Hello

[Tiny1000]

Right here goes.....My Names Keith and I'm A Chickenholic!...Whoo said it - no thunder, lightning and I don't feel any different....That must make me as crazy as the rest of you on here
I've been a reader of this forum for a couple of weeks and it's great - just like a good book you just can't put down until you get to the last page, so yesterday I thought i'll sneak in a little comment - didn't go too bad, no one shouted at me, it all went smoothly, but then Maureen noticed I was a 'newbie' and wanted more info and pics.
So just for Maureen and everyone else who's in this crazy forum
"Hello"
I've put some pictures in my album for everyone to see - I've got 4 White Star hydbrid hens from a certified organic free range flock, which are about 75 weeks old, and were due to become dog food (2000 rescued by a woman called Jo (Thanks Jo)) 1 unknown hen (maybe you can help with that) and 1 Light Sussex Bantam (unsexed) which I hatched form an egg (only one to survive after thermostat packed up!) .....So that's me

[MaureenHall]

Welcome to chookaholics anonymous

Love your profile pic!!! You should have that as your avatar. Your chooks are gorgeous and your garden makes me jealous

[Tiny1000]

Thanks Maureen - The gardens a pretty new thing (2 years) along with the chickens. I've a lot of spare time on my hands since I got laid off - so the garden and the chickens are my substitute to work - A lot more relaxing and 100% more satisfying

[Scottishnewbie]

I don't think I've ever seen such a tidy garden! Well not one with chickens and veg in it anyway! If it wasn't my sons birthday today and I had millions of people coming tonight I'd be [I]almost[I] motivated to go out and do some tidying up!!!!!

[HayleyB]

Welcome to CA - Chooks Anonymous - also known most fondly by some of us as the madvine

I am also a chookaholic although I've deviated slightly with ducklings but thats another story. I'm off to look at your pics - bye

[HayleyB]

I'm back, that's a big un you have in your hands (profile pic - fish)

Anyway your garden is lovely and very very tidy the bantie of unknown looks like a partridge sommat, who's got Shirley Partridge Aunty Mo I can't remember? or perhaps Julesapples Daisy? perhaps bantam versions of one of those?

[Tiny1000]

I brought her when she was 8 weeks old in a batch of 5 mixed chicks (local free ads) £5 each or £20 for 5 turned out to be the only hen did find homes for the other four. Bad luck or did they see me coming

[MaureenHall]

Not me Hayley, just ex-batts, Welsummers, Bluebelles, Vorwerks, A Jersey Giant and a Black Minorca Thinking about what to have next now!

[HayleyB]

No I didn't mean you just asking if you knew who owned Shirley Partridge, but then my grammar wasn't too good was it

[Flummery]

Hi and welcome. I wouldn't be without my little ladies.

[bluemoon]

Welcome Tiny. I thought Tiny was just your user-name, but now I've seen the photo of you standing next to a cockerel I realize that you were simply being truthful.

[Tiny1000]

No I'm not Tiny - 19 stone The cockerel weighs in at 37 stone and he's only a bantam! Roll on the BBQ I get a drumstick

[Lemon]

No I didn't mean you just asking if you knew who owned Shirley Partridge, but then my grammar wasn't too good was it

Jules has Shirley Partridge.....without the funny hat thing though - that's Hattie the crested cream legbar

[HayleyB]

I thought Jules had Daisy with Morag the scots dumpy Daisy is a similar colouring as is Shirley Partridge.

Shows how chook mad I am when I know the chooks but can't remember their slaves

[kirsty b]

Hi Tiny, welcome to the Vine.

Your garden is gorgeous, so jealous!!. I too have a Light Sussex bantam, I think yours could be female but only cos its identical to mine (I could be wrong, its all just guesswork really)
Sachie is 2 yrs old this year, and has a wicked comb, is as noisy as any cockerel, but most definitely a laydee cos I gets eggs from her!! She didn't develop her comb for ages though. All my other hens are rescued ex-batts.