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Oh thank you SOOOO much for such great responses. I can feel the love here! I'll report in on what I find out from the Realtor and will definitely be asking some of you for more information soon!

Thanks for the links too!
 
StelleKitten said:
My husband and I have narrowed down our move to places to two states. One is Tennessee and the other is Colorado. I was wondering if any of you know of a nice place to live without a hoa or any weird laws. (we are from Texas so we understand certain areas have their oddities)

I was also wondering if I should sell off my flock and start fresh or move my flock. I currently have about 80 birds though that varies based on time of year and customer demand. (I am T&P clear and licensed here in Texas)

We would be moving next year so we are still in the planning stages. We would like to set up a small farm with our chickens and cows (we don't have the cows yet so will purchase them when we get there). We are looking for around 25 acres, no buildings needed. Just don't want to live in sand and we are thoroughly sick of the heat!
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Well, I haven't been in Tennessee, but I'm a Colorado native and what you describe here sounds like Colorado to me! Maybe northern Colorado, up in the hills? Just sayin'! It would be cooler than Tennessee, and certainly less humidity (it is rare to see the humidity here over 50% unless it has just rained or will rain.) That said, you can avoid some of the HOAs if you look outside the city. Here in the Denver area prices are high right now.
 
Greetings @Hope49 from the front range in Colorado, north/NE of Denver. Welcome to the Colorado thread. Really great bunch of folks here and they'll willingly help with any chickeneering Q's you might have. If you wish to avoid being told what you can and can't do on your own property, then you'll want to purchase outside city limits, and NOT in a PUD (Planned Unit Development) as virtually ALL of them have HOAs (Home Owner's Associations - read "gestapo") that require monthly or annual dues be paid for them to restrict and rule your every move.

You can see my coops by clicking the link in my signature. The overall climate here is similar to SoCal... dry, DRY, DRY! We do get rain, and we do get snow (sometimes a lot all at once) but our sunny days number well over 300/year. Even when the temp is sub zero (rare where you wish to move, and when it does happen, normally not more than a day or three), the chickens will normally be just fine as long as the coop has adequate (or better) ventilation to let moisture out. It's the moisture build up that causes the issues of bad air and frostbite/freezing of combs/wattles/toes. There's a ton of information here on the site discussing it, and of course an entire coop building thread filled with ideas.

Hope your move goes well! Hope you find the ideal property here that will suit you for many years to come!

Greetings also to @StelleKitten ! Colorado is a HUGE state, not quite as large as TX of course, but when you ask where's a "nice place to live" here, you can choose from Alpine tundra to desert.
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I mean the options are pretty wide! You have narrowed them down a bit by saying no sand, hate heat, want a farm w/birds and cows. The biggest thing you'll have to deal with will most likely be "sticker shock". Land here is far from cheap. In fact it's quite expensive for "good" land. If you use http://www.landsofamerica.com/ or http://www.zillow.com/ and look at both states in comparison, you'll find properties that meet your desires far less expensive in TN than here. I'm in the process of selling my 1.4 acre place here right now for over 200K to buy a 30+ acre place in TX or KY for <$160K... As for heat, both CO and TN have heat too. We've been a week+ in the 90s here as I type. The one advantage is it's a dry heat, not humid. If you don't want heat, I might suggest you look for a place west of the front range (up in the mountains) but east of the western slope (high desert). It's a LOT cooler during summer at higher elevations... but of course that ALSO means it's a lot colder in the winter months as well. There's also more moisture at elevation than out on the plains east of the rockies (more snow in winter). We here out east rely on the snow pack melt for most of our water.
 
StelleKitten said:
My husband and I have narrowed down our move to places to two states.  One is Tennessee and the other is Colorado.  I was wondering if any of you know of a nice place to live without a hoa or any weird laws. (we are from Texas so we understand certain areas have their oddities)

I was also wondering if I should sell off my flock and start fresh or move my flock.  I currently have about 80 birds though that varies based on time of year and customer demand. (I am T&P clear and licensed here in Texas)

We would be moving next year so we are still in the planning stages.  We would like to set up a small farm with our chickens and cows (we don't have the cows yet so will purchase them when we get there).  We are looking for around 25 acres, no buildings needed.  Just don't want to live in sand and we are thoroughly sick of the heat!
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I live way up north on the prairie. Lots of nice places north of Fort Collins and around Wellington that look like they are in open zoning. I love to take the county roads to town and watch the fields go by with the foothills in the background. Can't speak to availability or price though, I assume acreage there doesn't come cheap, but it does look lovely!
 
@Hope49 Welcome! I don't really know anything about The Springs except that the beer at Trinity Brewing tastes really good after you summit Pikes Peak on foot! Good luck in your home search!

@maarijke Way to go with your campaign for chickens! Sounds like you're off to a great start!
 
lomine said:
Start of day 17 and a total of 40 out of 49 have hatched. Unfortunately I had to cull one. I just had to put the poor thing out of its misery. I've moved them to the brooder and left the remaining 9 eggs. One was pipped so I hope I didn't harm it when I opened it to get the others out.
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so cute! Great hatch!

Do you use your quail for eggs or meat or both? Never had any so just curious. I see quail eggs on the menu at fancy restaurants but have never tried one. Everything about them seems so tiny! Lol
 
Robilyn81 said:
so cute! Great hatch!

Do you use your quail for eggs or meat or both? Never had any so just curious. I see quail eggs on the menu at fancy restaurants but have never tried one. Everything about them seems so tiny! Lol
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I got them for meat. They are pretty small but both the eggs and meat are tasty. The big reason I went with quail for meat is because there are no rules against quail roosters. So I can have a sustainable flock.
 

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