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| hudsonsinaf |
Posted - May 03 2015 : 11:19:30 AM
For those that do not know, we are a family of 8, expecting our seventh child in August/September time frame. We have a smaller property in a neighborhood. Along with our homeschooled children, we have a dog and nine chickens... but not for much longer! There is one neighbor in this neighborhood that is a "pistol" to anyone and everyone. Over the years, she has learned that we do not "fight ugly" but rather pray for those being "not nice." Well this time she has taken a low blow! She has decided that our chickens are causing an increase in the rat population that we have all dealt with for the last few years. We stayed home from church this morning due to two sick children, and the HOA president showed up. He informed us the chickens have to be gone within the week. We are simply heartbroken! My children look forward to tending them first thing in the morning and care for them throughout the day! It is our highlight to bring in their fresh eggs. But we will not be able to do this anymore! We tried to explain that we bring in their food each night as soon as the chickens go to bed, prior to the rats scurrying around, yet it didn't seem to matter. My kids are just beside themselves, and quite honestly, I want to be mean back. We have had a really hard week due to various health issues and family things, and this just seems to add to it! Anyways - I would love your prayers, please!
~ Shannon
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - May 06 2015 : 11:42:04 AM
Sorry for the added stress! I will be praying!
CJ
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| hudsonsinaf |
Posted - May 05 2015 : 04:42:19 AM
Thank you all! I just posted a longer update othe "mini farm no more" post, so I will keep this one shorter. Basically we contacted a lawyer yes teat and they said it was out of their realm and we need to contact a realty lawyer for the legality of the chickens and the police for her constantly yelling at my kids for playing in the backyard and building. We are 100 percent with in the county code. The question comes to the HOA. It says we cannot have chickens for agricultural purposes... We don't but rather for education. Our argument is if an area iis zoned for agriculture, it means you can have produce and livestock for aPROFIT. We are not selling anything, so it is not agriculture! That would be like saying you cannot grow produce unless you are zoned agriculture! Whether that is the legal definition though, we really do not know if you are right or not, hence the need to contact a realty lawyer. She did end up calling county code enforcement... Oh to have seen her face when they told her we were completely legal! I guess what gets me is she has had rats/mice problems for YEARS... Why is it my chickens fault this year? And why/how would the chickens in my yard cause them in her yard, but not ours. Granted, we have a few in our back tree, but we have never had them in the yard!
~ Shannon
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| Ninibini |
Posted - May 04 2015 : 7:00:19 PM
You know I'll be praying, too, Shannon! Love you! Hugs - Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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| Song Sparrow |
Posted - May 04 2015 : 06:04:44 AM
Dear Shannon, I am so sorry for you and your children, and for your beloved chickens. There are some people in the world who are so deeply unhappy that they lash out at others, especially people like you who have such tender and loving hearts. I will pray hard for your family, and also for the neighbor that maybe the Light will come into her heart and she will turn to kindness. You are not alone, many will be praying for you.
Peace in our hearts, peace in the world
Amy www.danaherandcloud.com
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| darlenelovesart |
Posted - May 03 2015 : 2:52:56 PM
Oh Shannon, evil is all around us and striking hard right now! I will put you on my prayer chain and my prayers as well.
Lord I lift Shannon and her family up to you in prayer, please be with them during this awful time and protect them from what is happening with the HOA and the lady who isn't happy if she sees anyone being happy or having a happy home. Show and guide them to someone who can help them through this trial that maybe this woman and the HOA can have a change of heart. Protect this family Lord from the madness that is going on around them and show them you are there holding them through this. Lord bless this family.
Thank you in all things in the Precious name of Jesus, Amen.
I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
by Frances Farmer
Just follow God unquestioningly.
Because you love Him so, for if you trust His judgment there is nothing you need to know.
I trust in you Jesus... |
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