Underoos Friends - November

[byebyebridgetjones]

Underoos Friends - November

one2many;1002149 wrote: Can't remember last time I saw one either

Oh Come on. You've got some inhouse fun haven't ya ? :H

[one2many]

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Every house should have one Bridge.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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one2many;1002156 wrote: Every house should have one Bridge.

:H

[tawnyfrog]

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The Chook Chronicles - Back by Popular Demand

Due to overwhelming local and international demand, I hereby submit the Chook Chronicles.

Today marks the 120th day since the girls first began to lay. They are now 34 weeks old and have matured beautifully. Missy is slightly taller that Bridge but that was to be expected. As often experienced by women sharing a house, the girls are now totally in sync. No longer is Missy laying stunt eggs - no more outrageous 97g, pathetic 30g, laughable kidney-shape ones or indeed shell-less ones - she has settled down to producing regular eggs consistently between 70 and 74g. Bridge has completely lifted her game and is matching Missy egg-for-egg in the weight department - also consistently between 70 and 74g.

RDO's have been few. In the 120 days of laying, Bridge has produced 117 eggs. Astonishing. Missy started three days late and had a few RDO's and Sick Days but has now produced a very respectable 109 eggs, making a total of 226 - well holy heck, that's over 18 dozen bumnuts for the Frog household. I cannot claim to have eaten that many but it is nice to be able to report that I can now give some away to nice people.

Their behaviour has been interesting to observe. They are now released between 7 and 7.30am and locked up around 8.30pm during which time they completely free-range. They are delightful weeding companions, following me and foraging and scratching through the soil to get first dibs on any worms or insects which I may unearth with each pull of the weed clusters. I'm learning their language and recognise the early morning very loud "LOOK WHAT I JUST DONE!" announcement that a lay has been achieved. A quiet, nattering-type conversation takes place while we weed and whilst their conversation is not totally intellectual, as least they're not talking useless shit while we work.

Another interesting observation. I left an empty can of cat food on the back step and forgot about it. A couple of days later I saw it again and went to pick it up and shock horror - due to the warm weather - the thing had been fly-blown and was full of maggots. I have a bit of a GACK! reaction to maggots and hurled the thing down the path. The girls RAN and totally gobbled up each and every little mobile protein with great relish. Now - my question is: are maggots harmful to chooks? Might check the Chook Forum. I bet Mr.G's Frozen Chook Forum has a whole section dedicated to that particular topic ...

"Silly old chook". Hmm. I don't think so. They are SMART! When I first got them I bought some budgerigar-type small seed as a treat to get them used to eating out of my hand. Sort of poultry Smarties or M&M's. I keep this seed in a plastic bag on a small side-board and give them a small amount in their Smarties bowl just outside the door. As the weather's been warming up and I've been able to leave the doors open, one morning they wandered into the house, poked around a bit and Missy hopped straight up onto the side-board and pecked at the Smarties bag. So - the question is: a) were they watching me through the window all this time? b) are they psychic? or c) do they have a fantastic sense of smell?

They also like to sing and are heavily into classical stuff. Whenever we can, we sing the first seven notes of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" in poultrese. "dok,dok,dok,dok,dok,dok - doooooohwk". Our harmonies are sublime. We sang to my mother over the phone this morning. Made her day.

Life's pleasures are simple.

[beagle]

Underoos Friends - November

oh tawny how lovely. i love chookies & miss mine & can now so relate to the conversations you're having with yours...
thanks for putting that up.

[techie]

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tawnyfrog;1002295 wrote: Due to overwhelming local and international demand, I hereby submit the Chook Chronicles.

Today marks the 120th day since the girls first began to lay. They are now 34 weeks old and have matured beautifully. Missy is slightly taller that Bridge but that was to be expected. As often experienced by women sharing a house, the girls are now totally in sync. No longer is Missy laying stunt eggs - no more outrageous 97g, pathetic 30g, laughable kidney-shape ones or indeed shell-less ones - she has settled down to producing regular eggs consistently between 70 and 74g. Bridge has completely lifted her game and is matching Missy egg-for-egg in the weight department - also consistently between 70 and 74g.

RDO's have been few. In the 120 days of laying, Bridge has produced 117 eggs. Astonishing. Missy started three days late and had a few RDO's and Sick Days but has now produced a very respectable 109 eggs, making a total of 226 - well holy heck, that's over 18 dozen bumnuts for the Frog household. I cannot claim to have eaten that many but it is nice to be able to report that I can now give some away to nice people.

Their behaviour has been interesting to observe. They are now released between 7 and 7.30am and locked up around 8.30pm during which time they completely free-range. They are delightful weeding companions, following me and foraging and scratching through the soil to get first dibs on any worms or insects which I may unearth with each pull of the weed clusters. I'm learning their language and recognise the early morning very loud "LOOK WHAT I JUST DONE!" announcement that a lay has been achieved. A quiet, nattering-type conversation takes place while we weed and whilst their conversation is not totally intellectual, as least they're not talking useless shit while we work.

Another interesting observation. I left an empty can of cat food on the back step and forgot about it. A couple of days later I saw it again and went to pick it up and shock horror - due to the warm weather - the thing had been fly-blown and was full of maggots. I have a bit of a GACK! reaction to maggots and hurled the thing down the path. The girls RAN and totally gobbled up each and every little mobile protein with great relish. Now - my question is: are maggots harmful to chooks? Might check the Chook Forum. I bet Mr.G's Frozen Chook Forum has a whole section dedicated to that particular topic ...

"Silly old chook". Hmm. I don't think so. They are SMART! When I first got them I bought some budgerigar-type small seed as a treat to get them used to eating out of my hand. Sort of poultry Smarties or M&M's. I keep this seed in a plastic bag on a small side-board and give them a small amount in their Smarties bowl just outside the door. As the weather's been warming up and I've been able to leave the doors open, one morning they wandered into the house, poked around a bit and Missy hopped straight up onto the side-board and pecked at the Smarties bag. So - the question is: a) were they watching me through the window all this time? b) are they psychic? or c) do they have a fantastic sense of smell?

They also like to sing and are heavily into classical stuff. Whenever we can, we sing the first seven notes of "In the Hall of the Mountain King" in poultrese. "dok,dok,dok,dok,dok,dok - doooooohwk". Our harmonies are sublime. We sang to my mother over the phone this morning. Made her day.

Life's pleasures are simple.

Loved reading this....John xoxo

[byebyebridgetjones]

Underoos Friends - November

tawnyfrog;1002295 wrote: RDO's have been few. In the 120 days of laying, Bridge has produced 117 eggs. Astonishing. Missy started three days late and had a few RDO's and Sick Days but has now produced a very respectable 109

Yessssssss.............

No I'm not getting 'silly old chook' from my ladies either.

Athena, on the surface of things, would appear to be bottom of the pecking order despite her size. But really she's as sharp as a whip. She deliberately creates a diversion in another area of the pen, then, when the other ladies are all arguing loudly over they-don't-know-what she inhales most of the seed behind their back.
She gets around with a permanent 'It was like that when I got here' look on her face.
I sit there for hours piddling myself laughing at them (and waiting for Demeter to make her next bolt for freedom)

[Mish]

Underoos Friends - November

Tawny, Bridge, I love your chookie stories, and Beagle, I understand also the pain of not having mine anymore. I had a particularly delightful lady chook called Chickadee. When my girls opened the sliding door for her in the morning she would do a flat out dash through the family room, up the stairs to the lounge room and make a beeline for my bed. Having jumped up she would start a steady low cluck until the girls arrived with defrosted peas or (her favourite) cold spaghetti. We spent about fifteen minutes together each morning talking and laughing before getting into the day. It was a very happy time I look back on and Chickadee was just a part of the family.

[byebyebridgetjones]

Underoos Friends - November

Right.
I have the latest Penny Miller catalogue.

I would like you all to select your Christmas gift from the following list, so that I can order in time.
1.Set of 3 lace 'dickies' to cover plunging necklines (Angel?)
2.Easy egg cracker. Squeeze and release (Froglette?)
3.Jumbo extra length toe nail clippers (Mr G the metro obviously)
4. Clear Dome umbrella
5 Hair Volumiser Clips (Trippy)
6. Cycling frog -wheels spin in breeze. No too easy.
7. Cracker keepers set of 2. (oney)
8.Medosan liver spot disappearer.( All of us )
9. Gigantic climbing Santa. (Mish)
10. Dolphin Toilet seat. (missy)
11. Denture bath and brush set. (Ktab)
12. Nose hair trimmer (Reggie veg)
13.Spring loaded neck slimmer. (Sapphy)
14. Set of 2 rolling condiment boxes (Aspy)
15. Set of 4 tube squeezers (Lilly)
16. Corn salve (Boycie)
17. Magnetic posture support.(Lady Jan)
18. Fish bath appliques (JC)
19 Outdoor wine bottle and glass holder (None of us)
20. Nasal clip
21. Mississippi Harmonica. (Shaz)
22. Jumbo lint remover (BB)
23. Gently gone hair remover (Mr G)
24 Magnetic neck wrap
25.Microwave hair curlers (Beagle)
26 Bunion brace. (Starty)
27. Reversible rain hat (Beagle)
28. Posture corrective heel cups (Techie)
29. Giant flexiflat duster
30 Blackhead remover.
31. Telescopic back scratcher.(Stirly)
32. Dolphin bamboo blind. (Zen)

[tawnyfrog]

Underoos Friends - November

The 13.Spring loaded neck slimmer really works. I've had one for years. Note how my slim pencil-neck accentuates my boofhead. Beautiful, don'tcha think?

[Mish]

Underoos Friends - November

The dolphin toilet seat looks interesting...I have the one with shells, sand and starfish in the loo in my ensuite. I did not purchase this myself. It was here before I was! The starfish always make me sad.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Have I missed anyone ?
We all simply MUST snap up a bargain.
God I can't stop piddling meself.
You should see some of the demonstration photos :H

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Mishmash;1002319 wrote: .I have the one with shells, sand and starfish in the loo in my ensuite. I did not purchase this myself. It was here before I was! .

Sure it was :H

[Mish]

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:important:

It was!!!

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Mishmash;1002324 wrote: :important:

It was!!!

OK Tara Dennis. :H