Chickens (and a pair of ducks)!

Deadbeat · 8 Jun 2011 at 19:31

Huh, dunno what you guys are seeing but they look about 800x600 to me :s

Edit: and they're like 700kb each, is that taxing? Maybe it's some autosize with Opera or something.

Cosimo · 8 Jun 2011 at 19:43

Some of them as big as 3056x2292. They don’t get resized in IE9 and not tablet/smartphone friendly.

Tefal · 8 Jun 2011 at 19:48

Deadbeat said:

what on earth is the headless ball of grey fluff

Cosimo · 8 Jun 2011 at 19:50

Tefal said:
what on earth is the headless ball of grey fluff

It's a headless ball of fluff, wait....

Deadbeat · 8 Jun 2011 at 21:58

Tefal said:
what on earth is the headless ball of grey fluff

Hehe, that's Claudia. She's tiny, mostly fluffy feathers more than anything else.

Selekt0r · 8 Jun 2011 at 22:18

Hope you really like eggs... We had 4 chickens and would get an egg from each one every day - guaranteed. We were selling some and giving lots away to friends as we had no chance of using them all ourselves.

Down to 2 birds now (one died naturally and one had to be 'dispatched' when it became very ill) - the poor things are getting rather old, but we still get the odd egg every few days from one of them.

They are good fun to keep (if a bit messy in the winter when the poop doesn't dry up), and have quite a bit of 'personality'.

Deadbeat · 8 Jun 2011 at 22:21

We get about 3 eggs a day from the 5 chickens and 2 from the ducks, so yeah, we're well stocked. Normally have about 10 - 15 eggs at any one time in the fridge, but the chicken eggs are obviously much smaller than shop-bought eggs - you need 3 to make a fair-sized omelette. Claudia's eggs are about an inch tall.

[TW]Sponge · 8 Jun 2011 at 22:27

Quackies!!! Love them

xJcBx · 9 Jun 2011 at 00:16

Tefal said:
what on earth is the headless ball of grey fluff

Looks like a grey or lavender Silkie hen.

They sit well on any eggs and are great broody hens if you're planning to hatch any chicks.

Bes · 9 Jun 2011 at 01:02

Man can you post some bigger pictures? I'm really struggling to see anything at all :/

Deadbeat · 9 Jun 2011 at 06:31

Bes said:
Man can you post some bigger pictures? I'm really struggling to see anything at all :/

Seriously, why is everyone complaining? It's not my fault you suck at the internetz

Screenie of how pics are displaed in my web browser, 1920x1080:

Edit: Ironically resized

Tefal · 9 Jun 2011 at 06:55

that pic's tiny deadbeat

got a picture of the grey fluff ball with her head out

Deadbeat · 9 Jun 2011 at 07:00

I'll do my best, but she's nervous and quick

oxygene · 9 Jun 2011 at 07:58

Am I the only one who thinks the pond should be filled with gravy to save time? Or in the ducks case, make their bedding out of pancakes for later.... Mmmm.

Cosimo · 9 Jun 2011 at 08:36

Deadbeat said:
Seriously, why is everyone complaining? It's not my fault you suck at the internetz

You suck at resizing pictures.

Efour · 9 Jun 2011 at 09:59

aww poor ducks... i dont mind chickens but something tells me that the ducks need more freedom and a nice pond to float in.

ScarySquirrel · 9 Jun 2011 at 10:04

We have a cockeral and 4 hens, they are brilliant. I love chickens.

mrk · 9 Jun 2011 at 10:34

Neighbour has chickens, they make their noises throughout the day and when I hear them I laugh. Chickens are hilarious

Cosimo · 9 Jun 2011 at 10:40

ScarySquirrel said:
I love chickens.

Very tasty birds.

Six7th · 9 Jun 2011 at 10:44

We got 3 chickens last week and they seem to have settled in alright. They put themselves to sleep in their little house and they all have their own spot. However my cat seems to have taken a disliking to them and it seems shes pretty jealous of the attention we are giving them

How long was it until they started laying?