WHAT YA GOT SWAP Chat Thread

[sonew123]

You are more than welcome. Thanks for clearing that up.

Lol

 

[GableBabble]

and.... I've said it before... You're a nut.

Always )

 

[farmerChef]

If anyboby feels like doin' some baking this month, please come join the May bake swap. Its like the monthly egg swap where you sign up each month for a certain number of swaps.

The link is in my sig

 

[202roosterlane]

Well, and the "Days of our Lives" continue...... So you know how the neighbor called the Arkansas Poultry Commission on me and they came out and determined I was allowed to have chickens and that I was not running a LARGE chicken operation.

Well they came back out yesterday because the neighbor called the court house and said I was burning dead chickens and wood chips with chicken poop on it. So I asked him what was I suppose to do with the chips. He said to bury them or bag them up and send them out with the trash man. He also said he heard the Environmental protection agency was asked to come out too. He was real nice and said we had nothing to worry about. He said 95% of his ride out/complaints are neighbor squabbles.

So after that visit, I went to the court house and went to the county Judges office. They said I was allowed chickens. They admitted they got an anonymous call about the burn pile. So I said how many chickens am I allowed, Can I have goats, turkey, peacocks? They said yes, yes, yes, and as many as I want. SOOOO, I left the court house and bought a second turkey. Bahahahaha

Well he was right, the EPA came out today and looked at me chickens. He loved them and then he looked at my burn pile. He even took a picture of it. He gave us some paperwork that said no burning anything that did not grow on or property. Trees, leaves, grass. No boxes, paper, wood chips. OKAY, I am good with that. So he said he had no problem with anything he saw and even commented that I have the cleanest backyard chicken operation he has seen in a long time. He too agreed for me to bag up my wood chip litter and have the garbage man put it in the county dump. He did say I could compost it but it had to maintain a certain temp and I had to make sure the flies did not get out of hand. WHAT????
THAT IS NOT HAPPENING? LOL I will stick to bagging it.


So after 2 visits from the Arkansas Poultry Commission, 1 visit from the EPA and a thumbs up from the County Judges office and the Sheriff, I feel like I may need a few more new coops after all. I do think it is a shame it has come to this. They did say that the has the right to call and complain every day. But that they learn who the repetitive complainers are.

So tonight I am burning some chickens. lol on the Barbecue grill.....Yummmm You know to be the town Optometrist, they are going to ruin their reputation with the local sheriff's off, County Judge's office, EPA and Arkansas Poultry Commission. I am scheduled for the NPIP course and my chickens are due for testing soon. Soon as they all become 4 months old... Ahhhhhh the joys and drama chickens have brought to my life....I think they will all get meal worms for being so good!

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[BHep]

Pauletta

I AM SO HAPPY THAT ALL TURNED OUT ALRIGHT FOR YOU !
Congrats on the newest Turkey poult.

So...if you really want to aggravate the neighbor, I could send you Guinea eggs.

 

[GableBabble]

Pauletta! Awesome news chickie! I think you should take Beth up on her offer of Guinea's! lmao they will not know what to think. Or what hit them

 

[coldupnorth]

He may be the town Optometrist, but you have a better reputation of being an optomist and possessing GPA (Great Positive Attitude). Get those chickies some mealworm, sit down to BBQ Chicken and a beverage. Plant some more "Smoke" trees and the neighbor will think you are burning....

*What a headache, but I'm glad that the authorities are seeing at your eye level.

*Beth's idea about Guineas is great too. Sure you don't want to take in the town's homeless roosters? Maybe you could set up a homeless charity

 

[sonew123]

You rock Pauletta! Congrats!!

 

[BHep]

I am going to be nosey.... exactly (or approx) how many chickens do you have?

Just to be fair..... I have 205 chickens...........
4 Peacocks, 12 Guineas, 19 ish ducks, 4 ish Pheasants, 6 Quail, 4 Geese, a bunch of Pigeons ( I say "ish" because I have babies too)
1 horse, 3 rabbits, 2 turtle, fish, inside birds (9, I think) , 12 dogs & 6 cats.
That does NOT include any chicks. I bet I have 100ish in the house right now !!!!
And 5 kids !!

NOW ............. I CAN GIVE THAT MAN SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT !!!!!!!!

 

[crossgirl]

Beth, HOLY CRAP!!! Y ou're my hero! My BF wants to know how long ago your husband left.....

Pauletta, glad it all worked out. You know though, you can most probably have ceremonial burns if you really want to burn chickens!