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  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,101 Forumite
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    I do miss my chooks and their eggs:

    Miss A - very large, dark brown, egg shaped
    Miss V - large, light brown with brown speckles, egg shaped
    Miss S - medium, chocolate, egg shaped
    Miss E - medium, brown/lilac (especially after eating Savoy Cabbage), egg shaped
    Miss L - medium, white, bullet shaped :eek:
    Mine used to lay all through the winter, maybe just a few less. The shop bought eggs just aren't the same. I'm very jealous of you MWC :o.

    Fortune x
    Mortgage: 100% paid Emergency Fund: 100%
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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Fortune_Smiles wrote: »
    I do miss my chooks and their eggs

    :(:(:(

    Am I right in remembering that your chickens went to live with a friend Fortune?

    Do you visit them? And is your friend willing to sell you some eggs? I always have more eggs than I can use (apart from in December when they lay less and I'm using more) and I have 4 regular customers (and a waiting list :cool:)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    PS I can't get mine to eat cabbage - they like tender leaves :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
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  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,101 Forumite
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    :(:(:(

    Am I right in remembering that your chickens went to live with a friend Fortune?

    Do you visit them? And is your friend willing to sell you some eggs? I always have more eggs than I can use (apart from in December when they lay less and I'm using more) and I have 4 regular customers (and a waiting list :cool:)

    Yes - they are all still well and happy. However, they went into a full moult shortly after she took them and haven't been laying for her. Also, she has a family of 5 and they eat a lot of eggs. I will just have to live with the memory of warm, freshly laid eggs.

    Fortune x
    Mortgage: 100% paid Emergency Fund: 100%
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  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    gallygirl wrote: »
    You have otters in your house???????? Weird :cool:.

    Doesn't everyone? I find that otter is an essential ingredient to most dishes:D
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  • gallygirl
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    Fortune_Smiles wrote: »
    I will just have to live with the memory of warm, freshly laid eggs.

    Fortune x
    What shape were they :D?
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
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  • nattypants
    nattypants Posts: 2,577 Forumite
    Fortune_Smiles wrote: »
    I do miss my chooks and their eggs:

    Miss A - very large, dark brown, egg shaped
    Miss V - large, light brown with brown speckles, egg shaped
    Miss S - medium, chocolate, egg shaped
    Miss E - medium, brown/lilac (especially after eating Savoy Cabbage), egg shaped
    Miss L - medium, white, bullet shaped :eek:
    Mine used to lay all through the winter, maybe just a few less. The shop bought eggs just aren't the same. I'm very jealous of you MWC :o.

    Fortune x
    gallygirl wrote: »
    What shape were they :D?

    Honestly GG, do I have to keep you right on EVERY diary:cool:
    February13 - £74990 (or thereabouts)
    MND - Let's go for 2020 'cos it's got a nice ring to it:D
    C'mon nattypants:cool:
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Woke up to a fair bit of snow here and a forecast for heavy snow later so I decided to work from home (and I went back to bed for another hour ;))
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Just joined CP (thanks to US for the link on Tilly's diary) and just in time for a birthday bonus next week!

    Right must go and have a shower/get dressed - I was supposed to start work 15 minutes ago...
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    3 eggs already today :D

    So that there can be no confusion:

    1 large white egg-shaped egg from Miss B
    1 large brown egg-shaped egg from Miss Q
    1 very large olive green bullet-shaped egg from Miss M

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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