What do you want for Christmas?

You need a pot for your chickens, not a coup.  Old birds are really tough.

No Jinty I havent got them yet!, but a prize for the first one liner Christmas joke!, perhaps I should start a joke thread as well?. And after naming my chickens after ancient aunties how could I eat them........A

Did you PLUCK the names out of a hat.......as it was an Auntie she wouldn't have been 'Sucking Eggs' then...

I hope they are going cheep.A

Oh no done it again,

A chicken coup Angie - how very Orwellian! And about time too I say - the foxes have had it their way for far too long.

 Try this site http://www.backyardchickens.com/chicken-coop-small.html  I particularly like the “Maurice, The Car Chicken Coop” Also – see;-   http://www.downthelane.net/chickenhousing.php

You will be sorry you made that crack re my spelling Anne when you dont get any eggs!!Ax

Or should that be egzz??  See - I just can't help myself.....

You WILL get your chickens A - eventually - look you got your steps, didn't you?Here's a joke for you to start with A - not a Christmas one but we liked it!Can you get married in HEAVEN?On their way to get married, a young Catholic couple had a fatal car accident.  The couple found themselves sitting outside the Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven. While waiting, they began to wonder:  Could they possibly get married in Heaven?  When St. Peter showed up, they asked him.  St. Peter said, 'I don't know.  This is the first time anyone has asked.  Let me go find out,' and he leaves.  The couple sat and waited, and waited.  Two months passed and the couple still waited.  As they waited, they discussed that if they were allowed to get married in Heaven, what was the eternal aspect of it all.  'What if it doesn't work?' they wondered, 'are we stuck together forever?' After yet another month, St. Peter finally returned, looking somewhat bedraggled.  'Yes,' he informed the couple, 'you can get married in Heaven.'  'Great!' said the couple, 'But we were just wondering, what if things don't work out?  Could we also get a divorce in Heaven?'St. Peter, red-faced with anger, slammed his clipboard onto the ground.  'What's wrong?' asked the now frightened and confused couple.    'OH, COME ON!', St. Peter shouted, 'It took me three months to find a priest up here!  Do you have ANY IDEA how long it'll take me to find a Lawyer?!'

Thanks S&M and Carole, these chickens have been a long time coming, Al I caught Robert looking at your link....just looking?, and the names are, Gertie, Olive and Hilda, well my aunts were ancient as I said, we will see...Just a thought, rare breeds?, not being precious just interested, how Mario next door might scoff.Sarah, what would you like for Christmas?A

We have had hamsters, rabbits and other animals in the past running free in the old forum. Are we going to start something new with chickens? Anyway, here is something to help you decide, Angie www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

I had this rare breed of chickens for years.  They were very attractive and their baby chicks looked like little furry blackberries.  Bet they're hard to find in Italy - shall I bring over some fertilized eggs?(No, I've no idea how I'd do that either....)

Bring them in Anne, I shall look forward to meeting you at Ancona, with a police escort...bet you can talk yourself out of that one, but seriously, had friends that bred rare sheep...now how do you get them in?. M&S slippers?A

I cant baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa it anymore.

Cheep pun

Peck it in....!!!!

Yes, stop clucking around.