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Egon - you are quite right in that all these breeds probably wintered well once upon a time. It just seems to me that everyone seems to have their cattle in the barn in the winter time.... so I...

We have a small hobby equestrian farm and were thinking about adding a couple of stocker calves to the mix this spring or fall to raise for the freezer.

Most of our horses winter outside. Our...

Hi folks - hope I can get some advice from you on this.

I've currently got about 11-12 acres in pasture divided into two paddocks - rear is 8 to 9 acres and front is about 3 to 3.5 acres.

My...

Rose:

Thanks for the update. We've decided to put our Highland plans off for a year - hope to start next spring. We have another human baby on the way this year and so we figured that the...

Very interesting. I had considered none of this.

I'd say that wood already looks pretty uneven in colour, surface etc. and parts are already fuzzy looking.

We were hoping to just restain it...

Hi all:

We are planning to stain the wood siding on our house and barns this summer.

Our home is a old log home with siding put over it about 10 years ago by previous owners. The outside has...

brownmule:

I have been doing a lot of research into highlands and it looks like my wife and I are soon going to be ready to take the plunge and start a hobby sized herd - two experienced calver...

Very interesting that you bring this up.

I happed to run across some information on Dexter's and Highland cattle just yesterday.

Do hobby breeders of Dexters raise their cattle for milk or...

After much consideration we've decided to wait it out and not get into boarding now.

We've been educated through those of you who took the time to post here (thanks!) that there is way more to it...

Thank you so very much the time you have taken QRTRHRS.

As I have talked about this to my wife, I have realized that this is more about getting into horses to her than it is about making money. ...

This part we are somewhat familiar with - to a limited extent. We've got two high energy working dogs that I train in a competitive sport.

As such we have the same rising time 7 days a week and...

Just for the heck of it so that I can sell the boarding idea as not being such a good one to my wife (she's still on the idea :-), here's her argument:

We've already got a great horse property: 5...

remove the stalls and pave or concrete the inside of the barn. Then rent out the space for storing boats or snowmobiles to the city dwellers you left behind.

Now that I won't do. The stalls...

Thanks for the dose of reality folks!

I'm thinking that the plan of going with chickens first and then thinking about goats or sheep or some smaller livestock which we fully plan for costing us...

My wife, two year old son and I have finally moved from suburbia to a lovely country property. 26 acres total - 16 pastures, 10 wooded.

Everyone around us has horses and boards horses. Our...

I'm sorry if this is a silly question but being new to country life I know nothing about it.

We are moving to a rural property next month and I just got a call from the current owner who said that...

Thanks for your thoughts Joe. Would I need a rough cutter for the pasture and a finish mower for the yard ? or were you suggesting just the finish mower for both? The pasture is in good shape now -...

Hello:

I've just joined.

My wife and I just finished signing the agreement to purchase a lovely property in the country close to Toronto, Ontario. It is a 26 acre property - 16 acres pasture,...