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Used wooden pallets from lowes/home depot.

I started with meat cows that I bought in the spring. I pastured them thru the fall & then butchered before winter. I learned a LOT about cows and didn't have to deal with wintering them. I'd...

Most of what I've read suggest laying peaks after 2 years. They will slack off during shorter days of winter & pick back up in spring. You can add artificial light to keep them more productive...

I appreciate the help. I think I'm starting to get it now. If I'm traveling the right degree, then that means I'm going the right direction. I'm gonna try to borrow a metal detector to help find...

Well, now I know why surveys are so expensive. Most of that goes over my head. I was thinking of using one of those handheld gps units to try to find the next pin & then just going pin to pin. I...

I was thinking I'd like to have an idea where my survey pins are. I've found a couple by luck. I thought I should be able to use the directions from the survey map to go from the found pin to the...

Sounds like your pretty knowledgeable already. I know the boers seem to go pretty high in the local ads here. I think a quality buck is the key. I don't know a whole lot about goats. I've got just...

I ended up selling the 2nd steer for $2.10/lb hanging weight & I paid the butcher bill out of that. I delivered the meat the buyers house. I came out a little ahead, but I won't quite end up having...

We got the first cow back from the butcher. So far we've eaten burgers, cube steak & ribeyes. Won't be buying grocery store meat anymore. Even if just for us, it's worth the effort. I came out...

this was my first year w/ cows. it was fun except for a couple escapes. Luckily we didn't lose any cows & we learned a lot about fences. I should be getting the first back from the butcher this...

I bought 2 steers & 2 heifers in the spring to pasture all summer & then split amongst family in the fall. I have a lot of people asking to buy a half. How do you price that. I bought them for an...

just read an article in the newest countryside magazine on how to build a thermostatically controlled chicken scalder for under $65. You might want to check it out. looks pretty simple

We found a local feed store that had a bunch of recycled egg cartons for .10 each. They were from about every store around. I bought 10 while I was there. After we started letting people know we...

Just curious, how many goats do you keep per acre. I've been considering getting goats to clean up hillside. I've read that they eat a lot of brush & thats what I have. Is that sufficient or do...

Just about any hatchery I've heard of has a wide variety of choices. I would just talk to whichever one you are more comfortable w/ & find out where they order. Chances are the hatchery they order...

I got into chickens 2 years ago. I bought a book called "Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens". It has a lot of good basic info. However, the single best resource I've found for chicken info is at...

Yea I've used alot of tel co poles for fence post. My fil found a place where they were dumping them. They were priced right(free), but heavy to deal with. We split them for line post & used whole...

I thought of something else too. The poles are going to rot below ground level. I guess everything above ground would be good for as long as any other type of building. With the weight of the...

Pole barns seem to be economical & simpler to build, but what are the negatives to them? How long can you expect the poles to last? It seems like once the poles rot, the building is trash. I had a...

Thanks for the suggestions. My son is 8. I think we can try some of those ideas.

I don't homeschool, but I try to be involved with the schoolwork as much as possible. My son goes to a christian school & it seems they push a little harder than the public school system, at least...

How do you determine the depth & pipesize?

after reading a little about french drains, it seems too simple. just put gravel in a ditch then a perforated pipe wrapped in fabric & more gravel. No dirt on top, just gravel. Does this sound...

thnx for the info guys. I'm gonna have to study up on french drains. i've heard the term, but don't really know what it is.

if you can' get what you want at the show, check ideal poultry online. i think their limit to ship is only 15, but they sometimes stick in a few extra roosters for extra warmth. if you want meat,...