day Claire x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Welcome to the forum clairehol, to the wonderful fun that is chicken keeping and to the weird world of 'softies'. Chickens sometimes lay these if they are just starting to lay or if they have had some sort of upset, so it could be just the journey and new surroundings that has caused this. I'm sure they'll settle down very soon and lay you some good proper . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
