Is anyone else as addicted as I am?

[cejunes]

I started with 3 chickens early this spring. I'm up to 15 and want more. I think I'm driving my fiance crazy (although he loves eating the eggs.) I didn't tell him that I may be adding two more tomorrow. I may be picking up two polish crested chickens tomorrow - a hen and rooster pair. I figured it's okay... He collects cars and I collect chickens.

 

[SuziQ991]

Hey chickens are a lot cheaper than cars

. And to answer your question......yes, I am as addicted as you are! I started with 7 and 1 small coop and now I have another large coop and 20 chickens. In less than 1 year.

 

[b.hromada]

I think most of us on BYC are addicted!!! Lots of fun!!!

How can we resist, huh?

 

[HHandbasket]

Well, back in May, we built a small chicken ark with the intent of getting 3 pullets. We got to the seller's house and saw all the pullets and ended up with 4, but one was bad so we took her back and traded her plus bought another one so it became 5. Then a few weeks ago, a BYCer about 80 miles from here was giving away some mixed breed/EE chicks (hopefully will grow up to be olive eggers!), so I snagged up 3 of those. It looks like one is going to be a rooster, so he's going to have to go eventually. We were up to 8 chickens until today, when my barred rock (the only one whose wing hadn't been clipped yet) got out of the yard, and we cannot find her. I am so upset. Her name's Juanita, and she has the best personality of all my girls. I just hope she's safe and has access to food and water wherever she is.

I just told my husband today that I have plans for another small coop for the 3 new EE little ones (ranging in age now from 2 weeks to 3 weeks), and he is going to be all gung-ho tomorrow getting it built. Totally awesome to be married to a guy with power tools. Buzz buzz vroom.

 

[CalebtheChicken]

I started with 4 and thought that was anuff... that was a year ago, now I have 30...

 

[cejunes]

Well, I told him tonight that I may be getting two more tomorrow... He rolled his eyes and said "Do I need to build you another coop?"

 

[geebs]

Uh.... yep

 

[nzpouter]

15...? rookie...

 

[cat_named_noodles]

Wish my hubby would do stuff like that for me! he barely likes the chickens, as long as he doesn't have to do any work and gets to eat all the eggs I can cook for him!

 

[thechickenguy]

started w/ 2 chickens(phoenix bantam pair) in march and now im up to about 26 or so. 4 of which is guineas and 1 duck.