Stella's Social Club

[The Sheriff]

I gave some melon (sort of like cantaloupe) to the chickens tonight. Both of the broodies were standing in their nest box with their wings out becuase it was so hot. Luka still has three eggs to go but she stood quite awhile. Anyway I felt to bad for Lukka and DeeDee that I put a small piece of melon in for each of them. They were eating so fast their heads looked like woodpeckers.

I finished giving some to the goats and emus and walked passed the coop again. I was horrified to see the babies chowing down on melon! OMG! I hope they will be ok. The broodies were encouraging them! Thoughts?

 

[gryeyes]

Mary, my broody moms have encouraged chicks as young as three days old (right out of the nest) to eat watermelon and cantaloupe, so a couple days younger really shouldn't matter. Oh, and corn on the cob, too!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Mary, my broody moms have encouraged chicks as young as three days old (right out of the nest) to eat watermelon and cantaloupe, so a couple days younger really shouldn't matter. Oh, and corn on the cob, too!

mmm now just need the steak

 

[gryeyes]

I have just gotten home from signing the real estate offer paperwork for a different piece of property. This parcel is 8.28 acres and has been on the market well over a year. I have driven by this place on occasion in the normal course of travels around the area, and always admired the wrought iron fence & gate, but I wasn't looking for property then. I've also seen a Black Australorp ranging freely in the driveway of the property on the other side of the road.

Today the broker and I heard a rooster nearby whilst we checked out the property. . She went back to her office to get the offer paperwork ready to sign tonight.

My contractor friend happened to call me a bit after the broker and I separated; I invited him to meet me at the prospective new Chicken Farm for a good, long walk-around. After all, he will be building the coop and doing other projects for me. So, now, he already knows what repairs need to be made on the shed and one room cabin and its attached deck. The coop and run comes first, though.

We discovered evidence of a long gone, possible marijuana grow way off on the other side of the currently dry stream bed. The broken sections of white PVC pipe and valves obviously once connected to the well led us to it. Dunno if the grow site was still on the same piece of property or an adjacent parcel, as we do need to have the parcel corners clearly identified.

The sellers are "motivated." I am trying not to get too excited. I like this location, the property and the situation much better than the one which fell through at the beginning of this week.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I think they will be fine. Melons are soft, mostly water, and break down easily.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

I have just gotten home from signing the real estate offer paperwork for a different piece of property. This parcel is 8.28 acres and has been on the market well over a year. I have driven by this place on occasion in the normal course of travels around the area, and always admired the wrought iron fence & gate, but I wasn't looking for property then. I've also seen a Black Australorp ranging freely in the driveway of the property on the other side of the road.

Today the broker and I heard a rooster nearby whilst we checked out the property.

. She went back to her office to get the offer paperwork ready to sign tonight.

My contractor friend happened to call me a bit after the broker and I separated; I invited him to meet me at the prospective new Chicken Farm for a good, long walk-around. After all, he will be building the coop and doing other projects for me. So, now, he already knows what repairs need to be made on the shed and one room cabin and its attached deck. The coop and run comes first, though.

We discovered evidence of a long gone, possible marijuana grow way off on the other side of the currently dry stream bed. The broken sections of white PVC pipe and valves obviously once connected to the well led us to it. Dunno if the grow site was still on the same piece of property or an adjacent parcel, as we do need to have the parcel corners clearly identified.

The sellers are "motivated." I am trying not to get too excited. I like this location, the property and the situation much better than the one which fell through at the beginning of this week.

Ugh, sorry the other place fell through. We, too, have found ourselves unexpectedly looking for a new place- turns out we are not just outside city limits as we were told when we bought the house- but across the street is!

So we have code enforcement breathing down our necks for selling chickens (we have 2-3 people per WEEK come to get chicks) or more specifically for using a residentially zoned lot for commercial purposes. It's ridiculous. But we've been itching for more property for a while (we have 2/3 acre which is a double lot for the neighborhood) and so tomorrow we head out to look at houses with a Realtor friend of mine. We have a 3 month stay from the city to "fix" the situation. Apparently the city has gotten a complaint that our chickens are stinky (which they are not) and noisy (but there are other roosters in the neighborhood- we can hear them) in addition to the traffic complaint. Yuck!

 

[gryeyes]

Ugh, sorry the other place fell through.  We, too, have found ourselves unexpectedly looking for a new place- turns out we are not just outside city limits as we were told when we bought the house- but across the street is!    So we have code enforcement breathing down our necks for selling chickens (we have 2-3 people per WEEK come to get chicks) or more specifically for using a residentially zoned lot for commercial purposes.  It's ridiculous.  But we've been itching for more property for a while (we have 2/3 acre which is a double lot for the neighborhood) and so tomorrow we head out to look at houses with a Realtor friend of mine.  We have a 3 month stay from the city to "fix" the situation.  Apparently the city has gotten a complaint that our chickens are stinky (which they are not) and noisy (but there are other roosters in the neighborhood- we can hear them) in addition to the traffic complaint.  Yuck!

Yah, it sucks, doesn't it?!?! I wish you luck and a short escrow!

 

[The Sheriff]

When one door closes, another opens Linda! Good luck. Rinda, sorry you are going through all that. Check zoning on anything you look at and get the animal regulations in writing! DO NOT BELIVE YOUR REAL ESTATE AGENT. They don't always know.

Thanks for the works of encouragement on the melon.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

When one door closes, another opens Linda! Good luck. Rinda, sorry you are going through all that. Check zoning on anything you look at and get the animal regulations in writing! DO NOT BELIVE YOUR REAL ESTATE AGENT. They don't always know.

AMEN.

 

[1muttsfan]

Rinda, that is too bad!

Linda, sorry the other place did not work out, but if you found something even better than that I hope it goes through for you.

One of the broody mama silkies was offering her new-hatched babies a great big long night crawler - if you bunched it up it was probably just as big as the chick