9 days and less than 12 hours till four ex batts come home..

Roughlee Handled · « **on:** July 11, 2008, 19:37 »

9 days and less than 12 hours till four ex batts come home to roost and I cant wait. Not sure what the two speckledys are gonna make of it and putting them to bed is will be fun for the first couple of days / weeks.

Kazoo · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2008, 19:50 »

I'd love to get some ex batts but hubby (to be) says 'no more pets' so its a no go .... I'd just like to get my stepsons (to be) to see what the consequence of battery eggs are, they are both such incompassionate children they really just see animals as a food source and have no regard for their welfare. They are shocked that I pay so much for a free range chicken for them!

Chookaholic · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2008, 19:59 »

I'm so excited for you!
It takes a special person to take in ex-batts,well done!

Ican't wait to get my chooks,so I know how excited you must be feeling!

I'm like a kid,counting down the days til Christmas!

conventgirl · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2008, 14:53 »

You are going to love them. Both lots of my ex batts have been such fun and they just love being friends with you

I have one ex batt who follows me everywhere...even when i am in the kitchen she sits outside the back door

I hope you really enjoy them...and well done for giving a few girls a chance at having a normal chicken life

x

kattcottrell · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2008, 15:20 »

12 days and something hours till I get my 2, I know how excited you must feel at the moment, I can't stop talking about it to anyone who will listen

Im even dreaming about them coming home, poor little things

Chookaholic · « **Reply #5 on:** July 14, 2008, 20:09 »

I have been driving my husband mad,talking about my new found hobby

Infact everyone around me should be chicken experts by now...

I can't wait to get mine! I have made him carry the coop & run to various spots around the garden,then I ordered my second coop,because I thought the first one was too small...I do think he has been very patient

Now I'm pondering as to whether I should fence a nice chunk of garden off just for them ...decisions decisions

I'm definately a chookaholic,& I haven't even got them yet!

Kate and her Ducks · « **Reply #6 on:** July 14, 2008, 20:12 »

Just think how bad you will be when they arrive.

Its an illness for which there is no cure (and who'd want one)

Chookaholic · « **Reply #7 on:** July 14, 2008, 20:27 »

When I finally get them,I'll probably want to get the tent out & camp with them!

I was so glad to find this forum,now I have a place to vent my chicken talk :lol:I feel I have found a place to chat with like-minded people who understand me...I think half my friends think I'm a bit eccentric. :shock: They talk about fashion & hair cuts,I talk about chooks!I bet they'll all want to come & see them when I get them though!

Kate and her Ducks · « **Reply #8 on:** July 14, 2008, 20:46 »

Eccentric! My friends think I'm NUTS. A friend has decided to initiate an intervention and has bought us tickets to the V festival. An aquiantence from work ahs decided to join us and he is thinking of also getting ducks. My friend has put her foot down and said that when she said it was a weekend for being age inappropriate she meant 32 going on 18, not 32 going on 80 and she's not spending the weekend listening to us talk about ducks!

Chookaholic · « **Reply #9 on:** July 14, 2008, 21:48 »

kattcottrell · « **Reply #10 on:** July 14, 2008, 23:16 »

Quote from: "Chookaholic"

When I finally get them,I'll probably want to get the tent out & camp with them! I was so glad to find this forum,now I have a place to vent my chicken talk :lol:I feel I have found a place to chat with like-minded people who understand me...I think half my friends think I'm a bit eccentric. :shock: They talk about fashion & hair cuts,I talk about chooks!I bet they'll all want to come & see them when I get them though!

Fashion and hair cuts!!!! chance would be a fine thing, I walk around most days smelling of chicken poo and straw in my hair, oooh very attractive, thank god I've already bagged a man or i'd have no chance

and it will only get worse once my ex batties get here :shock:

nettynoodles1 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 14, 2008, 23:31 »

chicken poo and staw in the hair is very fashionable round here, well in my house anyway just add to that dog odour and horsey smells with grass stains on the jeans from sitting watching them all play!!
prolly best i already got a man n kids too other wise id ave no chance........... mind i scrub up ok when i find the bathroom!!!!!!!

kattcottrell · « **Reply #12 on:** July 14, 2008, 23:44 »

hehe me too, every once and a while when I venture into the outside world I don't look half bad if I do say so myself, mind you I would still rather have straw in my hair than mousse and hairspray, Mmmm and as for dogs, this morning I cut my labradors nails and then cleared up piles of his poo as we had a very noisy car go up the road and he is of a very nervous disposition :shock: the slightest bit of wind or rain or loud noise and out it comes, usually all the way up the stairs :roll: :roll:

Roughlee Handled · « **Reply #13 on:** July 15, 2008, 09:01 »

Sounds like you two are describing the wife. I am just a male version. With added grease from tinkering with engines not hair. Honest.

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