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I'm not an addict! Not me......

Discussion in 'Pictures & Stories of My Chickens' started by harvey, Dec 7, 2008.

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  1. Dec 7, 2008 #1
    harvey

    harvey In the Brooder

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    I'm not really. I just wanted 4 hens for eggs and as pets. My Grandmother had chickens when I was a young boy and I've been thinking about getting a few myself for years now. I don't need chickens, I want chickens. So I get four RR chickens and one is a rooster. OK, no problem, I'll just get a few less eggs per week now with the rooster. But, I really wanted more eggs and my Grandmother did have a few different breeds and the Barred Rocks do look really nice and if I can just double my coop size, enlarge my roosts and expand my run a little I could get a couple Barred Rocks and I would be perfectly happy. OK, so the feed store gives my a couple chicks and they turn out to be Black Australorps. I didn't want Austalorps but, they are sweet and I've read they give bunches of eggs so now I'm good. But you know, I still think I should get a couple Barred Rocks like my Grand Mother had when I was young. The feed store will have some Rocks Dec 19 and if I more my run up against my tool shed and open up one side I will have a 12x12 run. That's 144 sqft. Ten feet per bird in the run-I could I could have 14 chickens. 2 more Barred Rocks gives me only 8 chickens. If I clean out my tool shed, sell some of the junk I don't need, I could convert half my shed into a coop. Say 6x12 coop in the shed. 72 sqft of coop. 2 sqft per bird in the coop. I could have 36 chickens. But I don't cause I'm not an addict like a lot of the folks here. OK, so I do like the Blue Rocks I've seen here. Marans would be nice for some dark eggs. A few Buff Orpingtons for their creamy color. I could get a couple EE's for the colored eggs. Anyway, I could always use the entire tool shed for a coop and with the housing crisis we're in now wood prices may fall some so building a bigger run shouldn't cost too much and I do have an extra roll of fencing......gotta go now and clean out the coop and maybe take some measurements..........because I want to, not because I'm some kind of addict....

    ...Here I am previewing this post and I realize I don't have any Wyandottes. They sure are pretty. Silver Laced, BLRW, Partrige. Would be nice to have a few of those or Delawares or Sussex.

    Anyway, I'm off to tend to my chickens. Have a good day.
     

  4. Dec 7, 2008 #2
    Mahonri

    Mahonri Urban Desert Chicken Enthusiast Premium Member

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    I kinda resent the title "Addict".... and since this is a "Family Site" I feel the title should be changed.

    Makes it sound like I'm an alcoholic or on drugs. Those folks are addicts. I am not.

    I just like my chickens. Is that so bad? Is there anything wrong with that?
     
  6. Dec 7, 2008 #3
    JennsPeeps

    JennsPeeps Rhymes with 'henn'

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    We all must go through the denial phase before can reach acceptance with ourselves.

    On a side note, I don't find the term "addict" questionable. It's tongue-in-cheek. Anyone who posts about chickens on an internet forum is engaging in some sort of compulsive or obsessive behavior, per the Webster dictionary definition:

    ad·dict
    Etymology: Latin addictus, past participle of addicere to favor, from ad- + dicere to say — more at diction
    Date: 1534
    1 : to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively <addicted to gambling>
    2 : to cause addiction to a substance in (a person or animal)
     
  8. Dec 7, 2008 #4
    FrontPorchIndiana

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    [​IMG] Yep, that's how it always starts... I'm trying to figure out how to justify building another small coop just for polish chickens... this place should come with a warning label.
     
  10. Dec 7, 2008 #5
    Bawkadoodledoo

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    it does, actually. on the main page of BYC.
     
  12. Dec 7, 2008 #6
    coffeelady3

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    They say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem! [​IMG]

    And Bawkadoodledoo is right. Here's a quote from the home page.

    "But be warned... the BYC Chicken Forum can be VERY addictive!"

    If it's OK for Nifty, it's OK for me!
     
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  14. Dec 7, 2008 #7
    FrontPorchIndiana

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    Quote:[​IMG] Yeah but it warns that the forum is addictive, it fails to mention that raising chickens is addictive. I'm thinking the equivalent to a Surgeon's General warning needs to be listed under Raising Chickens 101. [​IMG]
     

  17. Dec 7, 2008 #8
    Mahonri

    Mahonri Urban Desert Chicken Enthusiast Premium Member

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    So now I'm in DENIAL?

    I always thought that was a place up in Alaska with them big mountains?
     

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