Good luck in your house hunt! One hour drive from Bismarck gives you a nice sized search area. I bet you'll find a nice farmstead with multiple acres and not have to worry about any stupid city ordinances!
I noticed that I was editing my post as you were posting your reply. I just want to re-post my P.S., just in case you missed it. It may prove helpful...I hope!
P.S. I just had a thought; you could get a hold of the County Extension Agent in the county you are looking in, and maybe he or she...
The answer you're getting from realtors sounds like they really don't know and don't feel like looking into it for you.
Are you talking about buying within the city limits of the towns you mentioned? You said "house with property" so I'm unsure if you are looking in or out of town. If out in...
Welcome Cheers2Ya! I'm a first timer with chickens, too. Well, I will be once I move past the planning stages and into the doing stages!
Good luck with your new chicken adventure! Have you started converting your shed into a coop yet?
So...a little heads-up for my fellow NoDaks; I was just perusing the chicken raising books on Amazon. The kindle edition of Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 3rd Edition is available for $1.99!
Even if you have the printed book (as I do) $2 is just too cheap to not get an electronic copy to...
Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome and great advice!
For now I am going to stick with one breed; Buckeye. There are other breeds out there that certainly catch my eye, but at least until I get some experience I would like to focus on one. I think it will be easier if/when I try to get a...
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I was planning on insulating and finishing off the inside with poly and OSB so the chickens can't get at it, and to seal up drafts as well. And it'll just give it a nice finished look. That reminds me, I was also considering painting the inside white, just to brighten it up some. Are...
Hi fellow North Dakotan's!
I just joined and am looking forwarding to meeting some folks from our fine state. Especially in the NE corner. I live in the Grafton area. I didn't read this entire thread, but in the last few pages, it seems like most folks are central or west? Regardless, I'm...