Recent content by Haywood

Thanks everyone, I will try to lure them with treats. They love running out into the pen first thing in the morning. Maybe I can make them love running into the tractor too! If not, I only have 5 right now and we have handled them quite a bit. I just wasn't sure if it would be too terrible...

hello, i have a secure coop with a pretty large attached run for a few chickens on my property. however, i have also built them a tractor since i have a large amount of land. i wanted to keep them in the tractor during the day and put them back into the coop at night. I was wondering if...

Yep, I know that will happen already, :) Thanks for the help everyone, you have given me a lot to think about and some direction.

hi, thanks for the replies. so the steel t-posts would work? i'm thinking i could do the steel t-posts with the fencing i mentioned above and a single line of electric wire at the very top. this will be for a dairy goat or two but not sure about what kind yet. this would be ok do you...

Hello, I recently moved onto a new property and trying to figure out fencing in preparation for a couple of goats. When it comes to fencing, I get pretty confused/nervous when I read about how well goats can escape. I am trying to spend as little as possible but still maintain structural...

Check the food and try to find a brand that doesn't contain corn. A friend had a chronically puking cat and found out it was allergic to the corn in its food. There is cat food that doesn't contain corn but it is very expensive.

Thanks for the help everyone!

Hello, I am thinking of buying a 50lb bag of yeast for our longer term baking needs. We bake all our bread and buying this much would be cost effective for us. My question is - what is the best way to store this? Does anyone know how long yeast will store for? I don't have much room to...

My family had an 80 acre farm in Elkton, Ohio that was passed down through 3 generations (until I was 4 or 5). It still angers my Dad to think about how he let his parents sell it. He was in his early twenties at the time and was broke/trying to support a budding family. Neat.

Yep, I'm having the same problem - firefox displays a warning and when I ignore the warning, SS looks like plain html for me. I'll try IE but I think something else is going on and that really isn't a fix.

Hello, I tried to post this once but am having trouble. When I logged into SS this morning I got a popup from Google that listed SS as an attack site. Has anyone else gotten something similar? This is the first time it has happened to me here. Google provided this information: What is...

I have a 16 year old, a 14 year old and an 11 year old and I can tell you this: Do not force them to play sports. Everyone will be happier in the end. It would be much more beneficial to everyone to get them involved in the church instead. Or at the very least let them find their niche on...

Thanks guys! You all have been helpful. I'll let you all know how it works out :)

Thanks all ! That was helpful. Another reason I was looking at getting a cow was that I have fairly poor soil and I need a lot of manure for now. I guess maybe buying it from someone might be cheaper. Thanks again

Hello, If anyone out there has experience in owning a cow I had a question on the cost. The land that the cow will be on is under 3 acres and not much of it is pasture. For this reason I guess I will need to buy most of its feed. This will be a milking cow and so the cost of feed will be...