You know you're "Obsessed" when....

[stormylady]

When your dreaming your on deal or no deal and it is the Hens opening the egg cartons with the eggs as prizes!

 

[trunkman]

I decided to get a few chickens so I built a coop and told myself no more than 8 chickens, well I bought a flock of nine chickens, 6 hens 3 roos, a package deal. My coop is a chicken paradise, spent about 1000.00. A month ago I ordered 10 chicks that are coming on April 5th. Well, I couldn't wait and went out to tractor supply and bought 7 chicks this week. I had to get rid of the roos, but without them I'll have a total of 23 in a couple weeks..I blame BYC for this obsession!!

 

[ChickenMama18]

When your family says "what are you doing? Checking on the chicks?"

 

[greeneggsnham]

...when you spend all night on a pallet next to the back door in your mudroom just because your thermostat isn't working and you can't seem to keep the temperature regulated. You can't stand the thought of them being to cold or hot so you stay close just to hear if they are ok. (<--- guilty)

...when you tell your dad, "Its ok I'm just getting 8 chickens." when going to the feed store and you come home with 30. Even better if you convince him it's a good idea in the first place.

 

[FluffyColor]

...When you have an egg that is moving... and post all about it on BYC.
...When you find out chickens are illegal, and you say "That's not fair!I thought 4-H people were allowed to keep them!" (There's a link to a petition for that in my sigg).

 

[gryeyes]

...when you are delighted to hear a baby crow respond to the Grown Up Rooster, from the part of the run where the Littles are housed, on your way to let them out in the morning. And then you realize you can't tell which one did it. So you stand there talking to the suspects, for a long time, hoping it will do it again. And start thinking, "Oh, I'll need more ladies, now that there is more than one roo...."

And you're already 8 chickens and 2 ducks over the legal limit AND you've not told your landlady how many chickens you actually do have....

....plus one of the pullets is broody with 3 eggs under her AND you can't figure out why you just bought an incubator when you SWORE you weren't interested in actually hatching any chicks. Ever. But you've read the instruction manual about four times already, and found a place to put the thing.

 

[Arcane Araucana]

you know you're obsessed when - hubby goes out and buys you an assortment of aprons to wear when you're sitting with the girls so you can keep your clothes clean. The same hubby that hasn't done his own gift shopping for the last 19 years.

or - when he calls you to come in for lunch and you tell him you're not hungry because you've got three chicks sleeping in your lap and you don't want to wake them up.

or - he finds you peering in the coop window with a flashlight at 11 p.m. and you tell him you were just checking to see which roost they liked better.

or - you started your own meal worm farm even though you HATE bugs.

guilty!