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Oh, I was snickering too, trust me. I have worked with plenty of people over the years with -shall we say - colloquial speech mannerisms (some of which I borrow when a moment calls for it).
I brought one of my flock Silkie mixes inside today, to reside in a cage with its own feed and water. It's been terribly bullied and possibly forcibly mated so that it's not too strong on its legs. "Beep" has been able to make it in and out of the coop each day, has a favorite cover spot to rest, but when a pullet' pecked it in he head today right in front of me when it was trying to drink fresh water, I decided enough was enough. Beep isn't too sure about being caged, but that's the way it's gonna be until it gains some weight and the weather is cooler. Beep may be a cockerel, too young to tell yet. Surely too far down the pecking order to have anything to crow about, anyway.
Escrow closes two weeks from today. The seller removed the wrought iron gate on Saturday, tying a rope across the entrance in its place. Yup, a rope. I bought a heavy duty chain and two locks to secure the opening; my real estate broker has a set of the keys in case somebody needs access before I actually own the property.
The seller had told my broker he wanted to take the gate "when escrow closed" (probably to pay some workers with that money) but she simply told him, "When escrow closes, that gate is hers. Either take it, or leave it but do it soon. Be sure to chain the opening to prevent unauthorized vehicular access to the property."
The agent listing the property had been out of town all weekend and called my broker today to report she'd driven by the property to see the gate was gone, replaced with a "very nice" metal chain. Leedy told her the actual situation.
I might have overdone it lately, because today has been a fibro day. At least I got a lot of stuff cleared out of the DVR between naps....
Chicka, I guess only us Alabama belles thought that was funny..... maybe everyone else thought I really said it that way and were being polite!
Oh, I was snickering too, trust me. I have worked with plenty of people over the years with -shall we say - colloquial speech mannerisms (some of which I borrow when a moment calls for it).
I brought one of my flock Silkie mixes inside today, to reside in a cage with its own feed and water. It's been terribly bullied and possibly forcibly mated so that it's not too strong on its legs. "Beep" has been able to make it in and out of the coop each day, has a favorite cover spot to rest, but when a pullet' pecked it in he head today right in front of me when it was trying to drink fresh water, I decided enough was enough. Beep isn't too sure about being caged, but that's the way it's gonna be until it gains some weight and the weather is cooler. Beep may be a cockerel, too young to tell yet. Surely too far down the pecking order to have anything to crow about, anyway.
Escrow closes two weeks from today. The seller removed the wrought iron gate on Saturday, tying a rope across the entrance in its place. Yup, a rope. I bought a heavy duty chain and two locks to secure the opening; my real estate broker has a set of the keys in case somebody needs access before I actually own the property.
The seller had told my broker he wanted to take the gate "when escrow closed" (probably to pay some workers with that money) but she simply told him, "When escrow closes, that gate is hers. Either take it, or leave it but do it soon. Be sure to chain the opening to prevent unauthorized vehicular access to the property."
The agent listing the property had been out of town all weekend and called my broker today to report she'd driven by the property to see the gate was gone, replaced with a "very nice" metal chain. Leedy told her the actual situation.
I might have overdone it lately, because today has been a fibro day. At least I got a lot of stuff cleared out of the DVR between naps....
Chirp
Carl and the senior hens will stay here but everybody else will move. Well, the non-roosting silkies might stay here, too. I gave a copy of Building Chicken Coops for Dummies to John the contractor today, letting him know he just needed to see the Walk-In Coop chapter. We will be using that one as a general template for coop(s). I plan on getting serious about egg sales, and maybe even a little actual breeding of real chicken breeds. I have some very nice Orps and Speckled Sussex youngsters from the Easter Hatch. The LONG term plan may be to move there in a few years, selling this property. Or not.
