Where the magic happens

[Parson's Wife]

I too am a fan of older homes. I came by it honestly. I grew up in a home that used to be a stage coach stop, well over 130 years old. Well, it would have been....when my parents sold the farm, the couple who bought it, burnt it down a couple of years later...accident...power went off in an ice storm, and their little attempt at warmth burnt it down. My parents were forever remodeling. My grandparents lived in a beautiful older home...built in early 1900's (1909 I'm pretty sure). My aunt & uncle live in it now. It's a showplace. I have so many wonderful memories of both those homes. "Restore America...don't tear it down...fix it up!"

 

[love-my-wolves]

Wish I could find an old home, I love them too, but since we are financing with FHA, they have strict codes and most won't pass.

We will be moving in June or July to either Concord, NC or Winchester, VA. Seems we can't make up our minds!

Once we buy, then I will set up my bator!!! For now, my landlord says no.

 

[shmooborp]

MISSPRISSY! y arent u using ur home made bators??? did they not work?

 

[MissPrissy]

Yes, they work. I use them mostly for overflow. The breadbox holds 1 doz eggs. The potato will hold about 9 eggs. Goose eggs are huge and the turner only fits only in the hova. 16 goose eggs fill up a hovabator. They won't fit right in the wooden bator boxes. With the extra need for the very high humidity the wooden boxes would most like have started growing mold or worped. The hova was the better choice. The other bator had 44 eggs and the third is used as the hatcher.

 

[sara]

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My old house has very little insulation. We heat with coal, it's like 80 degrees in here in the winter. I have to open windows to cool it off.

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I call that character. New houses don't have any.

 

[wegotchickens]

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My old house has very little insulation. We heat with coal, it's like 80 degrees in here in the winter. I have to open windows to cool it off.

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I call that character. New houses don't have any.

Yeah. I wasn't trying to slam old houses. Just giving you what Mom tells me when I defend the farm house to HER. Funny thing though; She complains about it constantly, but when Daddy died and she could've torn it down, she DIDN'T. I was the only one who wanted her to stay there. My bro & sis both advocated tearing it down and building new in it's place. Instead, she put on a tin roof! Next is to re-do the plumbing again, since she'll go from sulfer well water to 'city' water within the next year.
DH and I went and helped her clean out the attic over the past few months. The farm house is really drafty, but DH is convincing her to blow the attic full of insulation.

 

[sara]

We got chickens~ I didn't think you were slamming them.

 

[TundraChick]

Ah Miss P

you bring back memories of a house we bought when my husband and I first married. It was a log home built in the 1860 with a brick 1900's addition. Had a wonderful 2 story summer kitchen. One day an older lady shows up at the front door. Said she grew up in the house and she come through and told us how it had changed over the years. It was a wonderful experience! Ah but the highway came through and was about 20 ft from the front door, when the babies started to come the road scared me and we moved. But I do miss that summer kitchen, I had tons of room to can and didn't have to haul everything thing up from the basement!

smiling at the memories

 

[MissPrissy]

I love my old house. It has a happiness to it when you walk in.

 

[living2ride]

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I see that you provide the eggs with home movies for their entertainment as well.