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[Hangtown Farms]

I have never had chicken and waffles but it sounds yummy.

 

[1muttsfan]

Linda that is great!! Pictures?

 

[debs_flock]

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Yes, when you take a bite and the taste is totally unexpected, you want to just spit it out on the assumption something is seriously wrong. Where if you knew what was coming, it might have been fine!

 

[gryeyes]

Linda that is great!! Pictures?

No pictures yet; I had been considering a much smaller piece of property - scoped it out myself - and had my real estate broker go with me a second time to get her professional input. She saw why I loved it, but on our way back to my place, she mentioned some property she knew was coming up for sale really soon. Would I be interested in seeing it or did I want to just make an offer on the one we'd seen? She thought the price would be very close and maybe even a tad less..... First property is 1.98 acres with a fixer, on a pretty major route of travel, but with a year round creek. Legal for poultry, but close neighbors. Second property is ten rural acres with a seasonal creek, and an habitable single-wide manufactured home on it. Yeah, a trailer. She made the appointment, we looked at it, and I REALLY liked the privacy and the zoning. Agricultural residential amongst several other ranch properties where all sorts of critters are raised: we drove past sheep, goats, cattle, several horse properties, and saw an Egg Sales bench at one intersection. Whoot! The elderly owners and their family members have collected a variety of things long unused. One nephew is living in a camper; long extension cords provide his power. They planned on holding off listing the property for ninety days, to remove the excess crap. I am going to offer less than their planned list price, but no property clean up, and I will cover the well and septic inspections. My broker thinks it will fly. My contractor does work for the real estate office and does property clean up for them all the time; he would also be able to tell which items would be useful to keep for the Projects I would most likely want him to handle. In our speculative visit (she didn't know if I would be interested as the properties are so different) we saw rolls and rolls of weed-covered fencing, a large stack of tin siding or roof material, three usuable out-buildings, and THREE campers. But there are mature stands of live oak, Ponderosa pine, some large cedars and a small grove of young cedar trees, plus a huge fruiting elderberry tree. Oh, and the owner told me the "mule" (four wheeled thing with a detachable trailer) stays there for the new owner. Five times the land - they aren't making any more land nowadays, y'know - for the same price. Let me think on that.... When can you write up the offer??!?! We will walk the entire property when we discuss details and I'll take lots of pictures then. It is 2.5 miles from where I currently live. Oh, and I am not selling this place - I may not even move for some time. I absolutely HATE moving and I love this house. MY plan is to move roosters first, after suitable coop and run arrangements are completed. Bachelor quarters where nobody can say a THING about it.

 

[speckledhen]

Linda, that sounds perfect for you. Best of luck with it!

 

[debs_flock]

Linda, that sounds ideal.

I'm only on 5 acres, but I LOVE my Ag zoning. I currently have very friendly neighbors, but you never know who might move into the area. And my neighborhood butts up to the now infamous San Stino project.

 

[debs_flock]

The State Fair news crew filmed events. They had asked if they could interview me, I told them I was only the clerk and they should interview the judge. I was standing in the background doing my best to be a good clerk (out of the way and unobtrusive, only speak to the judge to set up their classes, etc). All of a sudden it dawned on me I was actually in the shot, LOL


Anyway, for those of you interested in the art of poultry judging. A beginner's guide

 

[Happy Chooks]

Linda, that sounds perfect for you. Best of luck with it!

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I'm only on 5 acres, but I LOVE my Ag zoning.

Me too. We are on 5 acres and zoned Ag.

 

[gryeyes]

So I know I'm gonna be picking the brains of all y'all who keep emu.

Just sayin'.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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