Chicken (Poultry) Addiction Anonymous *Chat Thread*

[featherz]

I was wondering if there was a way to exit those ads and reviews out! Thanks!

Yep, if you switch to chrome and install adblock, you can get rid of the reviews column. It looks MUCH better now!

 

[berniezahm]

One more little fuzzbutt this morning, that makes 9. Last night I put 31 more eggs into lockdown. More little fuzzbutts in a couple of days. I hope.

Maybe I'll have that new camera by then and I can post some pics.
If your using Internet Explorer (IE) you can edit out the ads but not the reviews. I started a thread titled "ad Blocker" that explains how to do it wirh IE.
However as featherz said "Yep, if you switch to chrome and install adblock, you can get rid of the reviews column. It looks MUCH better now! " seems to be the only way to eleminate the Reviews.
Guess I'll be downloading a new web browser shortly.

 

[lcw1995]

my name is lcw1995
it started 5 yrs ago
i was given a barred rock hen
then november of that year i went to the ohio nationals and have just gotton more and more chickens
i currently have 8(i've downscaled alot)
and im ordering eggs from aubrey (BBB)

 

[berniezahm]

my name is lcw1995
it started 5 yrs ago
i was given a barred rock hen
then november of that year i went to the ohio nationals and have just gotton more and more chickens
i currently have 8(i've downscaled alot)
and im ordering eggs from aubrey (BBB)

Welcome to the neatest and I think the most fun thread on BYC!

If you were looking for a cure this isn't really the place to do that. This thread is full of enabelers not healers. I am addicted but not looking for a cure. I think the only time I only had 8 chickens was when I got my first batch of them, 6 hens and 1 rooster, oops thats only 7 chickens. Oh well it didn't stay that way very long. It is an interesting thread to read through and seems to have a lot of really great participants.

 

[lcw1995]

no i'm not lookin for a cure.love the birds.

 

[spotsplus]

Things I love about the start of the day:
Hearing the chicks (now 4 months old) calling to be let out of thier coop into the yard.
Getting the pellets and scratch grains together for the "crew" (made up of 8 adults and the 8 chicks).
Rounding the side of the house for the first sight of the crew all eagerly waiting to be let out of the coops to get the scratch grains.
Opening the doors and watching one by one as they run out of the coop (and doing a quick count as they do so).
Having a special favorite ("Cheep" a sebright chick) wait on the threashold of the coop looking up at me and crying to be picked up (ain't she spoiled!)
Feeling Cheep's smooth sleek feathers in my hands, hearing her "cheep,cheep" as I bring her to her group in the yard.
Watching all the chickens searching out and enjoying the bugs, grass and scratch I just put out for them.
Spending five or ten minutes just watching them interact and watching the individual personalities express themselves.
Happy that I've had my "chicken fix" head into get off to work and a hot coffee knowing when I come home they will all come running when I they see me drive in.

Ahhh, just love my chickens!

 

[yoie]

Ok, so my chicken addiction is at an all time high again. I put not just one, but two different orders of chicks today. I told my sweet DH I ordered about the same as we have now, just to double our flock of 15 chickens and replace the two ducks we lost this year. Instead I ordered 31+ chicks, 4 ducks, and 2 geese. I just told him, there might be a few extras but not to worry I have a few friends looking for some chicks. He is already building me two more coops, maybe I can talk him into just one more

if I'm really good. But I did promise him this would be it for the year, and no incubator. He would rather see extra chicks than an incubator running. Oh well maybe I'll be better next year

 

[Muggsmagee]

I think you are doing pretty good! I wish I could DWINDLE my flock down to those numbers!

So...what breeds of chicks, ducks and geese did you get?

Ok, so my chicken addiction is at an all time high again. I put not just one, but two different orders of chicks today. I told my sweet DH I ordered about the same as we have now, just to double our flock of 15 chickens and replace the two ducks we lost this year. Instead I ordered 31+ chicks, 4 ducks, and 2 geese. I just told him, there might be a few extras but not to worry I have a few friends looking for some chicks. He is already building me two more coops, maybe I can talk him into just one more

if I'm really good. But I did promise him this would be it for the year, and no incubator. He would rather see extra chicks than an incubator running. Oh well maybe I'll be better next year

 

[Muggsmagee]

I couldn't agree with you more! I feel sorry for the people who will never "get it"....the pure joy of raising and watching them! I can't picture my day (or life) without them!

Things I love about the start of the day:
Hearing the chicks (now 4 months old) calling to be let out of thier coop into the yard.
Getting the pellets and scratch grains together for the "crew" (made up of 8 adults and the 8 chicks).
Rounding the side of the house for the first sight of the crew all eagerly waiting to be let out of the coops to get the scratch grains.
Opening the doors and watching one by one as they run out of the coop (and doing a quick count as they do so).
Having a special favorite ("Cheep" a sebright chick) wait on the threashold of the coop looking up at me and crying to be picked up (ain't she spoiled!)
Feeling Cheep's smooth sleek feathers in my hands, hearing her "cheep,cheep" as I bring her to her group in the yard.
Watching all the chickens searching out and enjoying the bugs, grass and scratch I just put out for them.
Spending five or ten minutes just watching them interact and watching the individual personalities express themselves.
Happy that I've had my "chicken fix" head into get off to work and a hot coffee knowing when I come home they will all come running when I they see me drive in.

Ahhh, just love my chickens!

 

[yoie]

I think you are doing pretty good! I wish I could DWINDLE my flock down to those numbers!

So...what breeds of chicks, ducks and geese did you get?

I went for variety! I have these chicks coming: 1 Ideal 236, 1 Production Black, 1 Silver Penciled Hamburg, 1 Golden Lakenvelder, 1 Black SexLink, 1 Speckled Sussex, 1 Rhode Island Red, 1 Delaware, 1 Barnevelder, 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 11 Easter Eggers, and 10 Dixie Rainbows. For ducklings: 1 Blue Swedish, 1 Khaki Campbell, 1 Rouen, and 1 Snowy Mallard. And lastly for geese: 1 Brown African and 1 Gray Saddleback Pomeranian!