Yes this training is to occur prior to the arrival of any vet or farrier service. Before I have the vet arrive for any new horse on my property, the horse is exposed and trained to a variety of...
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Yes this training is to occur prior to the arrival of any vet or farrier service. Before I have the vet arrive for any new horse on my property, the horse is exposed and trained to a variety of...
At the risk of being offensive, I have to disagree on two accounts. One: Conservative1 states, "It is NOT their (the owners) fault." I feel it is the owners' responsiblity to train horses for any...
I have four free-range chickens and two horses that live in the same barn. There are only two problems...1. as Egon said, the chickens roost on the horses at night. The racoons leave them alone that...
Contact your local wildlife agent. Not only will he be able to tell you what to plant, he may be able to supply it to you for free.
The Asian Beetles tend to migrate towards soybean crops as well. I only have problems with them the years soybean crops are surrounding my land. A bug light will sap them....
This past year I started my first two year old horse. Although I have ridden my entire life and fixed other people's mistakes with my old horses, I had never once 'started fresh.' I found two sources...
I always love your stories. I never knew piglets could be so entertaining and endearing. Thanks.
Being a lazy creature by nature, I think I will stick with pellets. No splitting, no chopping, no cooking. Even my cheap side can't see the benefit to all that work.
Wow. Paper? No, I have a wood pellet stove and know that I have to be extremely careful not to use dusty pellets...burns the auger engine out. Wouldn't paper do the same thing? What are the...
Missourihick, I have to agree with cowboyc on this, but also to add...when training a horse, it is always good to gain more knowledge, but if it doesn't sound right...it isn't. If you really want to...
Herbenus, I have bantam chickens that are very prolific despite the fact the baby chicks are the size of ping pong balls and I have two adult barn cats. Both the chickens and the cats are free...
I use a drain plug heater with an extension cord that runs 200ft from my house currently. I have never had a problem...don't know the gauge, but it is rated for outdoor use and has it's own power...
My equine denist and farrier built a really strange, yet effective shelter for his horses. He has about 50 head at any one time divided into 10 or so pastures. He made a structure that looks like a...
You can also rent a slip seeder at the local rental store. The machine cuts a small slit in the ground and then drops seed in the same area without tearing up the existing soil. You can also find...
I've never had to try this myself, since I use an electric plug heater, but...it was in Western Horsemen last month. Place a log with a diameter of at least four inches in the tank to help break up...
Palm Harbour won again last year too. Six years ago, last year...that seems like a pretty good record. I don't know what happened in between, but I can only assume.... /forums/images/icons/blush.gif
There are two sides to every story. I personally became involved as an advocate and volunteer in our area when someone had me investigated because my horses were standing in the snow without horse...
Right you are beetlebrain! We are actually on hold. The crew doesn't like working out in freezing rain...now come on! Anyway, I tried to scan the small copy of my plans at work...too many small words...
I will try to get pictures ASAP...but my digital camera is not working correctly right now. Did you see the picture of my poor horse? He looks like a dwarf. /forums/images/icons/blush.gif Anyway, I...
My pole barn/house started construction this week. The builders used laminated 6x6 posts. That means they were three 2 X 6's nailed together at intervals to form one beam. Each beam is 12 feet on...
Contact your local wildlife officer. They will have lots of ideas.
You are right, you are going to check with your local zoning to find this out. A local pole barn builder will know the laws as well. Here in Ohio, Ag buildings do not need permits at all as long as...
I am currently building a Morton building. 36 X72 with a 36 X 30 apartment inside. The sidewalls will be 11 feet with vaulted tresses. Morton is building the structure, the mechanicals, and the...
Hybrid poplars are popular in Northern Ohio too, but be careful, they are suseptible to disease and wind damage. I suggest calling your local ag agent or wildlife officer. Not only can they tell you...
For two years I had dirt floors in my stalls and then decided to go to stone and mats. Here's what I did. I sloped the floor to the outer edge of the barn slightly. I then dumped chips and dust at a...
