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superchemicalgirl said:
The guineas did not want their butts inspected this morning but thankfully all were on the roost. I found one that had some gross feathers under the bottom (like the bottom leaked) - but everyones vents looked fine. I'm going to chalk this up to guinea-weirdness and stop inspecting guinea-heinies. For now.
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I'm sure it's a relief to be able to get your mind off bird butts.
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Scooted out first thing to let the chickens out of the new coop. These birds had been in 3 different cages before and are still getting themselves sorted; I figured I'd better give them some space or there might be bloodshed. I had to catch them all and put them in last night - it may take them a while to get used to this new arrangement.
 
scottcaddy said:
But, My Dear Diva, We are having an early Spring!
It's 71* outside now and should be the 3rd day in a row in the 80's.
That's spring to me!
love-ya-much
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Scott
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That is true for us also. The last storm was huge for us and now we have clearing and temps going into the 70s.

Sadly, Southern CA did not get rain from El Nino like we did up north. The are still below normal for rain fall.
 
Temps have been in the mid to upper 70's here. and no rain in sight. I have been planting. I turned one of my kiddie pools into a strawberry bed. Dh put it up on 3 pallets for me. I bought the wrong hose end or I would have had my drip system put in by now. I hope to get it done by this weekend at least.

I have some veggies and and a cantaloupe in this bed.
 
Friends of ours (husband and wife) recently bought 40 acres near the Orlando Florida area. I was drooling. They know Dh, and I are wanting to get some property. She commented that they would have preferred it, if it had some trees on it. There is not even 1 tree on the entire 40 acres. That fact slowed down my drooling some. Ok, not a big deal. Dig a pond or two (depending on how they divide up the pasture), plant a stand, or two of water oaks nearby, and within a few years they will have some decent shade trees. They've subsequently been out to the property a few times, done some planning, and spoken to a couple nearby neighbors. It would seem that their neighbors have tried digging ponds. Apparently the land is high enough, and the soil so sandy, they ended up with 8 foot deep sand pits, so they're not expecting to fare any better than their neighbors in digging a pond. When they got the property, they had been verbally informed there was no HOA, and only the deed restrictions were the ones applied by the county, but they were awaiting approval on the HOA. The HOA was simply to safeguard the current property owners to keep it as an agricultural community, which would prevent the larger parcel owners from selling to a housing, or apartment developer. Well, they got their copy of the new HOA deed restrictions.

It's not an agriculture community, but an equestrian community. They must build an enclosed main barn with no less than 4 stalls. No pole barns allowed, not even for shade out in the pasture areas, even if there is a main enclosed barn. It's 96+ degrees out during the daytime, for at least 7 months out of the year, cooling off to about 90 degrees at night, but they aren't allowed to put a pole barn in the pasture to shade the livestock tanks (yeah, water gets very warm in the direct sunlight at those temps.) to cool the water, and give relief to the animals? Remember, there isn't a tree on this property to provide any shade. Do they expect them to keep the animals in the barn all the time? If all buildings have to be enclosed, what about chicken coops, and runs? Nope, no chicken coops, and runs allowed. Well, what about their pet pig? She wasn't sure, but felt that she could get away with having their pet pig, since it's on 40 acres, they're not close to anyone else, and it doesn't bother anyone. When they returned from their visit to their property yesterday, there was concern. It seems that they've started building walls between the access roads, and will be putting in gates. It's now in the process of becoming a gated equestrian community. I'm not drooling anymore. Nope, not one bit of drool.
 
HOA's are and always had been a nightmare! She should have gotten the seller to put all that she said in writing so she could sue and get her money back! Oh what a head ache for your poor friend! She could still list the property for sale and off load it quickly. Or get a good lawyer. J/S
 

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