Oh, that didn't work either. I discovered once I moved my family out and replaced the lot, that the pile of leaves is still there. But, while my family was on a vacant lot I opened up the household inventory and was able to move the chickens out onto the lot. I decided to exit without saving. Once I got back into my game, they were still on the original lot. I moved the chickens out of the household inventory and sold all but one of them. I also got rid of the forever-chick, for good measure. Once this round of Starlight Accolades is over, I will move all of my families into another new game save to get rid of the rotting pile of leaves, hopefully without losing any of Erik's progress in the Acting Career. If that doesn't work, I'm throwing my hands up. Or I'll have to once again go back a save to one before Erik decided to rake the leaves. What a dweeb he is. LOL
