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framing fowl
On a mission
Hey SD! I'm not 100% on the Farsi, I guess it just is one of those things that is there.
We heard back from the banker and it's complicated. Basically, we qualify but it would mean rearranging things financially in such a way that after we were moved, we wouldn't be able to stay within our budget. This has been a huge disappointment. Unless a miracle were to happen, we will be here another year and a half.
It's been really tough emotionally this week because mentally, we'd already moved on and were counting days and house shopping and studying up. Now we've got to mentally buckle down again and make the best with what we have. No complaints but it's just tough to have worked so hard and be so close and still fall short.
So as of right now, in the midst of grieving and getting ready to pick up the pieces and go on with life, this is what we've come up with for the following year and a half... subject to change!
I'm getting another flock of chickens!!! I think we'll wait 'til the end of Feb. or into March and get some of last years hens. I'm not waiting on chicks. Then in the fall, we'll either sell them or butcher them as I don't want to overwinter another flock. We're ramping up garden plans and I've got the garden set up on the MEN trial program that lets you plot and graph everything. Should be ordering seeds later today.
AND what goes around, comes around. Someone dear to us who found out about our situation has donated the $ for the chickens and the new garden seeds!!!
We heard back from the banker and it's complicated. Basically, we qualify but it would mean rearranging things financially in such a way that after we were moved, we wouldn't be able to stay within our budget. This has been a huge disappointment. Unless a miracle were to happen, we will be here another year and a half.
It's been really tough emotionally this week because mentally, we'd already moved on and were counting days and house shopping and studying up. Now we've got to mentally buckle down again and make the best with what we have. No complaints but it's just tough to have worked so hard and be so close and still fall short.
So as of right now, in the midst of grieving and getting ready to pick up the pieces and go on with life, this is what we've come up with for the following year and a half... subject to change!
I'm getting another flock of chickens!!! I think we'll wait 'til the end of Feb. or into March and get some of last years hens. I'm not waiting on chicks. Then in the fall, we'll either sell them or butcher them as I don't want to overwinter another flock. We're ramping up garden plans and I've got the garden set up on the MEN trial program that lets you plot and graph everything. Should be ordering seeds later today.
AND what goes around, comes around. Someone dear to us who found out about our situation has donated the $ for the chickens and the new garden seeds!!!
This is great!! Any idea on breeds yet?
I'll probably get a couple from different sources so I can have a mixed flock. I just like all the different colors and shapes. I would love a couple astralorps, a couple of buffs, some EE's, something black and white, and I've always thought dorkings looked really cool but they're not common around here. 
