San Diego Chicken meetup and Chat thread

[SunnyCalifornia]

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Darn it Al!! Now I want a green egg laying chicken!!!

Hmm, how can I rationalize that one? Lets see, I have 4 bantams that are show bantams, so they don't count. I have 3 pullets that aren't laying yet, so they don't count, guess that means I only really have 3 chickens, and I said I'd stop at 10 chickens, so that means I can get one, right? Actually, I could get 7!! I don't think silkies really count as chickens, so I could probably get away with adding in a few of those too. What do you think? Does that work?

 

[KensingtonHens]

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Darn it Al!! Now I want a green egg laying chicken!!!

Hmm, how can I rationalize that one? Lets see, I have 4 bantams that are show bantams, so they don't count. I have 3 pullets that aren't laying yet, so they don't count, guess that means I only really have 3 chickens, and I said I'd stop at 10 chickens, so that means I can get one, right? Actually, I could get 7!! I don't think silkies really count as chickens, so I could probably get away with adding in a few of those too. What do you think? Does that work?

That's chicken math!!

 

[LALASD4]

I had been waiting for months, and it lookd like the other one might be ready to lay also, she is in the box, I hope this one is blue.

The egg is kind of small, it looks large next to the silkie eggs.

My chicken math is so bad that I don't know how many I have now.

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Darn it Al!! Now I want a green egg laying chicken!!!

Hmm, how can I rationalize that one? Lets see, I have 4 bantams that are show bantams, so they don't count. I have 3 pullets that aren't laying yet, so they don't count, guess that means I only really have 3 chickens, and I said I'd stop at 10 chickens, so that means I can get one, right? Actually, I could get 7!! I don't think silkies really count as chickens, so I could probably get away with adding in a few of those too. What do you think? Does that work?

 

[enzolove]

perchie.girl :

I am new to BYC and am in San Diego. Has a tim and place been set for the meet-up. I would love to come

deb

Hi! I'm fairly new here too - Welcome!!!

Michelle​

 

[LALASD4]

The other one is green also.

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Darn it Al!! Now I want a green egg laying chicken!!!

Hmm, how can I rationalize that one? Lets see, I have 4 bantams that are show bantams, so they don't count. I have 3 pullets that aren't laying yet, so they don't count, guess that means I only really have 3 chickens, and I said I'd stop at 10 chickens, so that means I can get one, right? Actually, I could get 7!! I don't think silkies really count as chickens, so I could probably get away with adding in a few of those too. What do you think? Does that work?

 

[SunnyCalifornia]

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How are your hens doing today? Have they made anymore fast breaks for freedom?

WELCOME DEB!!

Details for the meet up are still being discussed. Stay tuned for more info!

 

[dfdesigns]

I'm so glad we're having another meet-up!

Deb - welcome! Several of us have horses, too, so we can talk about 4-legged beasts as well.

Al - congrats on the green eggs! Those look very similar in color to what my EE is laying. Aren't they pretty?

I am still drooling over the lavender Ameraucana chicks... will any of those be for sale? Gorgeous!

 

[flower]

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Darn it Al!! Now I want a green egg laying chicken!!!

Hmm, how can I rationalize that one? Lets see, I have 4 bantams that are show bantams, so they don't count. I have 3 pullets that aren't laying yet, so they don't count, guess that means I only really have 3 chickens, and I said I'd stop at 10 chickens, so that means I can get one, right? Actually, I could get 7!! I don't think silkies really count as chickens, so I could probably get away with adding in a few of those too. What do you think? Does that work?

That's chicken math!!

And chicken math works so nice ! We gotta

it.

 

[crazy huhn]

perchie.girl :

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I am new to BYC and am in San Diego. Has a tim and place been set for the meet-up. I would love to come

deb

and welcome to "Hey San Diego! Lets Meetup".

Have to say that I love your signature: soon to be owner of a Bizillion chickens and Guineas.... Wow, you have big plans. Most of us started out with "I only want 3 or 4 chickens", but now we have.....(well, I can do the chicken math more or less than "Sunny California" did in her post earlier). Do not even ask how many chickens I have now, so lets just say "a Bizillion" sounds about right. So if you already start with a Bizillion, I can hardly imagine with how many you will end up with....

(Chickens are like potato chips....you can not just have one {Bazillion}

See you at the next meeting.....​

 

[CAChickenNewbee]

Hi Deb and welcome to chicken mania. You'll love this thread.

I am thrilled that another meet up is planned. I have it marked on my calendar already.

I tried to follow up on the Hawthorne Country Store Chicken Days date and can't find any advertising on it yet. I'll call tomorrow and see if they have a date. I didn't know about it last year, but that is where I got my first 6 babies last April and they told me about it. Apparently they order tons of chicks for delivery in late February and it's a huge weekend event.

I've been trying to rush my latest babies (now three months old) into young adulthood so I can combine with the older girls and free up my small coop. Gosh, I planned to have six chickens, then I got three more (and two guineas), then I had a chicken attacked in the yard (and, sadly killed)....so I had to get four new babies to replace her....more chicken math here. The guineas were recently re-homed (way too LOUD and aggresive) so I'm 'down' to 12 birds

I have been dreaming about Chicken Days ever since I heard about it. Now that I have a strong laying flock, I can consider ornamental designer chickens. I think someone said earlier, silkies don't really count in the chicken math equation, right? And, I am really dying to have at least one green or blue egg laying chicken. And those Polish chickens are too cute...and now I've seen Seramas...and I can't beleive how gorgeous White Mountain Ranch's SLWs are.......the possiblilities are endless, and I have an empty brooder.