Newbie who may be in BIG trouble!!

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Maizy

Maizy

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9 Years
Jun 25, 2010
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Hi, I've been lurking for a few days and felt it was time to jump in. This site is great. Everything you need to know about a chicken is here. I'll give you a little info about our set-up and maybe you can tell me how much trouble I'm in. About two months ago, after the Martha Stewart Show featuring MyPetChicken, my wife decided she wanted some chickens on the farm. She asked me to build her a coop for three chickens. Well, I'm nobody's fool and I know that three chickens will turn into many more in a short time so I built a coop that would comfortably house about twentyfive birds. I then constructed a 16'x16' totally enclosed run for her. So far, so good. She then ordered her chicks. Eight of them (see what I mean). Then she picked up four Guinea keets. At this point she swears that she doesn't want any more, she's very happy with what she has. Then, I look around at the birds and, as pretty as they are, I start thinking that this place needs is a Silkie or two because all of the other birds look "normal". My wife said "No, I like what we have now". What? I couldn't believe my ears. I mean, come on, you have to have a Silkie or two. Finally she says "Go ahead, I guess it will be OK". Here's where it starts getting ugly. My wife is out of town for a week and I finally located some silkies. I have my mind made up to get some buff colored ones. Before I even leave the house, I know I'm going to push my luck and get four of them. I convince myself that I'll be able to smooth it over with her. When I go to the place with the Silkies, I realized that I wasn't clear that I was looking for Buffs that were about three months old. She didn't have any. What she did have were Buff chicks ranging in age from one to three weeks old. So, I said "Let's take a look at what you have". That's when the room began to spin. Fever, chills, the shakes, you name it. I must have blacked out or something. That's the only explanation I can think of because when I got back in the truck, I realized that I had one black, one splash and five buff Silkies sitting in the carrier next to me. I'm pretty sure that I'll be in trouble with my wife when she returns. The only question is.......How much trouble??
 
Be careful housing Guineas and silkies together. I hear over and over how aggressive they are to silkies when they get older.
Other than that....I think your wife will be happy you got the silkies! What state are you in? And have you stopped spinning?
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I'm in Wisconsin. I did stop spinning but then I started sweating. It's like when you're a little kid and you know you did something wrong and you're waiting for your parents to find out.
I'll be very careful with the Guineas although the four we have show no agression towards the chickens at all. It will be a while before the Silkies go into the big pen, they're sooo tiny!!
 
Ok, if I were you I would take 2 of the silkies when your wife comes home and place them in her hands BEFORE you mention that you bought 6! Let her get all maternal on their fuzzy butts and when she's in the throes of "oh how darn cute!" then quickly and quietly mention that you bought more than you meant to.

If my hubby did this I know it would work on me!
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