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Originally Posted by Farmin Momma 

I just found out that the house we were looking at buying (untill things on our end fell apart) is still for sale. At this point I may be able to pull some sunshine out of my *** and get this house! Oh I am so excited!

I don't know if I ever told ya'll about this house, but it is huge and devided into two living spaces so my BIL and his wife would be able to move with us. Even with that there are still enough rooms for all the kids to have their own. It is on just under 10 acres, fenced for horses, 9 stall horse barn, with a HUGE COVERED areana!!!!

Sounds great. Good luck.

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Originally Posted by TerrorBird 

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Originally Posted by Farmin Momma 

I just found out that the house we were looking at buying (untill things on our end fell apart) is still for sale. At this point I may be able to pull some sunshine out of my *** and get this house! Oh I am so excited!

I don't know if I ever told ya'll about this house, but it is huge and devided into two living spaces so my BIL and his wife would be able to move with us. Even with that there are still enough rooms for all the kids to have their own. It is on just under 10 acres, fenced for horses, 9 stall horse barn, with a HUGE COVERED areana!!!!

I remember someone talking about a house in Monroe that was fabulous.  Is this that house/property?

 Yep, that's it!

This is the front view of the house.......

This is my the barn. 9 stalls each with its own fenced area off of them and heated tack room.

We slept in here at my apartment this morning (really needed it after the past few days!), then I needed him to help me move some furniture here (long story) before he took the bus back to his place. So, he didn't get home to look after Salma until almost noon. We left her inside in the dog carrier with plenty of food and water yesterday around 6pm. He tells me she seems a bit out of sorts but her eye looks better and she is more energetic (read: resisting her pill doses!) and starting to preen again. He said he wasn't sure she'd eaten anything, which is probably because we covered the carrier with a blanket so it's been dark in there. So he fed her with the dropper. Each day since the attack, she's had a lot more appetite later in the day than in the mornings, so hopefully she will eat on her own again later today. We still can't find that cotton-pickin' heat lamp, so for now she's still indoors since it's chilly today. I really wish we could find the heat lamp and put her carrier outside because she finally started eating on her own when we put her outside yesterday. I told him that if she doesn't eat on her own soon, he should just put her outside for a while anyway so that maybe she'll eat. He also said that the "out of sorts" mood is probably because she seems more aware of her surroundings now, which is a good sign. I don't know... now I'm feeling guilty for leaving her alone for so long.

He's going to let me know as soon as she eats on her own. I'd drive up there but the gas money is getting shy what with all the trips back and forth.

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Originally Posted by Farmin Momma 

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Originally Posted by TerrorBird 

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Originally Posted by Farmin Momma 

I just found out that the house we were looking at buying (untill things on our end fell apart) is still for sale. At this point I may be able to pull some sunshine out of my *** and get this house! Oh I am so excited!

I don't know if I ever told ya'll about this house, but it is huge and devided into two living spaces so my BIL and his wife would be able to move with us. Even with that there are still enough rooms for all the kids to have their own. It is on just under 10 acres, fenced for horses, 9 stall horse barn, with a HUGE COVERED areana!!!!

I remember someone talking about a house in Monroe that was fabulous.  Is this that house/property?

 Yep, that's it!

This is the front view of the house.......

This is my the barn. 9 stalls each with its own fenced area off of them and heated tack room.

That's awesome!! You could make any number of those stalls into chicken coops too! Just hardware cloth on the external horse stalls and a roof over top and you'd be set for any number of horses and chickens!

Ha, the moment I hit "send" I got a text saying she's eating on her own. 

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Originally Posted by Chicken Rustler 

aka  time to slop the cows, milk the hogs and egg the chickens!

 Yup !

Trying to catch up here but have to stop & say:

 We had an annoying beep from a text sent at 4:30 A.M. this morning...followed quickly by another & another so figured it was an emergency.

So DH got up & checked his phone.........

And DiL water broke, and she was on her way to the hospital, and an hour later she had a 7#10 oz baby boy !!!!!!!!!!

Still have not heard the name yet ! this is 8 grandkids, and my daughter has 1 in the oven at 4 mo along........

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Originally Posted by Chickielady 

Trying to catch up here but have to stop & say:

 We had an annoying beep from a text sent at 4:30 A.M. this morning...followed quickly by another & another so figured it was an emergency.

So DH got up & checked his phone.........

And DiL water broke, and she was on her way to the hospital, and an hour later she had a 7#10 oz baby boy !!!!!!!!!!

Still have not heard the name yet ! this is 8 grandkids, and my daughter has 1 in the oven at 4 mo along........

Congratulations!! Babies are such a blessing

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Originally Posted by drumstick diva 

I remember  Lash La Rue, and John Sheldon with Rex the wonder horse,  The Cisco Kid,et all.    . All you could get on tv  seemed to be cowboys and indians -  when I was a little bitty skinny thing, that's all the kids did when they played.  We'd be good guys or bad guys and somebody would always rob the stagecoach (red wagon). Nobody wanted to be a girl  - the cowboys kissed their horses - the women just stood around doing nothing. I had quite a collection of plastic horses and riders. A few years ago I was able to find(and buy)  the same horse & rider I had as a child.  Cost me 29cents at the toy store.  On ebay more than 50 years later I paid $ 15.00  luckily no one bid against me.  Sure wish I had my herd in present day, I could have been rich - yeah right!!

 You are dating yourself here, but I bet it is the only date you've had in a long time !!!!!!  

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Originally Posted by Shyla-C 

To keep them busy and give them something to scratch in and eat besides mud.  This will be my first winter with chickens and, I'm not going to lie, I'm a LOT worried about them. Or worried that I am under prepared for winter care.

Compressed straw keeps them occupied....I use it in nest boxes and sometimes on the coop floor.

They cannot eat it though, they've no teeth.  

A good thing to do next year, is plant a few compost hills with spaghetti squash & sweet meat squash.

During winter you can crack one open with an Ax & give it to them, they love it !