A Jesusfreaks tales of farm life with soon to be Seven kids

[Jesusfreak101]

Always fun having to retrain a dog on bunnies. Stella wants to chase and eat them. She being told she can't even look at them. Such a pain in some ways. Love her but i didn't buy or breed my rabbits for her. This litter had two runts and dh was talking about selling them since i didn't want to breed them i was thinking of getting them up for the table. They are small then siblings but i figure if the get enough feed and time to grow they will still be tasty. Oh well more decision. We decided for now to butcher two of our pigs and buy a boar and let him breed one female. And then raise the piglets for the table and sale some. And then buy the pigs i want slowly so i can be picky on the ones i want. I debate still on the kune kunes pigs because they are expensive and i think is it worth raise for the table since i be processing possible a 450 dollar animal that just almost sounds like a waste in some ways lol. But we see over time what i do.

 

[GardnerHomestead]

Always fun having to retrain a dog on bunnies. Stella wants to chase and eat them. She being told she can't even look at them. Such a pain in some ways. Love her but i didn't buy or breed my rabbits for her. This litter had two runts and dh was talking about selling them since i didn't want to breed them i was thinking of getting them up for the table. They are small then siblings but i figure if the get enough feed and time to grow they will still be tasty. Oh well more decision. We decided for now to butcher two of our pigs and buy a boar and let him breed one female. And then raise the piglets for the table and sale some. And then buy the pigs i want slowly so i can be picky on the ones i want. I debate still on the kune kunes pigs because they are expensive and i think is it worth raise for the table since i be processing possible a 450 dollar animal that just almost sounds like a waste in some ways lol. But we see over time what i do.

You can get kunes in my area for about $250 but we have considered them as well. Because of their smaller size and less destructive behavior. We had an old spot pig fall into our lap so we will raise and butcher that one this year. I think the only way to make it worthwhile is getting a breeding pair and sell/eat the offspring. Would you pasture your kunes?

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Yes they would be. It's another reason i wanted them. The thing is I could also get the guinea hogs and they are the same just not as pretty.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Here the bottom of the tan chairs.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

There some females for sale for 250 right now but don't know if they pure breeds most are 450 for pure bred kunekune near me.

 

[farmerjan]

So get some with the percentage, use a purebred boar. If they are 1/2, bred to a purebred boar, pigs are 3/4. That is how you "breed up" to purebred.

 

[thistlebloom]

Here the bottom of the tan chairs.

Under that black material is probably the wood with the attachment to the chair itself visible. They are made to be able to reupholster.
I'm sure @Baymule can tell you.

 

[Bruce]

I nix the fancy needlework idea. Wait until the kids are older for that one.

x100! Why go to all that work just to have the kids destroy them even though it will be unintentional?

Here the bottom of the tan chairs.

Look like quality built chairs. The seats HAVE to come off, how else were they upholstered in the first place? As Thistle suggested, dig around a little under there, you'll find the screws (probably 4 in the corners though they could be halfway down the rails) holding the seat wood to the chair frame.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Been a crazy and scary farm day. Was feeding up and ds1 joshua was right next to me pretty much touching me i go to move a feed barrel to dump it out (it was just about empty) and saw a snake(Was pretty sure it was venomous) grabbed ds and got him safe ways away then went back to see exactly what i was dealing with and it was a large cottonmouth. Run back to wear baby and ds are grab dd1(ds2 was napping inside the house) who was inside made her and others go to grandma since that was easier at that moment if i am going to shoot something. Run to get a gun, i had issues shooting the dang goat kept getting in the way. Dh wanted me to wait for his dad so i wait watching snake sleep. He kills the snake for me and life goes on wirh me still freaking out some. And turns out my obsession with not turning my calf out with the herd was smart and my obsession with locking them in the stall at night. We had a young cow (first year mom) killed along wit h calf. Pretty sure it was a pack of large stray dogs . So dh and his dad are going hunting later.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Just realized I forgot to post the picture.