Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[bigmrg74]

chonsey, he's really handsome! What breed?
For Chickenstock, EE bantams, and Belgian d'Uccles for sure. Probably some white Chanteclers, maybe EE standard pullets, Barnvelder pullets, and then it just depends.
Those Toulose goslings sound interesting...
Mary

Might be interested in those standard EE pullets or the Barnvelders as well. I did kinda want blue egg layers this year. Probably means I'm going to have to do something with the trio of Black Sex links I have that are 4 years old now. Not sure how much laying they're doing anymore. Might need to set them up in the little coop for a while just to see.

 

[SillyChicken]

Thanks for posting the link Mutt... Chicken stock really is a fun time.

So as many of you know my dad past on in March. He was a bit of a collector, of lots of "stuff".. My mom has decided that she has to move out by the end of the year. Which means me and my brother have to scramble now to clean out all the "stuff" (there is LOTS of "stuff", a full basement and two barns full). We were hoping to build an outbuilding to put "stuff" in at our house, but, now I don't know what we're going to do. "Stuff" includes wood shop tools, lots of good wood, some unfinished antique furniture... old doors... he was a carpenter so he hated to toss out good "stuff"! Now with this decision, I am not sure if I can get away for CS this year, wish she would have given us more time. But she "didn't want to be a burden on us", though this decision has created an actual burden on us now where there wasn't one. GAH!!

Chonsey, beautiful roo. The red line just looks like part of the skin and blood supply for the feathers on his legs.

 

[aart]

There's no way around disposing of a deceased parents 'stuff'.....
....even if they are not 'savers of stuff', it's a hard job.
Brings back many memories of emptying out the big house after my dad was gone,
I had just bought a big house so lots of it came here
(and is still here-some useful some sentimental),
then increasingly smaller apartments as mom aged.
..and puts me in mind of the slow winnowing of my own house,
so my daughter has less of a job.
Too bad one can't just move the whole structure, lock stock and barrel.
Hang in there Silly.

 

[chickflick]

Silly, it sounds like you'd benefit from a day of carefree fun. I know it's a daunting job ahead, but you also need time to relax and let go. It's going to be very difficult to go through your dad's "stuff" A day to just unwind will be so welcome.
I still have so much of my mom's things that I don't know what to do with. She was quite a crafter and it's hard to let go of the handmade things that she so dearly loved.

 

[1muttsfan]

My sisters and I are meeting in a few weeks to go through my mom's stuff. After just finishing doing the same thing with my dad a few years ago. It's such a sad exercise (sigh)

 

[RaZ]

Hello everyone.
I've been away for a few days taking care of my Mom's estate. A day trip turned into 3 days of bureaucratic red tape. I was stuck in the city dealing with morons on an epic level. I just got home a little while ago. Thankfully I have good neighbors here who looked after my chickens and the house every day.

Silly, I'm so sorry to hear about your Dad. 1mutt, I feel for you and sisters for the task at hand. It's never an easy task.

The good news is that I'm supposed to close on my Mom's house next week. This sale has been the worst nightmare of my life. The bad news is that the title company wants my Mom to be present at the closing. Looks like I'll have to take her urn for the signing. Seriously. They want "proof" that she actually died. The death certificate isn't good enough for them. Nor is the other official paperwork already on file. Un-freaking-believable. I even have to bring my birth certificate to prove that I'm her son. At least I have the legal paperwork. Such nonsense!

 

[aart]

They want "proof" that she actually died. The death certificate isn't good enough for them. Nor is the other official paperwork already on file. Un-freaking-believable.

No Shit!
So sorry, RaZ.

 

[chickflick]

Wow! What bull $#!*, RaZ!
With it getting so cold out, I wanted to turn the furnace on to warm things up. Temps still dropping. Furnace on the fritz. House it not even 5 yrs old yet. Got a guy to come to look at it, but nothing can be done till Monday. Not even a fix yet, just checking into warranty. Hope temps outside hurry up and warm up.
It's miserable out there! Cold and raining.

 

[RaZ]

I guess I'll just have to take her to the closing.

 

[1muttsfan]

Sorry, Raz. But maybe she would want to be there.

Knowing I had to drive downstate I went over every piece of paperwork in advance with the Probate office over the phone. Talk about a bunch of paranoid, suspicious, unhelpful public employees. I got scolded for having too much paperwork when I did go in (they kindly allowed me to take back anything they did not need). They did, in the end, probate the will and appoint me executor (representative). Fortunately they did not ask to speak to Mom, as she did not want to be cremated, and it would have been a huge chore to dig her back up.

Title company sounds like Bozo and friends. Is there a state licensing board they could be reported to? Asking for the deceased to attend the proceedings sounds like callus insult on top of injury. We will be listing Mom's house soon - hope it goes better than that.