Coffee anyone ?

[Alaskan]

All this homeschool talk has piqued my interest.... we talked about it but I dont think my two youngers mom would be on board. We share week on week off with her..... makes things tough but we get to have them consistently....

I knew a family that homeschooled kids that were in a one week with each family situation.

It was interesting because they split the subjects. So the one house did all language arts, and the other house did all sciences.

It was a good arrangement for them. And that way there didn't have to be a bunch of communication over what had been done, or agreement over curriculums, etc.

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on!

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Would a donkey we a good idea to put in with my horses. We got the 6 acre pasture but the area is prone to coyotes....

 

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee PA. I slept late, guess I was tired.

Would a donkey we a good idea to put in with my horses. We got the 6 acre pasture but the area is prone to coyotes....

Horses don’t need protection from coyotes unless you have a mare foaling out in a pasture. In that situation coyotes might attack as the foal is being born, killing the foal. It happens but it’s not that common.

If you get a donkey, get a standard size gelding or Jenny. No jacks! Minis are cute but fall prey to dogs and coyotes. Get a donkey because you like it, not for protection your horses don’t need.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

I seen post about donkeys with smaller animals And apparently it depends on the donkey some are great protector And other hurt/kill those they were intend be to protect. I would think it would be fine with large horse I wouldn't put in with ponies sizes just out precaution. Our neighbors have one I with their deer herd and it stays with them non stop and another neighbor has them in with horse and from what I seen they are fine.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

I would agree with bay though horse are very capable animals and have been known to kill large predators when they had to.

 

[greybeard]

Get a donkey because you like it, not for protection your horses don’t need.

X2.

Basically what is being proposed, is protecting one equine with another equine. A horse can already kick and bite and run at least as fast as a donkey.....most of those who recommend buying a donkey for protection just happen to have one (or a dozen) for sale.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Off topic but I have wiggling eggs ahh lol. I was put eggs on the floor of incubator and the eggs kept rolling around at first I thought it was me so I kept fixing them and the I wasn't touching it an one starts wiggling back and forth so cool. Duck an geese eggs, three of the geese eggs were wiggling lol

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Thanks guys. Not a fan of donkeys. Maybe a dead broke gentle mule one day.... if it fits the bill of needing rescued.... for now I'll just focus on my rescues. Yall gave me great input. Love ya for it. I'm soooooo lazy today. Need to clean my bathroom and my dirty nasty duck pool. Not excited for it though.

 

[Alaskan]

Playing with poo... usually not an exciting prospect.