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

[Cleoandclover]

When you listen to the noise level of the hens, and say"if the neighbors haven't rebelled yet, we have room for a rooster!"
When you laugh instead of cursing when you find your house chicken perched on your dinner plate, her head buried in your mashed spuds
When you lament the lack of chickens for sale in the pet store
When you ask to buy supplies from the feed store for other animal owners as an excuse to vist the feed store
When you see an purse- like pet carrier as a means to smuggle your favorite bantam with you on errands
When you see a childrens playhouse as the perfect under- cover chicken coop
When you realize that if you had enough money to feed as many chickens as you could you would keep that many chickens
When you begin keeping a record of the chicken breeds not kept in your area, so that you can keep those breeds

 

[kaybats]

When you sit around staring at your broody hen trying to will the eggs to hatch faster.

Yup! Did that ALL day today!!!!!!

 

[HappyHazel]

SOOOOOOOOOOO true!!!

 

[HappyHazel]

When you string pie plates across your yard to keep hawks away

When you have to bleach your shoes after you visit other chickens incase so your chickens don't get sick

When you dream about your chickens

When you decide breeds and names for your next chickens months in advance

You hire a pet sitter to look after your chickens while you are away

You pick up your chicken and carry them across the yard because they don't like to walk on the snow

You shovel around the coop in the winter so they have places to walk

Look in every store you go in for chicken stuff...then buy it

When you feel angry or sad you go to your yard to watch your chickens...and it helps

 

[peepacheep]

When you feel angry or sad you go to your yard to watch your chickens...and it helps

Yes! You know you are addicted to chickens when they become your 'cheep' therapy!

 

[Fancychooklady]

When your on the phone and the person you are talking to says " I can hear chooks " and I reply " oh I'm sitting out in the sun , having a cuppa with the girls " (doesn't everyone ) ?

My husband thinks I'm nuts.

 

[GardenGal]

You've "mowed" your entire yard with scissors so the girls will have plenty of grass clippings

 

[GretelC]

you let them out of their run so they can have a field trip in your back yard. They tease the neighbors dog through the fence,tap at the kitchen door,eat my flowers and generally supervise all activity until they are RELUCTANTLY shooed back to their run. Love my Buffs!

 

[TommyDaDelaware]

You know you're addicted to chickens When: On the first day you let ALL of them out you're running around going, Grace, Get out of the duck water, Stay over here by your friends, and on and on and on... LOL!

 

[peepacheep]

You've "mowed" your entire yard with scissors so the girls will have plenty of grass clippings

2x! Clover and fescue is scissor cut for the chickens and the orchard grass (planted in with the lawn grass) is scissor cut for the house rabbits. DH asks where he can mow, knowing the is a rotation of weeds to be harvested.