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[Mini Horses]

Yes, you can run both on same pasture. You don't want breeding males all together...fights. plus any grains be careful as sheep do not tolerate copper the way goats do, who need more. Depending on breed of sheep or goat, IMO the goats would prefer the steeper, rugged area more. But I don't raise sheep. They seem to work as a good mower where goats like to grab a few bites and move, especially grabbing at higher levels ... In general.

Meat goats. Kiko, savannah, boer.....depending on what's available for you. All can be not the best of breed if not bred well. So know that you want stocky. I have had some good crossbred does perform well, costing less up front, especially when covered by a really good buck! I will post some pics for you when on other computer where they are. Visuals help. Plus, this tablet has auto correct and I can assure you, it isn't farm friendly with language! Lot of proof reading..... oh, I personally like boer as they were what I raised and found good temperament, easy kidding, fast growth and excellent sales. Good carcass to meat ratio. Savannah's are good but not easy to get here.

 

[CrealCritter]

Yes, you can run both on same pasture. You don't want breeding males all together...fights. plus any grains be careful as sheep do not tolerate copper the way goats do, who need more. Depending on breed of sheep or goat, IMO the goats would prefer the steeper, rugged area more. But I don't raise sheep. They seem to work as a good mower where goats like to grab a few bites and move, especially grabbing at higher levels ... In general.

Meat goats. Kiko, savannah, boer.....depending on what's available for you. All can be not the best of breed if not bred well. So know that you want stocky. I have had some good crossbred does perform well, costing less up front, especially when covered by a really good buck! I will post some pics for you when on other computer where they are. Visuals help. Plus, this tablet has auto correct and I can assure you, it isn't farm friendly with language! Lot of proof reading..... oh, I personally like boer as they were what I raised and found good temperament, easy kidding, fast growth and excellent sales. Good carcass to meat ratio. Savannah's are good but not easy to get here.

Boy do I hear you on proof reading... Most Everytime I push post go back and read and say that's not what I wrote and have to edit more than once

 

[farmerjan]

@Mini Horses knows the small ruminants.... You might want to go on our sister site BYH and read some of the MANY posts about goats and sheep. We have White Texas Dall sheep.... not meat sheep, have them for the horns on the rams. Sell them to a couple of hunting preserves in Pa..... but coyotes got in this spring and killed all the lambs and 2 ewes in 2 nights. Had a friend with a night scope come and do some predator control.... got a couple.... We were way down as he has been culling ewes that have chronic feet problems and a few were just getting old. They are not real people friendly... not what you want for meat. Neat to look at... look like bighorns.

Sorry to say "I told you so" but an 8 ft bushog wouldn't even have fazed the tractor.... we pulled a sq baler and wagon behind a D-19 for years.... ran the haybine with it too for many years cutting everything. Wish my son would get the couple back up and running... I prefer the older type tractors.... like my Farmall H, although a lack of hydraulics does limit it... but it is great with the rake and in smaller tighter spots with the narrow front end. But we need the cab and horsepower for the discbine.... and I need the hydraulics for the big wheel rake I use... Still the Ford 4600 and the 6600's are both older but not as old as the allis.
Glad you like her..... I know I do.

Shame they could not have gotten more of that up for hay....BUT... it is good organic matter going back into the soil. So not a loss really. And getting it bush hogged off will slow down the weeds somewhat. You will need to bushog before the weeds head out to prevent seed formation next year and that will help.
Amazing the number of animals that iwll take advantage of growth like that. You might want to consider some area for the quail to hopefully re-establish a habitat. They like to be fairly close to a water source.... I am sure the foxes have kept them in check so maybe if you thin the foxes the quail will flourish.... and you won't have so much to worry about for the chickens you are talking about. The foxes will just carry off a chicken lickety split....

 

[CrealCritter]

@Mini Horses knows the small ruminants.... You might want to go on our sister site BYH and read some of the MANY posts about goats and sheep. We have White Texas Dall sheep.... not meat sheep, have them for the horns on the rams. Sell them to a couple of hunting preserves in Pa..... but coyotes got in this spring and killed all the lambs and 2 ewes in 2 nights. Had a friend with a night scope come and do some predator control.... got a couple.... We were way down as he has been culling ewes that have chronic feet problems and a few were just getting old. They are not real people friendly... not what you want for meat. Neat to look at... look like bighorns.

Sorry to say "I told you so" but an 8 ft bushog wouldn't even have fazed the tractor.... we pulled a sq baler and wagon behind a D-19 for years.... ran the haybine with it too for many years cutting everything. Wish my son would get the couple back up and running... I prefer the older type tractors.... like my Farmall H, although a lack of hydraulics does limit it... but it is great with the rake and in smaller tighter spots with the narrow front end. But we need the cab and horsepower for the discbine.... and I need the hydraulics for the big wheel rake I use... Still the Ford 4600 and the 6600's are both older but not as old as the allis.
Glad you like her..... I know I do.

Shame they could not have gotten more of that up for hay....BUT... it is good organic matter going back into the soil. So not a loss really. And getting it bush hogged off will slow down the weeds somewhat. You will need to bushog before the weeds head out to prevent seed formation next year and that will help.
Amazing the number of animals that iwll take advantage of growth like that. You might want to consider some area for the quail to hopefully re-establish a habitat. They like to be fairly close to a water source.... I am sure the foxes have kept them in check so maybe if you thin the foxes the quail will flourish.... and you won't have so much to worry about for the chickens you are talking about. The foxes will just carry off a chicken lickety split....

That's the oddest thing... Knock on wood I haven't lost a single chicken yet and with all the fox around here I am surprised and amazed even. I seen the family of quail again today the were in the area that used to be the old hog pen. Is at the head of the pond so makes sense the would prefer that area.

And yes Mrs Jan you told me so... I should have went with an 8' bush hog. The old girl has some power that's all I can say. We are developing a nice relationship.

I found out today from my neighbor that I'm hogging 2 year growth -uggg. The previous owner paid FS to hog, disc hallow and apply liquid lime. Then she just let it go. That was two years ago in the late fall. I'm still going to send in soil samples though.

Give the old girl full throttle and 1st gear and she Hogs nice and clean, 2nd gear leaves to much standing. When the governor kicks in she's a bucking bronco and sure to snap a PTO shear pin with out even blinking. I really like that the PTO shaft spins at 540 RPM after 1/2 throttle and maintans 540 up to full throttle. AC had their head on straight when they designed the D19 transmission. It's was designed as a general purpose row crop tractor. I haven't even got it out of low (gears 1 through 4) I image she get up and move in gears 5 through 8. Gear 3 was also replaced on mine already, which was a factory recall. Because it would just pop out of 3rd for no good reason at all.

I really would like too see a picture of your AC D19 and it's business end also and how the quick coupler was converted to 3 point. Believe it or not but mine still has the original front tires on it from 1962. Only thing they done was they reversed the rims for a wider stance. My valve stems are facing inside instead of outside like you would expect to see.

 

[CrealCritter]

Anyone @farmerjan know the difference between Ag lime and liquid lime? Pluses / minuses?

 

[farmerjan]

There are different kinds of lime, calcitic and dolomite; each will provide a different amount of nutrients. Liquid lime is lime dissolved in water. It will be more quickly available to raise the PH.... but be ware of anything that is calcium chloride being touted as liquid lime for the land. It is what they use for "salt brine" for the roads.
Read the article on AGFAX.com as it is fairly straightforward and will explain in fairly simple terms what the benefits of the different types of lime. I am not aware of anyone here using liquid lime.
Just remember that anything that is liquid, the concentration is lessened.... probably 50% due to having it mixed into a liquid solution. The same idea of buying antifreeze.... a gallon jug of antifreeze is say 10.00; a gallon of ready to use 50/50 antifreeze is 7.50 or 8.00. You are paying for half gallon of water and half gallon of antifreeze.... and not for half the price. All for the sake of convenience.....

 

[CrealCritter]

Farm hack results of putting insect screen in front of the the grill.

Before hogging

After hogging

Horray 5 acres hogged, 10 left to go. I'm a third done \o/

 

[CrealCritter]

Hogged 5 acres today. I'm almost to the second oak tree \o/

 

[farmerjan]

That screen really does help.... but watch your temp gauge closer.... it will affect it. Such a shame with all that flat ground for it not to have been hay.... but next year. Looks like nice ground. Congrats.

 

[CrealCritter]

I met

That screen really does help.... but watch your temp gauge closer.... it will affect it. Such a shame with all that flat ground for it not to have been hay.... but next year. Looks like nice ground. Congrats.

That screen really does help.... but watch your temp gauge closer.... it will affect it. Such a shame with all that flat ground for it not to have been hay.... but next year. Looks like nice ground. Congrats.

I met my neighbor, who's property backs up to this 10. He came out to meet me as I was making my second pass around the perimeter. He's the one who last cut this 10 for hay 2 years ago, he's now 80 and has given up on cutting hay. He said this field always makes really good hay and he's said he's leased it before for cattle and horses. His name is Gary and what a happy guy he is. Somehow we started talking about "war wounds" and health. We must have talked 20 minutes or more.

He said he has 37 head of cattle. I asked him about purchasing a cow and her calf this spring. He said buddy, I have several angus cows with calf's now. I said well I got to get this 10 fenced in first. He said well you come talk to me spring then, I'll hook you up. We kind of hit it off I guess. He was also kind of amazed that the D19 was my first tractor ever. He told me that I operate that tractor like you've had it for years. I said nope just got it a few weeks ago, first ever tractor. He laughed and said well seem people got it others don't. What a super nice guy.

I'll be hogging again tomorrow. if I think about it, I'll shoot a video cutting a row maybe might see a fox or rabbit run off. I'm better lining up my rows on the left side of tractor than my right. The right side has the muffler and air breather blocking my view. Practice, practice, practice is what I need.