Texas

[Kiki]

I haven't been on here to update in a while, but I have some good news and bad news. I will start with the bad so the good news can brighten it up haha. My doctors are 90% sure I have endomitriosis, and the pain is so bad at times all I can do is lay in the fetal position and try not to scream. So I am trying to find ways to deal with the pain, as well as trying to give myself the realization that I may never have kids thanks to it. It makes it difficult to work sometimes since grooming is a physically demanding job, and I am the only one in my department, it can get frustrating to everyone when I have to call in. On the good news, my husband and I now are the proud owners of 1 acre, and a 3 bedroom, 2 bath mobile home! It needs work, but it is ours! The house will be getting moved to the property as soon as it dries up a bit. We have already picked out paint colors haha. There are a few places where the drywall needs to be replaced, but it is not a big deal since the roof is not leaking any longer, and we can do that one piece at a time. We also want to redo the flooring, at least in the kitchen and bathrooms. I would really like to pull up the carpet, but my husband wants to leave it for now haha. We also will have to figure out how to install window units in some of the rooms, since we cant afford a central unit. We will also be turning the central ac/heat closet into a pantry since we won't be using it haha. Super excited. It will still be a while before I am able to get back into chickens again, but I hope not too long. I plan to build a 12' by 40' building for my poultry that will have 8 4' by 8' coops , and two storage rooms. There will be one coop for turkey, one for muscovy ducks, then six for different breeds of chickens. I also plan to convert an old camper trailer into another coop for a large layer flock. I cannot wait.

Sorry to hear about your pain.. I hope you can get it under control asap and CONGRATS on your new purchase! How exciting!

 

[TexasLisa]

Lisa are you staying away from the Brazos Lake? My best friend is of off 359 and she swimming!

Good Morning Kiki! I am south of Fulshear and out of danger. For now we are sticking to 59 to get anywhere. Back roads are being closed right and left. Ken works in Stafford and has to travel 59 to get home. I just want him on this side of the Brazos tonight!

 

[Kiki]

Good Morning Kiki! I am south of Fulshear and out of danger. For now we are sticking to 59 to get anywhere. Back roads are being closed right and left. Ken works in Stafford and has to travel 59 to get home. I just want him on this side of the Brazos tonight!

That's good.

My brother is in Greatwood and he thinks he is safe with that big high hill next to the river.....I'm hoping he is right!

 

[ShadowsFIAL]

Shadow, I am so sorry for the pain you are having. My sister-in-law has the same thing. You are in my prayers.

On the happy news, CONGRATS!! That is exciting. A neighbor down the road moved in a mobile home. He took the siding off and bricked it and then put a metal roof on it. What a difference it makes. I think it will last longer. He did the work himself. We would drive by and wonder what in the world is he doing.

Sorry to hear about your pain.. I hope you can get it under control asap and CONGRATS on your new purchase! How exciting!

Thank you both! I can't wait. I am so ready to be done with renting and bad neighbors who let their dog run everywhere and bite me and I can't do anything about it. At least out there I can fire a shot without care, or let me dogs do what they have been wanting to. So tired of this little ankle biter! Also ready to have chickens again so bad! And I have cow neighbors! Haha

 

[TexasLisa]

Shadow, cows are good! We are blessed to have them on 3 sides of us. Good for the chickens too!! Are you sure you can't get a couple of chickens now???? Good stress therapy. (Yes, I am an enabler)

 

[Kiki]

Shadow, cows are good! We are blessed to have them on 3 sides of us. Good for the chickens too!! Are you sure you can't get a couple of chickens now???? Good stress therapy. (Yes, I am an enabler)

Lisa, what kind do you have?
Chickens that is!

 

[TexasLisa]

I don't have cows (yet). I have 3 Easter Eggers (one is a rooster), 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Australorps. Recently I had chicks hatched. One is an Easter Egger, the other 3 I believe are Easter Eggers/Sussex.

What are you raising Kiki?

 

[Kiki]

I don't have cows (yet). I have 3 Easter Eggers (one is a rooster), 3 Speckled Sussex, 3 Australorps. Recently I had chicks hatched. One is an Easter Egger, the other 3 I believe are Easter Eggers/Sussex.

What are you raising Kiki?

I'm not really sure yet! lol
I'm a newbie. I was suppose to order exactly what I wanted but instead when I went to buy my horses feed two weeks ago I picked up 8 chicks at the feed store.
I'm being told that I may have 4 California Whites, 3 Barred Rocks or Cuckoo Marans and one EE!

I have upload a few pics on my profile if you want to give me your input! THX

 

[TexasLisa]

Kiki, I will leave the breeds of your chickens up to the experts.

 

[ShadowsFIAL]

Shadow, cows are good! We are blessed to have them on 3 sides of us. Good for the chickens too!! Are you sure you can't get a couple of chickens now???? Good stress therapy. (Yes, I am an enabler)

I wish I could have some! I have three quail instead haha. But I have big plans for my property.

There is a 36'x32' Layer chicken yard with a layer coop built out of a recycled camper. An area for a pool, then a 8'x16' pigeon aviary, a 12'x16' patio, and a 4'x16' pond next to it all in the back yard.
Now 20' in front of the house is where all the pens, shop, kennels, coops, barn and garden are.
There will be a 20'x40' car and tool shop for clay, with a 12' wide carport extension from the shop, next to that is the 56'x32' garden. Now behind the garden and shop we have quail and rabbit pens. There will be 12 pens that are 12'x16', these are the doe pens, they will house a pair of does and their kits till they are sold or old enough to butcher. There will be 6 buck pens that are 8'x12' to house a single buck. As for the quail pens there will be 6 that are 4'x8' and 9 that are 8'x8'. The smaller pens are for special breeds that need to be kept on pairs or trios, while the larger are for growing to butcher/sale and for coturnix quail colonies.
Across from these is the poultry house, and the dog kennels. There are two storage rooms in the poultry co-op that are 4'x8', one is for supply storage, and the other is for a brooder and incubator room. There are 8 coops, all 4'x8' in size. Each one contains a different breed of chicken, and two are used for turkeys and ducks. The chickens have runs that will be 32'x8', while the turkeys and ducks will have a run that is 32'x16'. The dog kennels are in their own little building that connects to the back yard. There are a total of 9 kennels. 4 are for female dogs that will be getting bred and are larger, they will be 8'x12'. 5 kennels are 8'x8' and these will be for stud dogs or boarders if I need to watch anyone's dogs or do some fostering. There is also a bathing area/storage area that is 8'x12'.
Last but not least is the sheep and goat barn, it will be 28'x40', with a 12'x24' storage area for hay, feed, and other misc for the goats, sheep, quail, and rabbits. The other space in the barn is for the goats and sheep, it will have two doors that lead to two separate pastures, each being 138'x65', so that we can rotate pastures to give the grass a rest.