Finish this sentence: "You know you're addicted to chickens when..."

[AngelaClassAct]

When you can spot a chicken coop/tractor/run from a distance!

When your 4 yo son gets excited to see a chicken coop!

When you find yourself online shopping for chicken accessories.

When it starts with just a few birds, and before you know it, people refer to you as the crazy chicken lady.

When you scout leftovers at a gathering for food for the ladies.

I could go on and on.....

 

[GardenGal]

you make an alarm call and scream at a hawk overhead and then realize you are somewhere other than your home.

 

[City Chicken Lady]

You have to get your chicken fix at BYC because the actual chickens are in bed.

 

[CathyM]

...you ask relatives to remember your chickens when putting together their Xmas gift packages! LOL!

 

[JD4570]

when your rooster sounds an alert for a possible hawk, you look up then answer him...in chicken. you know the chicken house's roost poles can hold 135 and you're trying figure out how to double that. you want to put another 41 eggs in the bator.

you realize that a hen has crush on you and you're actually flattered.

you wake up and go into the garage where the brooder is and enjoy being greeted by the smell of peeper poop saying "Ah, another day in paradise."

you see a breed of chicken you don't have and go "oooooh, pretty.'

you run out of hair gel and while you're in the chicken house you look at the floor and just for a moment you think hmmm.

you pray for the recovery of a sick chicken, that belongs to someone else. you forget when cleaning out the chicken house you SHOULD NOT whistle while you work!!!

Certain family members tell you ya ought to be committed , and you tell them " I am...to getting more chickens!!!

 

[CathyM]

...you have photos of "your gals" in your wallet instead of (or along with) the grandkids' pics!!

 

[Patricia Jane]

When your up at the crack of dawn cooking breakfast for them instead of the family.
You run outside in your pj's to turn the heat lamp on because your afraid they're too cold.
You can't go to the TSC without checking out the chics and usually bringing some home and if by chance you can hold out and go home empty handed you go through withdrawls the rest of the day and run back the next hoping they are still some there.
Your'e always on craiglist to see who has chics and where
You carry a one sided conversation with them in baby talk
Always planning the design of your next coop and wondering where or where you're going to put it
Trying to pursuade (?) hubby you only need just a couple more and that's it, I promise.

Oh, thought of another one. You talk about your chickens to your friends instead of the grandkids.

 

[GardenGal]

when your rooster sounds an alert for a possible hawk, you look up then answer him...in chicken. you know the chicken house's roost poles can hold 135 and you're trying figure out how to double that. you want to put another 41 eggs in the bator.big_smile you realize that a hen has crush on you and you're actually flattered.roll you wake up and go into the garage where the brooder is and enjoy being greeted by the smell of peeper poop saying "Ah, another day in paradise."celebrate you see a breed of chicken you don't have and go "oooooh, pretty.'droolin you run out of hair gel and while you're in the chicken house you look at the floor and just for a moment you think hmmm.hmm you pray for the recovery of a sick chicken, that belongs to someone else. you forget when cleaning out the chicken house you SHOULD NOT whistle while you work!!!tongue Certain family members tell you ya ought to be committed , and you tell them " I am...to getting more chickens!!!woot

Oh, you're fabulous! Loved your post!​

 

[the3ofus+oursixchicks]

YOU ARE WALKING YOUR HENS OVER THE YARD WITH A STICK HITTING GRASSHOPPERS WHEN THEY LAND TO FEED TO THEM. WHEN YOUR HUSBAND KEEPS SAYING QUIT TALKING TO THE CHICKENS AND YOU FEEL LIKE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT ACTUALLY LISTEN TO YOU WHEN YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CHICKENS WITH ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY THAT WILL LISTEN!!

 

[ChickenWisperer]

You stop in mid sentence to look at the confused faces around you, and someone asks "Are you still talking about the chickens?"

You go to take a step around your yard, and there is a very angry SQUAWK from the hen whose foot you just stepped on.

The "rooster" theme isn't just in your kitchen, it's in your whole house!

When you have to tell guests "Don't mind the hen in the bathroom; she's just recuperating."

When you are known as the "Chicken person" by your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, customers, and community members.

Your Christmas and birthday presents include coop expansion materials or payment, chicken feed, hatching eggs or chickens!