Sometimes you just got to spank the kids, pluck some feathers, or rearrange brain cells,
to put things back into order.
We live in a fallen world visible with the unraveling of entropy, ** unless we intervene and invest some energy.**
PS - We had an old rooster who loved to play tennis, so we...
I don't think I'd have to lock up a donkey :)
Met some folks between Potlatch and Moscow, Id. that have Yak. They are awesome! (and tasty too).
If we weren't so hot & humid so much of the season, I think we'd have some.
Would we pen them at night? Would we have to? Don't know enough about them...
You never came off critical. In fact, I appreciate your kind thoughts.
I'm just opinionated, it doesn't mean that I'm always right..or even sometimes.
***Don't tell my wife I said that :)***
Amen! So true.
Every locale has its unique beauty and rhythms.
Almost everyone we know in this area, raising small ruminants has a loss history from predation.
Maybe I'm slightly hypervigilant? I like to plan, prepare, and protect those precious things around me, to watch them grow, unfold, and...
I watched a whitetail buck last season that would thrash at everyone near him. He would charge a deer within a ~5-10 yard radius. He looked like the meanest deer ever. His rack wrapped around the front like a bumper on a truck. He was a 9-pt and tasted really good. Why was he so ornery? Don't...
You're right. It's been a while since I had chickens.
I used to get 100 barred rocks each year to raise. The mean ones got dinner invites first.
I agree with your observations and opinions.
What I was trying to express is that if an animal has an unknown injury let's say a pinched nerve, it...
Taking care of critters.
Keep 'em safe.
There's no way we could leave sheep out at night and ever hope to keep them.
Might just as well ring the dinner bell.
They came into the barn every night. I ran cattle & hog panels around the barn to tighten it up, with custom wire-mesh gates 6' tall at...
Tom & Beth Risen milk their Nubys, make cheese too.
I just saw a used SS milker (no vac pump) $25 on CL or FB. Might be a good start
We're excited for you :)
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I like your creativity. Thank you for sharing.
I like the idea of a lever rather than cranking around small pulleys - too slow.
Maybe an old bike rim for the radial fulcrum?
A canvas sling with lots of grommets to attach (clip) restraints.
Maybe a piece of old fire hose sewed in for...
Welding would work too. EMT is cheap and 3/4" can be hand bent with a hickey or homemade jig.
You might need to slide a larger piece of pipe over it (sleeve) for leverage.
I'd upsize but shy away from 1/2"
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Amen, God has richly blessed us and our country.
I cut burning trees (I worked as a Class III Sawyer) and told whoppers about feeding my swamper to a burning bear, because it was in his job description that the sawyer must survive at all costs! lol.
Helitac! Rappellers and propellers...
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I bought the Premier 1 Deck Chair. It's a good piece of equipment, no doubt!
BUT, our sheep did not like it. I see in one pic they have a "seat-belt" restraint, that's new.
The vids I watched before the purchase make me wonder if sedatives were used??
It still took two us to flip the...