Am I a chicken hoarder? :)

[Katydid2011]

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I LOVE IT!

That's pretty much how it's been for me, too, right down to the odd number thing. I remember selling a pullet and realizing it left me with 11 of that age and I wanted to round-out the number to 12. It seemed logical, right? BUT, I couldn't buy just one and keep it in quarantine, so I bought one with friends. Of course, that still left me with the odd 11 due to quarantine time. Seems to me I just needed an excuse to buy more pullets!

I'm grateful to be a country girl with acreage too. We have plenty of room and hubby seems to really enjoy the chickens too. Better yet, he's happy to build whatever I want/need. Today, he's putting big windows with shutters in the barn coop doors. He's also building and selling chicken tractors!

As for spicy flocks... I only have ten breeds. I totally need to flavor my flock just a little more!

 

[Katydid2011]

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I do the chickens and eggs of every color thing too. I love my chickens (I really do) but they're more than pets, and egg and fertilizer producers, they're also ART! I love to sculpt the look of our flock and to put together interesting cartons of eggs of every color!

 

[Katydid2011]

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*Stands up and clears throat* Hi, my name is Katy and I'm a chicken addict! THERE, I said it. The thing is, I feel no real desire to curb my addiction...

Welcome Katy. I am Kristin and I am also a chicken addict.

*Joins a welcoming chorus of HI KRISTIN*

 

[Katydid2011]

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I love that your daughter's been bitten by the chicken bug too! What fun!

 

[Katydid2011]

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NO, NO, NO I am staying away from "the incubator

I would have big problems as it is much easier to get eggs of all the different breeds I'd like......NO NO NO

AND I was standing at the feed store LOOKING at the cutest baby ducks.....eeeeekkkkk I ran away

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[Dixiedoodle]

It's called CHICKEN MATH.. It just happens and no one knows why/when or how. It just happens.. I wanted 3-4 hens, dh decided to build my coop for 6 'cause he knows me'.. The end results were a coop large enough for 17 hens... I went to purchase a few and ended up w/ a dozen, added a few extras as some died, we have now moved to the farm and dh is in the process of building one large enough for 40 girls, a few roos and a couple of cages for broody hens/chicks etc... OH my....

 

[Caat]

ok, I don't have chickens, I don't have a coop (well I will in about 3 weeks) BUT... I want more breeds than I can have chickens (though, I've been told, chickens are hard to count ((thank heavens!)) so what's one or two more than I am allowed right?)
I rent the house we live in and the 2 acres of land it comes with.
I do have permission from my landlord to have chickens!
I am allowed by the regional district to have 15 chickens (though I'm not clear if it's 15 chickens, 15 turkeys, 15 ducks... not sure I want to clarify it either lol)
I am building a coop that holds 30 chickens (though hubby wonders if that's big enough <insert evil grin here>)
the more I read posts and see pics the more I want!!!

Oh yeah and I started looking into chicken keeping because I wanted 4 laying hens... HAHAHAHAHA

My name is Cathy and I am a chicken addict

Oh yeah, almost forgot, I live vicariously through many of you

 

[Katydid2011]

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You totally made me laugh out loud!

My husband keeps giving me side-looks and saying, "You are NOT bringing chickens into the house!" I look innocent as I assure him I never would.

The other day our oldest son said, "Don't believe her dad." I reminded them both that I am a neat freak, as evidenced by our VERY tidy house. My son says, "Like that's going to stop you." I thought about it a moment and said, "You may be right. After all, I let you stay in the house!"

Seriously, I can't imagine. I do have goofy pet names for them and I spend A LOT of time outside with them but I can't imagine bringing them in. Well, I can IMAGINE it, but no.

 

[Katydid2011]

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Blame it on the BYC! I like that!

 

[Katydid2011]

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Sounds like we're rowing the same boat!