Giving away chickens for a few months?

[CKfarm22]

Thanks for the advice. We’re doing a contingent sale so we have to move in and out of the same house within one to three days tops. Plus they changed the chicken ordinances recently within my current town so I’m not allowed to have my permanent coop where it has always been and have the number of chickens I do. They’re now charging $25 a chicken per year just to keep it. Insanity! We have to do a Certificate of Occupancy with the town prior to moving which makes me worry about us having to pay back fees. I really would miss my girls so not liking the idea of boarding them actually.

$25??? That’s crazy insane I don’t want to ask too much but, when are you supposed to be out by and move in by to try to help you figure out a situation and/or a plan to help you move them. Could you possibly move the standard coop early? and keep them in the hoop coop for now?

 

[McChooky]

I actually built a hoop coop a year ago in anticipation of a move and it has a tarp on it. Just need to figure out how to winterize it since our snowfalls can be heavy and it’s exposed on both ends. We’re only moving an hour away but it’s still nerve wracking figuring out how to move the house, a coop, a hoop coop and fencing all within a short time, plus chickens to boot!

We rented flatbed trailers to move a shed , privacy fence and a carport(dismantled) along with tools, lawn mowers & misc. (it took 3 separate trips to move all that) We didn't take our animals until we actually moved. We took our furniture, food,personal belongings & animals on the final day. It was only a 3 hr drive to where we were going but stopping every hour made it take 7 .

 

[Tretinker]

This is the normal procedure in the UK even if a property is empty everyone in the chain moves out and in on the same day.....it's hell but only a day of it anyway!

In terms of moving all this on the same day in the UK we have an exchange of contracts before the sale completes. At this stage some will consider allowing you access to the garden/shed sometimes the garage.

We moved into an empty property and were fortunate enough that the seller allowed us to move all our garden stuff to the new garden a few days before completion. We wouldn't have made it otherwise. As it was husband was sat on the drive with 3 car loads of stuff as we had to be out of the house by 3pm luckily the people moving into ours was delayed and all our family pitched in and filled their cars.

It might be worth asking if the seller will allow you access to the garden to put your garden stuff in a few days before the move is due to take place? Perhaps a monetary incentive would grease the wheels?

 

[McChooky]

Glad I don't live in Uk is all I have to say about that.

 

[Tretinker]

Glad I don't live in Uk is all I have to say about that.

Yes it's not fun! I'd love not to live in the UK

I am fascinated to know how it works in the US though. I used to work in, I guess it would be a kind of Real Estate office so I know the UK system well but I'm interested to understand if you have say 4 people in a chain and everyone has someone living in the house they are buying then how do you move into an empty house?

Or is it you own two houses at once? I watch a youtuber and she has moved into a new house but still has the old house that she's tiding up.

House prices here are astronomical, we couldn't buy a beach hut for what a house costs in the US. Another downside to the UK, I dream of a small homestead but I need a million pounds to to be able to buy a few acres where I am.

 

[HennyPenny44]

Could you use the plastic roofing from home depot to cover the ends? Do you have a picture you can post and we can help you out?

Also could you keep the hoop coop and chickens at the new house while you’re still moving?

I’m sorry for the delay. We’ve been working non-stop cleaning, organizing and painting our house for photos, showings, and open houses. Below is the picture of the chicken tractor. It’s a John Suskovich type build and I’m actually currently using it as a trellis for my squash plants hence all the vines all around. The white tarp has been rolled down but I can easily put it back on. Yes, I heard of using those clear plastic roofing panels on the ends or even plywood. We were considering asking the current occupants if we could set up our infrastructure outside ahead of time but haven’t yet. Not sure how they would respond but it’s worth a try! We went to the new house yesterday for the house inspection and I spotted a large fox on our new property. Yikes! Must build infrastructure!

 

[HennyPenny44]

$25??? That’s crazy insane I don’t want to ask too much but, when are you supposed to be out by and move in by to try to help you figure out a situation and/or a plan to help you move them. Could you possibly move the standard coop early? and keep them in the hoop coop for now?

The plan is for us to dismantle the standard coop before moving and reassemble it at the new place while the chickens live in the hoop coop. But that requires time and lots of work.

 

[HennyPenny44]

Yes it's not fun! I'd love not to live in the UK

I am fascinated to know how it works in the US though. I used to work in, I guess it would be a kind of Real Estate office so I know the UK system well but I'm interested to understand if you have say 4 people in a chain and everyone has someone living in the house they are buying then how do you move into an empty house?

Or is it you own two houses at once? I watch a youtuber and she has moved into a new house but still has the old house that she's tiding up.

House prices here are astronomical, we couldn't buy a beach hut for what a house costs in the US. Another downside to the UK, I dream of a small homestead but I need a million pounds to to be able to buy a few acres where I am.

Yes, I heard it’s rather expensive in the U.K. just to get some land with lots of regulations. I have family of family in U.K. and they live rural with little land by American standards but I have no idea how much they paid.

We are doing a contingent sale even though we can afford to have 2 houses at once because the bank where we’re getting our loan from says we don’t have enough income even though we have other assets. So it’s up to the bank when you move if you can’t pay for the house in full up front. The people in our future home aren’t doing a contingent sale so we’re not depending on them to find a house before we move in but we don’t know if the buyers of our current home will be doing a contingent sale. If the owners of our future home think we’re taking too long, there’s a kick out clause that they could use on us but they seem pretty relaxed with their timeline and they’re retired and moving out of state. I asked our realtor about this same thing yesterday and he said that a chain of contingent sales usually aren’t the norm.

 

[McChooky]

I hope your sake you don't have to get anyone else to take care of your chickens! They'll do better if they can see you.

 

[HennyPenny44]

I hope your sake you don't have to get anyone else to take care of your chickens! They'll do better if they can see you.

I agree! Thanks.