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I came to this thread because of the salt water bottle. I would like to get a couple of pigs for home grown pork, but DH says absolutely not! I think I need to purchase 1/2 a pig from the local butcher and let him try some homegrown. Then take him down the road and show him the neighbors...

Oh, its just salt - not salt water. I think I understand. I looked online at a couple of posts on people trying the bottle of salt water to keep a cattle water bucket ice free. And they formed an opinion of why it works is that the water around the salt bottle doesn't freeze. Because water...

I am not sure how well it would work, but it never hurts to try. Seems to me that even though the saltwater freezes at a lower temperature, the regular water will still freeze below 32* and freeze around the other bottle. So you would end up with a bottle of cold salt water in a chunk of ice...

My cousin had a cougar attack her horses while they were out on pasture. Of course the WI DNR said that there are no cougar in WI. Her barrel racing horse had 2 sets of scratch marks down both sides of his body and bite marks on his neck. Luckily, except for the scratches, he was OK but...

Last weekend, my husband was on top of the ladder nailing on the house-wrap at the peak of our machine shed. One of the 8-month old kittens, Jax, decided it was tired of being ignored so it climbed up the ladder to hubby's boot. Then using the top of the boot as a step, Jax went on up the back...

Why don't you have the kids ask at the 4-H meeting how the others in the group raise and protect their calves from predators. I would be surprised if there wasn't someone there with good information and that info is actually for your location.

Your silo looks like ours. Each ring of steel holds one layer of "staves" - which are precast concrete about 3" thick (typically) that are slotted and formed to lock together. IN MY OPINION - I think the safest and best way to take it down is from the top, one layer at a time, layer by...

We are starting to think about getting a "Hay Package" of equipment for the 15 acre hayfield that we have. There are a couple of different options of equipment, so this is important info for us. For a small operation and if for one of the mini-balers from Europe, would your recommendation for...

Did you get your mini jersey's yet?

I like your landscaping crew. Looks like 10 sheep?

Hello, hardcore! welcome to the site. Hope you can find all the information you need. How much pasture do you have for your animals?

I would probably start by pulling off the tin roof, but don't take my advice because I am probably wrong. My thought is to get rid of the weight on the top. I will ask my husband if he has any ideas, he is not home right now.

I have been thinking about sheep. Love lamb. How hard are they to fence in? I really need to research sheep, not sure I want to deal with shearing the fleece. A friend had three sheep and didn't get them sheared and they got maggots in their tail-end. Yuck, really turned me off of sheep at...

We are planning on getting some chickens, and there are 8 guineas that came with the place. More than that, we are not sure. The hay field is in really good shape, so I am hoping to find someone to "make hay". I would hate to have the field go to weed on us. Right now, we have two homes...

:frow My husband and I just bought 20+ acres north of Green Bay. It is mostly hayfield and pasture right now. There used to be horses there and I have two really nice box stalls in one of the outbuildings. Not ready for horses right now.

I forgot to mention the 8 guineas that came with the place. We now have 7 in the coop every night, so hopefully we have one hidden out on a nest. I have been reading about the practice of keeping the calf so you only have to milk occasionally. It sounds like a great idea to me. I don't know...

I have been lurking on Backyard Herds for a while, but have finally decided to join. My husband and I have recently purchased a farmstead with 20+ acres and I am sure I will need your advice as we try to decide what to do with our little slice of paradise. The former owner left 5 rabbit...