Oh I almost wish my mum was computer literate just so she could read that title!
I have a wicked side to me for sure...
As much I would love to add to our family I am happy to now wait for grand-children...(well just about happy to!)
So this year, 2012 will see me fulfill a long held wantie.
Yep wanties is a real word no matter what the spell checker keeps telling me!
At the end of the month I have one of these bad boys coming home to us (eeek how excited am I?!)
Ours is coming to us at least 2nd hand and in blue and will be home to our new gals.
I can safely state that I have been wanting one of these for at least the past 8years, I had always hoped that we would get the smaller eglu but have managed to get our hands on a larger cube which means more room for a couple more gals!!
Not sure what breed of hens we'll be getting, a friend of Bob's has a farm with 4,ooo and we will be taking pot luck with a few of them
For now the aim is to keep them as laying hens, family pets who will keep the slugs and lesser wanted bugs under control!
(but who knows if the welfare reform bill goes through and our income is drastically reduced it may well mean we may have to consider raising them for dinner as well? )
I'm hopeful that by my birthday (early February) we will have the hens fully settled in
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My mum has always wanted chickens. I'm not an egg fan so don't see the appeal myself but my friend has a few. That eglu thing is very snazzy!
ReplyDeleteWe're just about to get chickens too (have been saying that since last summer though!) Will be watching you with interest .... definitely a baby substitute!! x
ReplyDeleteI've been saying that for the past 8yrs!
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