Texas

[hensfortherapy]

My girls finishing off last night's scraps from a family Christmas celebration.
This is all the winter I need. Temps in the 50s, no wind
only an occasional light breeze

 

[hensfortherapy]

Well the post office got no live animals in today. Praying for tomorrow...

I'll say a prayer for you.

 

[orumpoultry]

Hens, how do you keep that white hen so white?!! My "white" Bantam roo stays yellow.

 

[Baymule]

Well the post office got no live animals in today. Praying for tomorrow...

I hope they come in tomorrow.

I haven't posted here in awhile. We bought a doublewide on 8 acres just north of Tyler and it took forever to get it closed. Halfway through, vandals broke in, stole the AC,

heating unit,

breakers,

copper wire and did

$$$$ damage. It was a HUD foreclosure, the price was right, so even with having to cough up the dollars to redo everything and replace the stolen units, we were still way below market value. Was so glad to get it done. Very high stress!!

Then we had to get contractor to replace everything and that took some time.

Everything we have done has taken soooo long.

Ordered a carport and that took almost 3 months.

Painted the inside and that turned into a fiasco.

Took 3 weekends to cover with plastic and tape everything off, another weekend to spray it down with Kilz. Then the paint fish eyed and ran down the wall.

Wasted weekend. The next weekend we took it back. Bought paint at Sherwin Williams, started painting the following week and it alligatored.

I did not want a crackle finish! Sherwin Williams manager actually came to my house, but we determined it was due to unknown causes. He still gave me a free 5 gallon bucket of paint for a second coat!

At least the 2nd coat worked. just took three times as long.........

Now we have started on laying the floor. I bought unfinished white knotty pine tongue and groove boards. Have done most of the master bedroom. Going up for a few days after Christmas to do some more. When all laid, I'll whitewash the floor, then 3 coats of polyurethane. It will take longer than prefinished, but I think it will look real good. Then will have to lay tile in the bathrooms......

Still haven't built fence for horses or even a temporary coop for the chickens....... did hang a gate across the driveway though.

We sold our land we had here and have a buyer for our house. At least something is going right. I am glad we are not in a hurry to get this done, cause we'd just be SOL.

 

[bnjrob]

I hope they come in tomorrow.

I haven't posted here in awhile. We bought a doublewide on 8 acres just north of Tyler and it took forever to get it closed. Halfway through, vandals broke in, stole the AC,

heating unit,

breakers,

copper wire and did

$$$$ damage. It was a HUD foreclosure, the price was right, so even with having to cough up the dollars to redo everything and replace the stolen units, we were still way below market value. Was so glad to get it done. Very high stress!!

Then we had to get contractor to replace everything and that took some time.

Everything we have done has taken soooo long.

Ordered a carport and that took almost 3 months.

Painted the inside and that turned into a fiasco.

Took 3 weekends to cover with plastic and tape everything off, another weekend to spray it down with Kilz. Then the paint fish eyed and ran down the wall.

Wasted weekend. The next weekend we took it back. Bought paint at Sherwin Williams, started painting the following week and it alligatored.

I did not want a crackle finish! Sherwin Williams manager actually came to my house, but we determined it was due to unknown causes. He still gave me a free 5 gallon bucket of paint for a second coat!

At least the 2nd coat worked. just took three times as long.........

Now we have started on laying the floor. I bought unfinished white knotty pine tongue and groove boards. Have done most of the master bedroom. Going up for a few days after Christmas to do some more. When all laid, I'll whitewash the floor, then 3 coats of polyurethane. It will take longer than prefinished, but I think it will look real good. Then will have to lay tile in the bathrooms......

Still haven't built fence for horses or even a temporary coop for the chickens....... did hang a gate across the driveway though.

We sold our land we had here and have a buyer for our house. At least something is going right. I am glad we are not in a hurry to get this done, cause we'd just be SOL.

Ugh! Glad things are starting to get a little better. Our house is a fixer upper that was a HUD foreclosure also - I feel your pain. Your floor sounds like it is going to be great.

 

[orumpoultry]

Dana that sounds like way to much work!!! Where are y'all moving to? Hope everything gets done soon for y'all.

 

[orumpoultry]

Wait. I'm dumb. Just saw it... To Tyler. Ignore last post.

 

[needlessjunk]

I hope they come in tomorrow.

I haven't posted here in awhile. We bought a doublewide on 8 acres just north of Tyler and it took forever to get it closed. Halfway through, vandals broke in, stole the AC,  heating unit,  breakers,  copper wire and did  $$$$ damage. It was a HUD foreclosure, the price was right, so even with having to cough up the dollars to redo everything and replace the stolen units, we were still way below market value. Was so glad to get it done. Very high stress!!  Then we had to get contractor to replace everything and that took some time.

Everything we have done has taken soooo long. :/  Ordered a carport and that took almost 3 months.  Painted the inside and that turned into a fiasco.  Took 3 weekends to cover with plastic and tape everything off, another weekend to spray it down with Kilz. Then the paint fish eyed and ran down the wall. Wasted weekend. The next weekend we took it back. Bought paint at Sherwin Williams, started painting the following week and it alligatored.  I did not want a crackle finish! Sherwin Williams manager actually came to my house, but we determined it was due to unknown causes. He still gave me a free 5 gallon bucket of paint for a second coat! At least the 2nd coat worked. just took three times as long.........

Now we have started on laying the floor. I bought unfinished white knotty pine tongue and groove boards. Have done most of the master bedroom. Going up for a few days after Christmas to do some more. When all laid, I'll whitewash the floor, then 3 coats of polyurethane. It will take longer than prefinished, but I think it will look real good. Then will have to lay tile in the bathrooms......

Still haven't built fence for horses or even a temporary coop for the chickens....... did hang a gate across the driveway though.

We sold our land we had here and have a buyer for our house. At least something is going right. I am glad we are not in a hurry to get this done, cause we'd just be SOL.  

Sounds like a nightmare! I'm sure it will be worth it when it's all done.

 

[Baymule]

It will all be worth it in the end. Our DD, DSIL, grand daughter and grand daughter due in February live there and we will be only 7 miles from them instead of 160! So it will be a good move for us, just lots of work to be done. I want the house done BEFORE we move in, have already done the work-on-it-live-there thing and don't want to do that again. Besides, once I get there, the house will suffer because all I want to do is go play OUTSIDE! I call it our imitation farmhouse pseudo doublewide.

Orumpoultry, did your chicks come in today?

My first chicken coops will be hoop coops. I'll set them up in the garden area (sandy soil) and let them fertilize for me! Stuff coop with leaves, let hens scratch to bits, poop all over them, move coop forward, rinse, repeat. Hope fully I can get chicks in the spring. I want Delawares. Then I can get a RIR roo and make my own Red Stars. I have 5 Red Stars now and they are so sweet, lay good, nice big brown eggs.

 

[orumpoultry]

They did!!! We've been busy with Christmas stuff but I will post pictures as soon as I can. They were very nicely packaged and all kept nice and warm. Even had a heating pack in with them!!

I'm glad you'll be closer to your family. Y'all need that.

What kind of hoop coops? Will you be using PVC or cattle panels?