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We have recently embarked on an adventure of simple-country living, and we couldn't be happier! My husband will be retiring from the US Army next year, after 25 years of service. These past 25 years have been very good to us, we've seen much of the world, but we are ready to settle down!!! Our dream has been to have a hobby farm in the midwest, with chickens, horses, goats, dogs, cats...etc. Finally our dream has come to fruition, and here we are in a very small...I mean VERY small town of Bogard, MO, pop 234 (I think). We managed to snag a 23 acre farm, with a 100 year old house, smack dab in the middle of Amish Country! It's delightful!!! We've met some wonderfully nice people, who have been so welcoming to us "city folk"! ;-) We understand that we have a lot to learn, but we are ready to jump right in!!! We transfered from Fort Meade, MD in July. Now, if you're familiar with that area, we are smack dab in between Baltimore and Washington, DC, on the lovely 95 corridor. Traffic is a nightmare!!! Waaaayyyy too many people for us simpletons. Enough was finally enough, my husband submitted his retirement paperwork, and the Army was gracious enough to assign him to Kansas City for his last year of service! We couldn't be happier!!!
So begins a new chapter in our lives....one of simple living...lifelong friends...community involvement...and enjoying this beautiful country in which we live!
By joining this forum, I hope to meet people with my same interests, people that can offer advice, words of wisdom, and perhaps a chuckle or two about our chicken exploits! I currenly have 2 hens, Buff Cochins. Like I said, we literally just started! We've only been here a couple of months and we're trying to get settled. I want to get more chickens, but I need to find a Chicken coop/hen house...something really, REALLY cute!!! I thougth this would be the perfect forum to meet people, make friends, maybe find someone who would be willing to mentor me thru this whole "chicken venture".
I look forward to hearing from all of you...whether it be chicken advice...welcome to the neighborhood...or much needed friendship...something all of us could use more of!!!
Thank you so much...I look forward to meeting all of you!!!
~Leslynn
So begins a new chapter in our lives....one of simple living...lifelong friends...community involvement...and enjoying this beautiful country in which we live!
By joining this forum, I hope to meet people with my same interests, people that can offer advice, words of wisdom, and perhaps a chuckle or two about our chicken exploits! I currenly have 2 hens, Buff Cochins. Like I said, we literally just started! We've only been here a couple of months and we're trying to get settled. I want to get more chickens, but I need to find a Chicken coop/hen house...something really, REALLY cute!!! I thougth this would be the perfect forum to meet people, make friends, maybe find someone who would be willing to mentor me thru this whole "chicken venture".
I look forward to hearing from all of you...whether it be chicken advice...welcome to the neighborhood...or much needed friendship...something all of us could use more of!!!
Thank you so much...I look forward to meeting all of you!!!
~Leslynn
