The chickens are here! The chickens are here!

I’ve been annoying my colleagues for the last few days by muttering things like “The chickens arrive at noon.” and “The chickens are coming, the chickens are coming.”

But now they’re here!

Welcome to the new members of the family:

From L to R we have Lola, Kirsty and Martha – aren’t they just the prettiest chooks you ever did see?

They came with their own designer dwelling:
– it’s an Eglu, but instead of being straightforward and buying one of the Omlet chicken runs to go with it, we’re giving them a … er… well, let’s just call it a different living experience:

Yup – it’s a greenhouse. There is a story behind it, involving next-door neighbours and strong winds, but this post is about CHICKENS!

And because I’m already 30 min late with dinner, I’ll just leave you with more photos of chickens. Chickens are FAB!!

(Oh, and if you want more pictures and stories about chickens, and turkeys and peafowl, go and visit Jessie)

ten comments:

Congrats! :)

Chris () (link) - 02 May '07 - 21:02

Wow, that’s exciting. Hello chickens!

Pigwotknits () (link) - 03 May '07 - 10:35

You are so lucky! I am so jealous and you’ve prooved my point, (in a discussion with the hb) I don’t need a cockeral, just hens. Thank you! Oh, they are so pretty.

I WANT SOME! xxx

Louise () (link) - 03 May '07 - 10:51

(PS Sorry about the typo, got distracted by passing hoard of children and fingers knotted)

Louise - 03 May '07 - 10:53

Considering I am down to two laying hens, I think you’ll be the new go-to girl for chicken pictures! They look wonderful. Many happy omelets!

jessie () (link) - 03 May '07 - 11:35

Do tell us when you get your first egg, won’t you! Sooooooo exciting!

Big Ruth () (link) - 03 May '07 - 14:54

Michael says:

I like your chickens.

Big Ruth () (link) - 03 May '07 - 20:03

I take it your chickens aren’t allowed to rampage through your house?

Knitting is the new reading. I haven’t really gotten used to that either.

Carrie K () (link) - 04 May '07 - 01:07

Oh cool!! Hope you like eating LOTS of eggs (I had fun looking after 3 chickens for a week on my own. Eggs everywhere…

Daisy () (link) - 06 May '07 - 13:05

MORE envy…First your socks stay together, and then you get CHICKENS! Hope they are blissfully happy with you, and produce lots of beautiful eggs.

Kathryn () (link) - 07 May '07 - 20:45

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