1.when you don't want to leave your house and go anywhere because there will be no one there to watch the chickens.
2.if you do go somewhere,when you get home you check on the chickens first while your DH and kids wait for you on the porch because you have the only key to unlock the house.
this is so funny
Ok, when you boil extra porridge in the morning to feed the chickens for breakfast
When you go to the supermarket to buy only bread for the chickens
When you buy seeds for lettuces to grow for the chickens so they have fresh greens
When you make a playpen on the front lawn for them to play in in the afternoon
When you walk outside while on the phone and start talking to the chickens instead of the person on the phone
When you train your beloved chicken to sit on your shoulder and preen your hair for you after you have been to the hairdressers for a very expensive haircut, and just after they had been running around in the mud
Today in science we were watching a Bill Nye show on traits/evolution, and they showed different dog breeds. They zoomed up on the feet of a poodle with the "poodle cut" and you think CHICKS! and are severely disappointed when they zoom out and you see a poodle.
OMG! I started this post 9 months ago, I had no Idea it was still going, I guess when I fell of the edge of the earth for 6 months, the world didn't stop turning like I thought it would, LOL.
...when you find yourself doodling hens on the back of your tests and writing "Barnevelder" in as many different calligraphy styles as you can during math class...
When you think you're satisfied when you have a bunch of mostly standard production chickens, but then you get bitten by the Silkie bug and you want Silkies really badly!!!!!
Also, when you say goodnight to your baby chicks before you go to bed and you say good morning to them right when you wake up in the morning.
And lastly, when you always watch TV with your baby chicks and let them sleep on your lap (even though they poop everywhere...