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  1. sonorabitandspur

    Cowboy - It Doesn't Get Better Than This!

    Thank-you for the story! I would assume that when you work sheep or goats with a collie type herder you need to restrain your LGD's. I have a young dog who went to a goat farm, they use Anatolians. The lady says the young collie, "Moon" is doing really well with his herd work. After I spoke with...
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    Art anyone?

    I approached sharing the same way.I was always afraid to put down too much graphite. It took me years but finally I began to experiment. I go about it almost totally opposite.. I usually start with the subject and define the dark areas, then working to the light areas and bringing out my...
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    Art anyone?

    Those paintings are an excellent start! I used to work in watercolors. Iwas never satisfied with my oil painting. One of the things that helped me with shading was practising in pen and ink. I never felt I did them well but I have to work in very dark color in conjunction with light paper. I...
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    Hi from sunny California!

    I'M m not sure is that what you mean by radiant heat barrier? I've been away from construction for a long time so I'm not familiar with all the materials that might be available now.
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    Hi from sunny California!

    I had thought of two layer of 2" rigid foam insulation, with the reflective coating facing up on the top layer and facing down on the inner layer. Eve vents with air space with a venting cap on the ridge. The heat from the sun can be pretty intense here. Not many shade trees around, which makes...
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    Hi from sunny California!

    I had not thought of misters! What a great idea. We had gone the route of frozen water in milk jugs and burlap bags though. Even then we lost a couple rabbits on hot days. They were very old rabbits so I suspect there could have been other causes as well. I would have thought the same about the...
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    Pregnant ewe Losing Colostrum

    Thanks for sharing, when we were into raising sheep there were not alot of products around like you are talking about. I am learning a few things from this tread. Thank you all so much. We fed hay and sometimes when needed a ration of grain. There were not alot of pelleted feeds.
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    buying sheep

    Great!
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    Hi from sunny California!

    In my old age, I find I am dreading the slaughter, processing part. When my kids were little I would do that when they were off somewhere else. I have become a bit of a softie I guess!
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    Hi from sunny California!

    Thanks! We will do that. I suspect it will take me awhile to get set up. We are probably going to start working on a hen house first and then a rabbit house. My concern here is how hot it gets. 100° is not too bad but 107° might be a bit much for rabbits, although there is about a billion...
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    Cowboy - It Doesn't Get Better Than This!

    Sorry for the loss! I have never had LGD's but they seem to be the sweetest dogs around. Cowboy sounds like a great one!
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    buying sheep

    I am not familiar with that breed. See them for sale alot. I am glad you found decent people. When we first got our sheep we got two very good ewes and the neighbor across the road had a nice Sulffolk ram. She was very knowledgable and got us started. The problem came when we went out and bought...
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    buying sheep

    Lol! I distracted myself with the funny story! As my kids say, "Old people!" Seriously though do your homework and check up on the breed you are looking at. Checkout common genetic or tendencies for disease. Spend enough time and effort to sound and look informed to the seller. Realize each time...
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    buying sheep

    What breed of sheep? If buying young animals there is a little less risk in my opinion. If buying ewes and rams that are older bear in mind there could be reasons why a particular animal is for sale. And it is entirely possible they won't tell you exactly why. Lol! We bought a beautiful Suffolk...
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    Art anyone?

    Thanks, I used to draw all the time, so what you see is the culmination of years of experience. For years I drew for advertisement, mostly cuts of meat. For years I struggled and the single most helpful thing was the use of high quality drawing pencils on good quality paper. Don't spare the...
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    Rex for meat and fur

    This is the reason many people used sow belly, lard, butter and cheese. Our modern dietary advisors say there is no reason people should add fat to their diet. But in the past it was often a necessity. When I was a young man working in the meat industry, I was given a book to read about cuts of...
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    Cowboy - It Doesn't Get Better Than This!

    In all my years we never had a dog with parvo! A couple years ago we had a litter of the nicest border collie pups. And they suddenly started to get sick at about three month old. Turned out to be parvo, how it happened we can't figure out. I ended up loosing one of the best little females I...
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    FREE Great Pyrenees

    Yeah, I have always wondered how that works! I had a friend who's grandpa owned a ranch up in the Coast Range behind several locked gates. One of those had sheep and four or five Great Pyrenees, I know cause I tried to unlock the gate on the other end for him! I made a few circles around the...
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