Michigan

[Hillbilly Hen]

ChicwannaB, please clean out your mailbox, I tried to PM you

Oh wow, I am hoping to get an incubator for Christmas.

 

[Carrie Lynn]

RaZ,
I am so sorry you have to rehome your flock!
Aren't you allowed to keep chickens? Are you very attached to them?
Darn neighbors...

Janice

 

[saddina]

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Hatching.

 

[RaZ]

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She wasn't just a neighbor, she was my best friend. Has been for 11 years since I moved here. That's what makes it so difficult to assess.
I always thought that relationships with people were the most important kind that you could ever have.
But when someone tells you that they resented you for reasons that they themself can't define, then it is time to move along.
So I'm getting rid of the flock, filling in the pond, cutting down the tree and getting the heck out of Dodge.
This is merely another divorce.

 

[ChicwannaB]

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Oh geez RaZ, I'm so sorry to hear that. Neighbors can be hard to live with, especially if you have animals. That's why I have always lived in the country with neighbors as far away as possible. Except where I live now. I have 5 acres, but it's deeper than it is wide. In the summer I can't see any houses because of the woods between us, there is a huge gravel pit across the road and I have a mile of woods behind my house, but I can hear my neighbors on the sides and they can hear my roosters. The good thing is they both are very much animal people, have dogs and love my chickens. I talked to them before I got my roosters and they were fine with it. In fact both neighbors take turns helping me if I need someone to "chicken sit" if I'm gone over night for any reason and they bring over kitchen scraps for them all the time. Of course they will both get free eggs when the chickens start laying. My totally ideal situation would be what Fife has. How I envy her, but she's right, it's hard to get help when you need it when you live that far out. Please keep us posted on the situation RaZ, we're all rooting for you.

Chickmate I should also add that the mailman does not come to our home----even in the summer. We walk 1 mile round trip to get our mail....sometimes in winter I ski to mailbox! We COULD use ATV or snowmobile however if we get too decripit There is NO perfect spot

ooooooo, sounds perfect to meeeeee. I love the boonies

 

[dianaross77]

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People SUCK! It's stuff like this and previous personal experiences that keep me from being friends with neighbors. I'm so sorry for all the trouble you're going through. I would love to live out in the middle of nowhere with no neighbors. There isn't enough privacy fencing in the world!

 

[Opa]

Today is going to be an exceptionally long day. I didn't get to smoke the chickens when I planned so today was the day. Up at 430 crossword puzzle worked, checked BYC, drank a couple of cups of coffee and by 7am all of the chickens were out of the brine, hung up, and drying. 8am all the birds were hanging in the smoker oven and being brought up to temperature. Then I discovered that the smoke box fan had burnt out and needed to be replaced. Finally got it up and running but it certainly delayed the process. I could boost the heat but I don't want to rush the slow cooking process. So now the internal temperature of the birds is 155 and rising slowly. When they reach 165, in approximately 2 hours, I will take them out, remove the mesh bag that they are cooked in, vacuum seal and place in the refrigerator (about a two hour job). Every time I go out the smell of the pecan wood smoke is incredible.

 

[Henny Penny04]

RaZ- Good luck with everything. Perhaps things will smooth over. Keep the hens, and keep yourself from getting bitter. Sorry your having trouble of the worst kind.

Everyone else- I hope you all get to Chickenstock, money or no, and leave with what you want, whether that be chickens, ducks, or new friends. I'll be there next year hopefully. For now, I'm taking the fam on a much needed camping trip. Talk to you all next week.

 

[babigyrl22]

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She wasn't just a neighbor, she was my best friend. Has been for 11 years since I moved here. That's what makes it so difficult to assess.
I always thought that relationships with people were the most important kind that you could ever have.
But when someone tells you that they resented you for reasons that they themself can't define, then it is time to move along.
So I'm getting rid of the flock, filling in the pond, cutting down the tree and getting the heck out of Dodge.
This is merely another divorce.

Ugh...so this really had nothing to do with ur flock.....

...yet u have to give up ur pets. That sucks.


I have a neighbor that I could see turning against me. I shower her with Lovercio, free eggs, and other free perk. I still would not be surrpr

 

[ChicwannaB]

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People SUCK! It's stuff like this and previous personal experiences that keep me from being friends with neighbors. I'm so sorry for all the trouble you're going through. I would love to live out in the middle of nowhere with no neighbors. There isn't enough privacy fencing in the world!

good one, after I made a BAD mistake I never again dated anybody I worked with.