Things folks FORGOT to tell you about owning chickens...
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1. Do NOT wear SHOELACES in the hen house!
2. Baby Chicks can look dead when they are sleeping
3. If you have a lot of freckles OR MOLES, try to cover them before handling the chickens or they'll try to PECK you to death!
4. Hens can be just as loud as roosters when they want to be!
5. Chickens are ferocious blood thirsty critters that will eat anything they can overpower.
6. Dust baths are not seizures
7. Do not were crocks in the hen house either.
8. You have to buy the chicks before you can own any.
9. Chickens will try to eat anything that looks like a worm. Be sure it's not the silicone seal from around the bottom of your porch!
10. even though you think you only want a few, trust me, you'll want more
11. They'll be flying in two weeks
12. The brooder box is never tall enough.
13. Most owners can carry 3 pullets on the back, with or without them squawking.
14. Watch out for the stampede when opening the door on the coop for their outside time, even if you are just checking on things in the coop.
15. You will start to spell everything like excellent, exciting, etc, with EGG...instead of EX.
16. If you don't fence your garden your mulch will be everywhere and your veggies eaten or dug up.
18. Never walk into a pen of hungry chickens without throwing some feed in ahead of you to distract them or you'll understand very quickly the meaning of being "eaten alive".
19. You will fall in love and not know quite when it happened.
20. Little fuzzy chicks have a calming effect especially after your husband wrecks the new car
21. If there is more than one person in the family they all need their own breed of chickens~we have a 10 person family~
22. DUST everywhere.
23. When your BIG ROOSTER jumps on your favorite Hen and she screams and rolls her eyes like she is having a seizure , DO NOT CALL A VET , they are BREEDING .
24. You'll find yourself often marveling how adorable their fuzzy butts are, showing off pictures to prove it, to friends who roll their eyes at you.
25. Chickens can always surprise you. Laying eggs on your dad's workbench, ridding on your bike's handlebars, and eating anything possibly etible [or not etible], and don't be surprised if they outsmart you once inawhile they are smart.
26. You will know you are hooked when you come home from work go straight to the rocker in front of the chicken pen and watch "The Chicken Channel" for a half hour or more before starting dinner.
27. Do not wear anklets in the coop!
28. Just when you think you're done incubating... you start searching for more eggs.
29.MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE HEAD BEFORE YOU KISS YOUR SILKIE!!!
30. When you get chickens, be mentally prepared to get LOTS of flies too.
31. Don't turn your back on the rooster!
2. Baby Chicks can look dead when they are sleeping
3. If you have a lot of freckles OR MOLES, try to cover them before handling the chickens or they'll try to PECK you to death!
4. Hens can be just as loud as roosters when they want to be!
5. Chickens are ferocious blood thirsty critters that will eat anything they can overpower.
6. Dust baths are not seizures
7. Do not were crocks in the hen house either.
8. You have to buy the chicks before you can own any.
9. Chickens will try to eat anything that looks like a worm. Be sure it's not the silicone seal from around the bottom of your porch!
10. even though you think you only want a few, trust me, you'll want more
11. They'll be flying in two weeks
12. The brooder box is never tall enough.
13. Most owners can carry 3 pullets on the back, with or without them squawking.
14. Watch out for the stampede when opening the door on the coop for their outside time, even if you are just checking on things in the coop.
15. You will start to spell everything like excellent, exciting, etc, with EGG...instead of EX.
16. If you don't fence your garden your mulch will be everywhere and your veggies eaten or dug up.
18. Never walk into a pen of hungry chickens without throwing some feed in ahead of you to distract them or you'll understand very quickly the meaning of being "eaten alive".
19. You will fall in love and not know quite when it happened.
20. Little fuzzy chicks have a calming effect especially after your husband wrecks the new car
21. If there is more than one person in the family they all need their own breed of chickens~we have a 10 person family~
22. DUST everywhere.
23. When your BIG ROOSTER jumps on your favorite Hen and she screams and rolls her eyes like she is having a seizure , DO NOT CALL A VET , they are BREEDING .
24. You'll find yourself often marveling how adorable their fuzzy butts are, showing off pictures to prove it, to friends who roll their eyes at you.
25. Chickens can always surprise you. Laying eggs on your dad's workbench, ridding on your bike's handlebars, and eating anything possibly etible [or not etible], and don't be surprised if they outsmart you once inawhile they are smart.
26. You will know you are hooked when you come home from work go straight to the rocker in front of the chicken pen and watch "The Chicken Channel" for a half hour or more before starting dinner.
27. Do not wear anklets in the coop!
28. Just when you think you're done incubating... you start searching for more eggs.
29.MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE HEAD BEFORE YOU KISS YOUR SILKIE!!!
30. When you get chickens, be mentally prepared to get LOTS of flies too.
31. Don't turn your back on the rooster!
1. Do NOT wear SHOELACES in the hen house!
2. Baby Chicks can look dead when they are sleeping
3. If you have a lot of freckles OR MOLES, try to cover them before handling the chickens or they'll try to PECK you to death!
4. Hens can be just as loud as roosters when they want to be!
5. Chickens are ferocious blood thirsty critters that will eat anything they can overpower.
6. Dust baths are not seizures
7. Do not were crocks in the hen house either.
8. You have to buy the chicks before you can own any.
9. Chickens will try to eat anything that looks like a worm. Be sure it's not the silicone seal from around the bottom of your porch!
10. even though you think you only want a few, trust me, you'll want more
11. They'll be flying in two weeks
12. The brooder box is never tall enough.
13. Most owners can carry 3 pullets on the back, with or without them squawking.
14. Watch out for the stampede when opening the door on the coop for their outside time, even if you are just checking on things in the coop.
15. You will start to spell everything like excellent, exciting, etc, with EGG...instead of EX.
16. If you don't fence your garden your mulch will be everywhere and your veggies eaten or dug up.
18. Never walk into a pen of hungry chickens without throwing some feed in ahead of you to distract them or you'll understand very quickly the meaning of being "eaten alive".
19. You will fall in love and not know quite when it happened.
20. Little fuzzy chicks have a calming effect especially after your husband wrecks the new car
21. If there is more than one person in the family they all need their own breed of chickens~we have a 10 person family~
22. DUST everywhere.
23. When your BIG ROOSTER jumps on your favorite Hen and she screams and rolls her eyes like she is having a seizure , DO NOT CALL A VET , they are BREEDING .
24. You'll find yourself often marveling how adorable their fuzzy butts are, showing off pictures to prove it, to friends who roll their eyes at you.
25. Chickens can always surprise you. Laying eggs on your dad's workbench, ridding on your bike's handlebars, and eating anything possibly etible [or not etible], and don't be surprised if they outsmart you once inawhile they are smart.
26. You will know you are hooked when you come home from work go straight to the rocker in front of the chicken pen and watch "The Chicken Channel" for a half hour or more before starting dinner.
27. Do not wear anklets in the coop!
28. Just when you think you're done incubating... you start searching for more eggs.
29.MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE HEAD BEFORE YOU KISS YOUR SILKIE!!!
30. When you get chickens, be mentally prepared to get LOTS of flies too.
31. Do not expose your freshly painted toenails to the chickens- they will mistake them for food
32. You may lose your spouse to his/her own obsession with the chickens. Beware.
33. Chickens have no navagational skillls; they are as surprised as anyone where they land!
2. Baby Chicks can look dead when they are sleeping
3. If you have a lot of freckles OR MOLES, try to cover them before handling the chickens or they'll try to PECK you to death!
4. Hens can be just as loud as roosters when they want to be!
5. Chickens are ferocious blood thirsty critters that will eat anything they can overpower.
6. Dust baths are not seizures
7. Do not were crocks in the hen house either.
8. You have to buy the chicks before you can own any.
9. Chickens will try to eat anything that looks like a worm. Be sure it's not the silicone seal from around the bottom of your porch!
10. even though you think you only want a few, trust me, you'll want more
11. They'll be flying in two weeks
12. The brooder box is never tall enough.
13. Most owners can carry 3 pullets on the back, with or without them squawking.
14. Watch out for the stampede when opening the door on the coop for their outside time, even if you are just checking on things in the coop.
15. You will start to spell everything like excellent, exciting, etc, with EGG...instead of EX.
16. If you don't fence your garden your mulch will be everywhere and your veggies eaten or dug up.
18. Never walk into a pen of hungry chickens without throwing some feed in ahead of you to distract them or you'll understand very quickly the meaning of being "eaten alive".
19. You will fall in love and not know quite when it happened.
20. Little fuzzy chicks have a calming effect especially after your husband wrecks the new car
21. If there is more than one person in the family they all need their own breed of chickens~we have a 10 person family~
22. DUST everywhere.
23. When your BIG ROOSTER jumps on your favorite Hen and she screams and rolls her eyes like she is having a seizure , DO NOT CALL A VET , they are BREEDING .
24. You'll find yourself often marveling how adorable their fuzzy butts are, showing off pictures to prove it, to friends who roll their eyes at you.
25. Chickens can always surprise you. Laying eggs on your dad's workbench, ridding on your bike's handlebars, and eating anything possibly etible [or not etible], and don't be surprised if they outsmart you once inawhile they are smart.
26. You will know you are hooked when you come home from work go straight to the rocker in front of the chicken pen and watch "The Chicken Channel" for a half hour or more before starting dinner.
27. Do not wear anklets in the coop!
28. Just when you think you're done incubating... you start searching for more eggs.
29.MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE HEAD BEFORE YOU KISS YOUR SILKIE!!!
30. When you get chickens, be mentally prepared to get LOTS of flies too.
31. Do not expose your freshly painted toenails to the chickens- they will mistake them for food
32. You may lose your spouse to his/her own obsession with the chickens. Beware.
33. Chickens have no navagational skillls; they are as surprised as anyone where they land!
never put your crocs in a cock's face.
1. Do NOT wear SHOELACES in the hen house!
2. Baby Chicks can look dead when they are sleeping
3. If you have a lot of freckles OR MOLES, try to cover them before handling the chickens or they'll try to PECK you to death!
4. Hens can be just as loud as roosters when they want to be!
5. Chickens are ferocious blood thirsty critters that will eat anything they can overpower.
6. Dust baths are not seizures
7. Do not were crocks in the hen house either.
8. You have to buy the chicks before you can own any.
9. Chickens will try to eat anything that looks like a worm. Be sure it's not the silicone seal from around the bottom of your porch!
10. even though you think you only want a few, trust me, you'll want more
11. They'll be flying in two weeks
12. The brooder box is never tall enough.
13. Most owners can carry 3 pullets on the back, with or without them squawking.
14. Watch out for the stampede when opening the door on the coop for their outside time, even if you are just checking on things in the coop.
15. You will start to spell everything like excellent, exciting, etc, with EGG...instead of EX.
16. If you don't fence your garden your mulch will be everywhere and your veggies eaten or dug up.
18. Never walk into a pen of hungry chickens without throwing some feed in ahead of you to distract them or you'll understand very quickly the meaning of being "eaten alive".
19. You will fall in love and not know quite when it happened.
20. Little fuzzy chicks have a calming effect especially after your husband wrecks the new car
21. If there is more than one person in the family they all need their own breed of chickens~we have a 10 person family~
22. DUST everywhere.
23. When your BIG ROOSTER jumps on your favorite Hen and she screams and rolls her eyes like she is having a seizure , DO NOT CALL A VET , they are BREEDING .
24. You'll find yourself often marveling how adorable their fuzzy butts are, showing off pictures to prove it, to friends who roll their eyes at you.
25. Chickens can always surprise you. Laying eggs on your dad's workbench, ridding on your bike's handlebars, and eating anything possibly etible [or not etible], and don't be surprised if they outsmart you once inawhile they are smart.
26. You will know you are hooked when you come home from work go straight to the rocker in front of the chicken pen and watch "The Chicken Channel" for a half hour or more before starting dinner.
27. Do not wear anklets in the coop!
28. Just when you think you're done incubating... you start searching for more eggs.
29.MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE HEAD BEFORE YOU KISS YOUR SILKIE!!!
30. When you get chickens, be mentally prepared to get LOTS of flies too.
31. Do not expose your freshly painted toenails to the chickens- they will mistake them for food
32. You may lose your spouse to his/her own obsession with the chickens. Beware.
33. Chickens have no navagational skillls; they are as surprised as anyone where they land!
34. Even though your dog is 65 pounds, he will still be afraid of a little 7 pound chicken chasing the mosquito that landed on his butt!
2. Baby Chicks can look dead when they are sleeping
3. If you have a lot of freckles OR MOLES, try to cover them before handling the chickens or they'll try to PECK you to death!
4. Hens can be just as loud as roosters when they want to be!
5. Chickens are ferocious blood thirsty critters that will eat anything they can overpower.
6. Dust baths are not seizures
7. Do not were crocks in the hen house either.
8. You have to buy the chicks before you can own any.
9. Chickens will try to eat anything that looks like a worm. Be sure it's not the silicone seal from around the bottom of your porch!
10. even though you think you only want a few, trust me, you'll want more
11. They'll be flying in two weeks
12. The brooder box is never tall enough.
13. Most owners can carry 3 pullets on the back, with or without them squawking.
14. Watch out for the stampede when opening the door on the coop for their outside time, even if you are just checking on things in the coop.
15. You will start to spell everything like excellent, exciting, etc, with EGG...instead of EX.
16. If you don't fence your garden your mulch will be everywhere and your veggies eaten or dug up.
18. Never walk into a pen of hungry chickens without throwing some feed in ahead of you to distract them or you'll understand very quickly the meaning of being "eaten alive".
19. You will fall in love and not know quite when it happened.
20. Little fuzzy chicks have a calming effect especially after your husband wrecks the new car
21. If there is more than one person in the family they all need their own breed of chickens~we have a 10 person family~
22. DUST everywhere.
23. When your BIG ROOSTER jumps on your favorite Hen and she screams and rolls her eyes like she is having a seizure , DO NOT CALL A VET , they are BREEDING .
24. You'll find yourself often marveling how adorable their fuzzy butts are, showing off pictures to prove it, to friends who roll their eyes at you.
25. Chickens can always surprise you. Laying eggs on your dad's workbench, ridding on your bike's handlebars, and eating anything possibly etible [or not etible], and don't be surprised if they outsmart you once inawhile they are smart.
26. You will know you are hooked when you come home from work go straight to the rocker in front of the chicken pen and watch "The Chicken Channel" for a half hour or more before starting dinner.
27. Do not wear anklets in the coop!
28. Just when you think you're done incubating... you start searching for more eggs.
29.MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE HEAD BEFORE YOU KISS YOUR SILKIE!!!
30. When you get chickens, be mentally prepared to get LOTS of flies too.
31. Do not expose your freshly painted toenails to the chickens- they will mistake them for food
32. You may lose your spouse to his/her own obsession with the chickens. Beware.
33. Chickens have no navagational skillls; they are as surprised as anyone where they land!
34. Even though your dog is 65 pounds, he will still be afraid of a little 7 pound chicken chasing the mosquito that landed on his butt!
1. Do NOT wear SHOELACES in the hen house!
2. Baby Chicks can look dead when they are sleeping
3. If you have a lot of freckles OR MOLES, try to cover them before handling the chickens or they'll try to PECK you to death!
4. Hens can be just as loud as roosters when they want to be!
5. Chickens are ferocious blood thirsty critters that will eat anything they can overpower.
6. Dust baths are not seizures
7. Do not were crocks in the hen house either.
8. You have to buy the chicks before you can own any.
9. Chickens will try to eat anything that looks like a worm. Be sure it's not the silicone seal from around the bottom of your porch!
10. even though you think you only want a few, trust me, you'll want more
11. They'll be flying in two weeks
12. The brooder box is never tall enough.
13. Most owners can carry 3 pullets on the back, with or without them squawking.
14. Watch out for the stampede when opening the door on the coop for their outside time, even if you are just checking on things in the coop.
15. You will start to spell everything like excellent, exciting, etc, with EGG...instead of EX.
16. If you don't fence your garden your mulch will be everywhere and your veggies eaten or dug up.
17. Eventually you WILL slip in chicken poo! (I did yesterday!)
18. Never walk into a pen of hungry chickens without throwing some feed in ahead of you to distract them or you'll understand very quickly the meaning of being "eaten alive".
19. You will fall in love and not know quite when it happened.
20. Little fuzzy chicks have a calming effect especially after your husband wrecks the new car
21. If there is more than one person in the family they all need their own breed of chickens~we have a 10 person family~
22. DUST everywhere.
23. When your BIG ROOSTER jumps on your favorite Hen and she screams and rolls her eyes like she is having a seizure , DO NOT CALL A VET , they are BREEDING .
(#17 was deleted! I fixed it!) #23 is funny BTW
2. Baby Chicks can look dead when they are sleeping
3. If you have a lot of freckles OR MOLES, try to cover them before handling the chickens or they'll try to PECK you to death!
4. Hens can be just as loud as roosters when they want to be!
5. Chickens are ferocious blood thirsty critters that will eat anything they can overpower.
6. Dust baths are not seizures
7. Do not were crocks in the hen house either.
8. You have to buy the chicks before you can own any.
9. Chickens will try to eat anything that looks like a worm. Be sure it's not the silicone seal from around the bottom of your porch!
10. even though you think you only want a few, trust me, you'll want more
11. They'll be flying in two weeks
12. The brooder box is never tall enough.
13. Most owners can carry 3 pullets on the back, with or without them squawking.
14. Watch out for the stampede when opening the door on the coop for their outside time, even if you are just checking on things in the coop.
15. You will start to spell everything like excellent, exciting, etc, with EGG...instead of EX.
16. If you don't fence your garden your mulch will be everywhere and your veggies eaten or dug up.
17. Eventually you WILL slip in chicken poo! (I did yesterday!)
18. Never walk into a pen of hungry chickens without throwing some feed in ahead of you to distract them or you'll understand very quickly the meaning of being "eaten alive".
19. You will fall in love and not know quite when it happened.
20. Little fuzzy chicks have a calming effect especially after your husband wrecks the new car
21. If there is more than one person in the family they all need their own breed of chickens~we have a 10 person family~
22. DUST everywhere.
23. When your BIG ROOSTER jumps on your favorite Hen and she screams and rolls her eyes like she is having a seizure , DO NOT CALL A VET , they are BREEDING .
(#17 was deleted! I fixed it!) #23 is funny BTW
Here's the whole list again:
1. Do NOT wear SHOELACES in the hen house!
2. Baby Chicks can look dead when they are sleeping
3. If you have a lot of freckles OR MOLES, try to cover them before handling the chickens or they'll try to PECK you to death!
4. Hens can be just as loud as roosters when they want to be!
5. Chickens are ferocious blood thirsty critters that will eat anything they can overpower.
6. Dust baths are not seizures
7. Do not were crocks in the hen house either.
8. You have to buy the chicks before you can own any.
9. Chickens will try to eat anything that looks like a worm. Be sure it's not the silicone seal from around the bottom of your porch!
10. even though you think you only want a few, trust me, you'll want more
11. They'll be flying in two weeks
12. The brooder box is never tall enough.
13. Most owners can carry 3 pullets on the back, with or without them squawking.
14. Watch out for the stampede when opening the door on the coop for their outside time, even if you are just checking on things in the coop.
15. You will start to spell everything like excellent, exciting, etc, with EGG...instead of EX.
16. If you don't fence your garden your mulch will be everywhere and your veggies eaten or dug up.
17. Eventually you WILL slip in chicken poo! (I did yesterday!)
18. Never walk into a pen of hungry chickens without throwing some feed in ahead of you to distract them or you'll understand very quickly the meaning of being "eaten alive".
19. You will fall in love and not know quite when it happened.
20. Little fuzzy chicks have a calming effect especially after your husband wrecks the new car
21. If there is more than one person in the family they all need their own breed of chickens~we have a 10 person family~
22. DUST everywhere.
23. When your BIG ROOSTER jumps on your favorite Hen and she screams and rolls her eyes like she is having a seizure , DO NOT CALL A VET , they are BREEDING.
24. You'll find yourself often marveling how adorable their fuzzy butts are, showing off pictures to prove it, to friends who roll their eyes at you.
25. Chickens can always surprise you. Laying eggs on your dad's workbench, ridding on your bike's handlebars, and eating anything possibly etible [or not etible], and don't be surprised if they outsmart you once inawhile they are smart.
26. You will know you are hooked when you come home from work go straight to the rocker in front of the chicken pen and watch "The Chicken Channel" for a half hour or more before starting dinner.
27. Do not wear anklets in the coop!
28. Just when you think you're done incubating... you start searching for more eggs.
29.MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE HEAD BEFORE YOU KISS YOUR SILKIE!!!
30. When you get chickens, be mentally prepared to get LOTS of flies too.
31. Do not expose your freshly painted toenails to the chickens- they will mistake them for food
32. You may lose your spouse to his/her own obsession with the chickens. Beware.
33. Chickens have no navagational skillls; they are as surprised as anyone where they land!
34. Even though your dog is 65 pounds, he will still be afraid of a little 7 pound chicken chasing the mosquito that landed on his butt!
35. Every other conversation will have the word Chicken or some form there of in it.
1. Do NOT wear SHOELACES in the hen house!
2. Baby Chicks can look dead when they are sleeping
3. If you have a lot of freckles OR MOLES, try to cover them before handling the chickens or they'll try to PECK you to death!
4. Hens can be just as loud as roosters when they want to be!
5. Chickens are ferocious blood thirsty critters that will eat anything they can overpower.
6. Dust baths are not seizures
7. Do not were crocks in the hen house either.
8. You have to buy the chicks before you can own any.
9. Chickens will try to eat anything that looks like a worm. Be sure it's not the silicone seal from around the bottom of your porch!
10. even though you think you only want a few, trust me, you'll want more
11. They'll be flying in two weeks
12. The brooder box is never tall enough.
13. Most owners can carry 3 pullets on the back, with or without them squawking.
14. Watch out for the stampede when opening the door on the coop for their outside time, even if you are just checking on things in the coop.
15. You will start to spell everything like excellent, exciting, etc, with EGG...instead of EX.
16. If you don't fence your garden your mulch will be everywhere and your veggies eaten or dug up.
17. Eventually you WILL slip in chicken poo! (I did yesterday!)
18. Never walk into a pen of hungry chickens without throwing some feed in ahead of you to distract them or you'll understand very quickly the meaning of being "eaten alive".
19. You will fall in love and not know quite when it happened.
20. Little fuzzy chicks have a calming effect especially after your husband wrecks the new car
21. If there is more than one person in the family they all need their own breed of chickens~we have a 10 person family~
22. DUST everywhere.
23. When your BIG ROOSTER jumps on your favorite Hen and she screams and rolls her eyes like she is having a seizure , DO NOT CALL A VET , they are BREEDING.
24. You'll find yourself often marveling how adorable their fuzzy butts are, showing off pictures to prove it, to friends who roll their eyes at you.
25. Chickens can always surprise you. Laying eggs on your dad's workbench, ridding on your bike's handlebars, and eating anything possibly etible [or not etible], and don't be surprised if they outsmart you once inawhile they are smart.
26. You will know you are hooked when you come home from work go straight to the rocker in front of the chicken pen and watch "The Chicken Channel" for a half hour or more before starting dinner.
27. Do not wear anklets in the coop!
28. Just when you think you're done incubating... you start searching for more eggs.
29.MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE HEAD BEFORE YOU KISS YOUR SILKIE!!!
30. When you get chickens, be mentally prepared to get LOTS of flies too.
31. Do not expose your freshly painted toenails to the chickens- they will mistake them for food
32. You may lose your spouse to his/her own obsession with the chickens. Beware.
33. Chickens have no navagational skillls; they are as surprised as anyone where they land!
34. Even though your dog is 65 pounds, he will still be afraid of a little 7 pound chicken chasing the mosquito that landed on his butt!
35. Every other conversation will have the word Chicken or some form there of in it.
1. Do NOT wear SHOELACES in the hen house!
2. Baby Chicks can look dead when they are sleeping
3. If you have a lot of freckles OR MOLES, try to cover them before handling the chickens or they'll try to PECK you to death!
4. Hens can be just as loud as roosters when they want to be!
5. Chickens are ferocious blood thirsty critters that will eat anything they can overpower.
6. Dust baths are not seizures
7. Do not were crocks in the hen house either.
8. You have to buy the chicks before you can own any.
9. Chickens will try to eat anything that looks like a worm. Be sure it's not the silicone seal from around the bottom of your porch!
10. even though you think you only want a few, trust me, you'll want more
11. They'll be flying in two weeks
12. The brooder box is never tall enough.
13. Most owners can carry 3 pullets on the back, with or without them squawking.
14. Watch out for the stampede when opening the door on the coop for their outside time, even if you are just checking on things in the coop.
15. You will start to spell everything like excellent, exciting, etc, with EGG...instead of EX.
16. If you don't fence your garden your mulch will be everywhere and your veggies eaten or dug up.
17. Eventually you WILL slip in chicken poo! (I did yesterday!)
18. Never walk into a pen of hungry chickens without throwing some feed in ahead of you to distract them or you'll understand very quickly the meaning of being "eaten alive".
19. You will fall in love and not know quite when it happened.
20. Little fuzzy chicks have a calming effect especially after your husband wrecks the new car
21. If there is more than one person in the family they all need their own breed of chickens~we have a 10 person family~
22. DUST everywhere.
23. When your BIG ROOSTER jumps on your favorite Hen and she screams and rolls her eyes like she is having a seizure , DO NOT CALL A VET , they are BREEDING.
24. You'll find yourself often marveling how adorable their fuzzy butts are, showing off pictures to prove it, to friends who roll their eyes at you.
25. Chickens can always surprise you. Laying eggs on your dad's workbench, ridding on your bike's handlebars, and eating anything possibly etible [or not etible], and don't be surprised if they outsmart you once inawhile they are smart.
26. You will know you are hooked when you come home from work go straight to the rocker in front of the chicken pen and watch "The Chicken Channel" for a half hour or more before starting dinner.
27. Do not wear anklets in the coop!
28. Just when you think you're done incubating... you start searching for more eggs.
29.MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE HEAD BEFORE YOU KISS YOUR SILKIE!!!
30. When you get chickens, be mentally prepared to get LOTS of flies too.
31. Do not expose your freshly painted toenails to the chickens- they will mistake them for food
32. You may lose your spouse to his/her own obsession with the chickens. Beware.
33. Chickens have no navagational skillls; they are as surprised as anyone where they land!
34. Even though your dog is 65 pounds, he will still be afraid of a little 7 pound chicken chasing the mosquito that landed on his butt!
35. Every other conversation will have the word Chicken or some form there of in it.
36. When a pullet jumps on your shoulder she may be taking a ride to spiders inaccessible from the floor;
37. Chickens are descended from vampires;
2. Baby Chicks can look dead when they are sleeping
3. If you have a lot of freckles OR MOLES, try to cover them before handling the chickens or they'll try to PECK you to death!
4. Hens can be just as loud as roosters when they want to be!
5. Chickens are ferocious blood thirsty critters that will eat anything they can overpower.
6. Dust baths are not seizures
7. Do not were crocks in the hen house either.
8. You have to buy the chicks before you can own any.
9. Chickens will try to eat anything that looks like a worm. Be sure it's not the silicone seal from around the bottom of your porch!
10. even though you think you only want a few, trust me, you'll want more
11. They'll be flying in two weeks
12. The brooder box is never tall enough.
13. Most owners can carry 3 pullets on the back, with or without them squawking.
14. Watch out for the stampede when opening the door on the coop for their outside time, even if you are just checking on things in the coop.
15. You will start to spell everything like excellent, exciting, etc, with EGG...instead of EX.
16. If you don't fence your garden your mulch will be everywhere and your veggies eaten or dug up.
17. Eventually you WILL slip in chicken poo! (I did yesterday!)
18. Never walk into a pen of hungry chickens without throwing some feed in ahead of you to distract them or you'll understand very quickly the meaning of being "eaten alive".
19. You will fall in love and not know quite when it happened.
20. Little fuzzy chicks have a calming effect especially after your husband wrecks the new car
21. If there is more than one person in the family they all need their own breed of chickens~we have a 10 person family~
22. DUST everywhere.
23. When your BIG ROOSTER jumps on your favorite Hen and she screams and rolls her eyes like she is having a seizure , DO NOT CALL A VET , they are BREEDING.
24. You'll find yourself often marveling how adorable their fuzzy butts are, showing off pictures to prove it, to friends who roll their eyes at you.
25. Chickens can always surprise you. Laying eggs on your dad's workbench, ridding on your bike's handlebars, and eating anything possibly etible [or not etible], and don't be surprised if they outsmart you once inawhile they are smart.
26. You will know you are hooked when you come home from work go straight to the rocker in front of the chicken pen and watch "The Chicken Channel" for a half hour or more before starting dinner.
27. Do not wear anklets in the coop!
28. Just when you think you're done incubating... you start searching for more eggs.
29.MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE HEAD BEFORE YOU KISS YOUR SILKIE!!!
30. When you get chickens, be mentally prepared to get LOTS of flies too.
31. Do not expose your freshly painted toenails to the chickens- they will mistake them for food
32. You may lose your spouse to his/her own obsession with the chickens. Beware.
33. Chickens have no navagational skillls; they are as surprised as anyone where they land!
34. Even though your dog is 65 pounds, he will still be afraid of a little 7 pound chicken chasing the mosquito that landed on his butt!
35. Every other conversation will have the word Chicken or some form there of in it.
36. When a pullet jumps on your shoulder she may be taking a ride to spiders inaccessible from the floor;
37. Chickens are descended from vampires;
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