NH Homesteader- turkeys!

[farmerjan]

Do your friends have a place for your current animals and some buildings/fences to enable you to move there somewhat easily? If you can take what you have/ or want to take, then I see it as a very good way to get acclimated to the area/weather/jobs/and be able to really "LOOK" at places without having to make a "quicker" choice.... Granted, a mobile home isn't perfect....but, it is a whole lot cheaper than buying, then moving then finding out that the place just isn't what/where you want or need to be. I honestly don't see a whole lot of negatives....but that is from a very limited information view.

I really like the idea of being able to live there for a bit and really get a feel for different areas; without having to pay some really high rent. Sure you would have to pay them a little something, or at the very least contribute to the expenses as well as "teach" them some sustainable self-sufficiency skills....But that is a whole lot cheaper than even finding a temp place to rent while you can check out things there in an up close and personal...nitty - gritty sort of way.

There are ways to set up temp quarters for some of the animals....and some may just need to go in the freezer for future meals and pare things down a bit. But I think not only are they being really generous and really good friends, but maybe they are feeling that they need to make some lifestyle changes. And who better to work alongside and learn from than friends. Plus 2 guys together might get more done when they have help and company to do things....

There are alot of possibilities there...what does your DH say off the top, about it? Did he get to go talk to the place of possible employment yet? That would be a consideration and if he did get it, and it wasn't costing you so terribly much to live, then if the job didn't work out he could look for something else and not feel pressured to have to stay to make big payments or anything....

 

[Bruce]

Yeah the part about living there and THEN looking for a place to buy is super. You can't really get to know an area from afar and who knows what you will be buying into. For instance there is a road we travel to get to our house. On it are 3 new houses in what was a field. 3 springs ago the part that wasn't clearly soggy was underwater. And they built three houses with full basements. BIG mound systems for septic (no question about the need for THAT). I bet the realtor didn't mention the flood part and next time we get a lot of rain in the spring I bet those people have water in their basements. There is a reason the entire area was so wet, there was nowhere for the water to drain ... and still isn't.

 

[NH homesteader]

Short answer- they do not have anything set up. But, we will butcher the pigs before we go. I am only bringing 4 goats with me, 4 turkeys and I don't know about chickens... Probably 10. We are going to put the birds in hoop coops, and electric poultry netting outside for the chickens. Cattle panels and out buildings for goats until we get ourselves together and put up more fencing. We could get everyone set up in temporary housing in an afternoon.

 

[Bruce]

Especially if your friends pick up the cattle panels before you get there. Super fast temp shelter and not all that much more for a more permanent one.

 

[NH homesteader]

Exactly, no need for NH style building down there! I have a bunch of cattle panels, enough for what we would need to start with. Moving them will be interesting but hey, so will moving animals.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Sure hope it works out for ya. It sure sounds like things are really starting to "Pull" ya that way for sure.

 

[NH homesteader]

We will see! The good thing is we likely have a place to go and don't have to stress about it... We have time to figure it all out and get this place in better shape, etc.

Now I want my husband to come home! Lol. Tomorrow is organizing day though, but I feel like I'm getting a cold so let's hope that doesn't get me in the morning.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh, ya don't need a cold. Ya may need to stick a For Sale sign in the yard....

 

[NH homesteader]

Ha! Have a few things to do first... Like actually finish the second bathroom and get my husband's junk piles (oh sorry, piles of potentially useful stuff) cleaned up.

 

[NH homesteader]

Woke up with the cold I knew was coming and no heat. Blower isn't blowing. DH better call me back soon and tell me how to fix it! I'm freezing!