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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • Very sorry to hear your sad news MWC :(

    Greying
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  • Thanks everyone

    The Girl's must be mourning too...

    Eggs IN 1
    Eggs OUT 6 (hostess gift)

    We went chicken window shopping this morning. I'm planning to replace Miss MWC with 3 new chooks (that's how chicken math works!) - another white star, a speckledy and a bluebell

    We were hoping to see the Lancaster bombers fly past this afternoon but is was cancelled due to the weather :(
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • We went chicken window shopping this morning. I'm planning to replace Miss MWC with 3 new chooks (that's how chicken math works!) - another white star, a speckledy and a bluebell

    oooh, so the prospect of a 'name' competition/draw in the future then , eh?

    Greying :D
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    Grocery Spend October 2025 £113.98/£200 
    Non-food spend October 2025 £9.97/£50
    Bulk Fund October (month 10 of 12) £0/£35.20 
  • gallygirl
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    oooh, so the prospect of a 'name' competition/draw in the future then , eh?

    Greying :D
    I vote for Tilly :T:T:T:T:T
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • The (not so) shortlist is:

    Agatha
    Audrey
    Bessie
    Celia
    Clarissa
    Cynthia
    Daphne
    Enid
    Georgina
    Gertrude
    Hattie/Harriet
    Maude
    Mildred

    Feel free to make suggestions :D

    My cousin wants me to name them after my 3 elderly aunts (not listed above) but all are in poor health so I might name a future trio posthumously...
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • So sorry to hear about Miss MWC I used to have chickens but unfortunately haven't got any anymore. I used to have a bluebell a big grey girl she was I called her Bunty. I also had 3 other breeds each My teenager and I called Babs, Peggy and Penny. I do miss them I now have 2 lopped eared rabbits which cause just as much damage/ mayhem in the garden.
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  • gallygirl
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    Oooohhh, I like Bunty :T
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • gallygirl wrote: »
    Oooohhh, I like Bunty :T

    So do I... my first chook was named Bunty!!!

    My previous bluebell was called Agnes - a beautiful chicken, bit rubbish when it came to laying eggs though! Hopefully the new one will be both a supermodel and a star layer *fingers crossed*
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • lindens
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    I had a bluebell too, she was a big girl - a great big chest on her. sadly she got eggbound and died :(
    i also had a white star she was top hen, very vocal indeed - announcing everything she did
    have great fun chicken-shopping :)
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  • lindens wrote: »
    i also had a white star she was top hen, very vocal indeed - announcing everything she did

    Miss MWC did that :D
    Announced to the world that she was going to lay a beautiful white egg and then announced to the world that she had laid a beautiful white egg... usually whilst the neighbours were still in bed :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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