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Thanks all. Got some great ideas and lord knows with my land all tied up in snow and ice I have plenty of time to try variations!

Pete

We removed a full length closet in our bathroom to make room for a tub. No problem, I thought; just take out the sliding doors and stick the tub in the space that used to be the closet. But the Wife...

In their first year of laying, you'll get about an egg a day per bird, though that drops off with age. Also, when the bird moult don't expect much. My wife has a really informative Webpage for...

We've tried several different breeds over the years, and while we like the RIRs our favorite has to be Buff Orpingtons. Big, meaty dual-purpose birds with very mellow personalities! We get straight...

I'll echo what Richard said. We've had packs approach the house in the winter months trying to lure our dogs off the porch. Thank goodness the dogs have enough sense to recognize a setup when they...

Hmmm, this is a tough one because of the three year history of getting along...followed by this relatively recent change in behavior. Based on the history provided I'm wondering if there might be a...

Ah, routers! Love em to death! I have three: a PC 1.5hp fixed in a homemade 6' long table, a Bosch 2.5hp plunge for freehand work, and a PC 3.25hp in a BenchDog portable table. And while most of my...

I had the budget Delta 6" jointer, but upgraded to the Powermatic long bed and WOW! I'd say for most uses the bed length is more important than the width. Makes surfacing those long boards a cinch!
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Do you need a plow? Do you have a tractor you could mount a snowblower on? If your drive is gravel you are going to be replacing a...

Gregg -- I hear you about using a half ton truck, but the plan was to get one so easy to mount and dismount that it would be on the truck only while plowing, then be dismounted for the drive to work....

Good question! When we replace our flock every other year we lock the new birds inside the coop for a few days with plenty of food and water till they get the idea that it's home and full of good...

I'm looking for a plow for my 02 Chevy halfton. Just about everyone around here uses a Fisher plow. Rock solid and reliable. But it uses chains (huge thunk over bumps and bad on the front end). The...

I'll second that vote. We have an Outback. Takes a beating on our dirt roads, mud season, heavy rain and snow and ice. Still handling like a champ with 80k+ miles. No missing body parts and very...

Joe -- I feel your pain, buddy! I had a similar situation. Some friends came up during foliage season a few years back and after three days of eating everything and watching us work, I handed them a...

Huh? What did I miss? Been busy with lambing and brush clearing. Catching up on maintenance of the tractor and assorted internal combustion devices. Things are fine, just hectic! And I need to figure...

All I can say is after listening to all sorts of horror stories about folks delivering lambs in the middle of the night while a blizzard raged around them...our ewes are choosing to go into labor at...

I would LOVE one of those! Though it would most likely result in my wife living out there while the dogs and I stayed inside the house! /forums/images/icons/shocked.gif

Pete

Weasley, our first Icelandic lamb, is nine days old and doing fine, as is his mother, Fudge Baaa. The other two ewes have still not given birth, though at this point they look like two large udders...

Richard -- A lot depends on the breed of sheep. For 2, that size lot is okay. But some can get most of the nutrients they need from graze (like my Icelandics) while other breeds require timothy,...

Two of my pregnant ewes are doing fine, but the third is losing mass. Her spine and hips have lost that fatty covering and are pretty prominent. She's a yearling, and hugely round with at least one...

My doctor tells me I eat too much red meat and that I should eat more veggies and veggie-based foods like tofu. So I've been looking for ways to make tofu taste like something other than sludge. So...

Wow, my experience with Cub Cadet was so bad I'll probably never buy another of their products! I liked the height of the splitter, as the ergonomics really seemed tailor made for my size. But...

Both. At first the cost stunned me as it was three times the cost of the old Timberwolf blades I used. But so far it's cut 10x more wood than the old blades and is still sharp! So it now appears to...

I love my bandsaw, but that rock maple sure is tough on blades! I finally bit the bullet and bought a Lenox carbide tipped bandsaw blade. Wow! That's all I can say. Wow!

Pete

I just tried and got thru just fine. They changed ownership since last time I bought from them. Carlo, the former owner, was a really great guy! With my proofreading past, I once circled all the...