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Quack Addict said:
Explain your situation to the owner and offer to lease until such a time that your issues are settled with an agreement to pay their full asking price at that time.
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We went back and talked with her, and it's a very interesting situation, actually. It's a couple who is divorced, but still live together. No kids (at least not living with them) and they already got rid of their own livestock (last one was a horse who simply died of old age). She went through breast cancer several years ago (has a pink ribbon tattooed on the underside of her wrist), and that battle with cancer tore them apart. So they divorced. But when it was all said and done, and she was strong enough to move out, they were getting along just fine, so she stayed. But they sleep in separate rooms and date other people - even though they get along just fine. It's really weird.

Anyway, they are both ready to retire, and not even sure where they want to move. He's not even sure IF he wants to move yet, although he owns another house in Florida, about 50 miles east of Panama City. She's on the line, but pulling more to the "let's go" side of things. She suggested they just "put it on the market and see what happens" and he's slowly coming around to the idea. So in all actuality, they aren't ready to go yet, and haven't even put it up for sale. I did explain my situation, and how I really wanted that house because of the proximity to family, but also because of it's size and ability to hold livestock. She said by the time they are ready to go, it's very likely that I'll be done with the VA and the lawsuit. So if that's the case, I will probably get it after all.
 
A friend of ours is selling out. She's come to the conclusion she's too old to take care of her farm by herself. She has goats, chickens, geese, ducks, rabbits and miniature horses. She told us today everything is for sale. She has several very adorable Muscovie ducklings. We went there to look at the miniature horses but she wants to sell all four as a group and we just can't handle 4 more horses right now.
 
Just discovered Lola, the Hahn's Macaw, trying to chirp like a baby chick. She stays in the laundry room now, right by the back door, in the same room as the chicks. So she always hears them. But now she's trying to chirp like one!
 
Flowerbh said:
cute!
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Lol, so far. She doesn't sound exactly like them yet, but I can tell she's TRYING to mimic them. So it's cute at this stage. But parrots tend to keep practicing over and over until they sound exactly like whatever they are trying to mimic. So I'm worried that she'll learn how to sound exactly like a baby chick, and when they get moved outside, I'll keep going into the laundry room to look for the one that somehow got back in...


And I'm sure at that point, it's going to be really annoying, really fast. So I am enjoying it while it's still different!
 
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OMG! Where are you guys when I need you? I have spent two days cleaning out my coop. That STUFF is at least 8" deep! I have to say, this is the only time I regret having such a large coop! LOL. So tomorrow, I am buying a load of river sand....some will go in their sand box and the rest on the bottom of the coop. Then I will cover with new shavings. I will then be good to go for another year!
 
Flowerbh said:
OMG!  Where are you guys when I need you?  I have spent two days cleaning out my coop.  That STUFF is at least 8" deep!  I  have to say, this is the only time I regret having such a large coop!  LOL.  So tomorrow, I am buying a load of river sand....some will go in their sand box and the rest on the bottom of the coop.  Then I will cover with new shavings.  I will then be good to go for another year!
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Wow! Suddenly I'm glad my new pens will be mobile!

Got a veggie garden? I'm thinking fertilizer!
 
I have another question I hope someone can help me with the answer or where I need to look for the answer. We had the 6 - 16 week old chickens out semi-free ranging in the yard late yesterday and just before sundown I noticed that one of our two rooster's comb (not the alpha male) had purple tips. Now I know it's not frost bite living in GA at this time of the year so I looked it up and found a lot of other chicken owners say it could stress or illness. Could the fact that the alpha rooster trying to mate with the 4 hens be stressing out our other rooster or could he be sick? He is eating, drinking and foraging normally so I don't see any outward signs of illness. What do y'all think?
 

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