X Trooper,
Must be pretty warm there if that is all you burn for 2011/2012. Do a google search for "1800 hammonds plains road halifax nova scotia" and see what I burn for one year LOL
I wanted a Johnny seven when i was younger. I had big ideas then:wall:. I had great fun with that for a long time. Imagine them trying to sell that today.
In western Canada almost all cattle are raised somewhat as you do. In the east we have barns to keep them in for the winter, or at least that was the way many years ago. Now most farms in our part of the country try to keep them out all year. What i do is small scale farming and when I smarten...
I will give some in site to how we run our farm so you might appreciate what can and does happen.
We run about 30 head of cattle, cow calf and finish/market and a few thousand free-range chickens through the summer. In the winter we keep our cattle which are mostly 6 month calves, cows and a...
I was posting on the RTV site about some cattle at our farm and thought this might be a more appropriate section for some cattle/farm stories that some people may have. I have a few that come back to me over time. I guess we will see if there is any interest.
Since we raise both I have my opinion on which is smarter.
Chickens just as soon as you turn the light on they want to eat regardless if they are hungry or not. When they are frightened they all pile in the corner and smother everyone on the bottom. When they see a predator they play dead...
I saw a tv show, probably PBS, with her showing how see designed chutes and why they worked. I bet it was fifteen years ago. I was interested at the time and more so today. I bet I have Incorporated a lot of her ideas into use without even knowing it.
We move cattle from the field to the truck...
I was just thinking while reading your post of our experience a couple weeks ago. One of my employee's was returning to the farm from a day of splitting woods a couple miles back in the woods. He has to drive by one of our wood pastures and just happened to see one of our spring calves unsteady...
Just about ready for bed. I have to get up at 4:30 am to load chickens and deliver to processor 70 miles away. I will post a new thread on the truck and trailer section tomorrow and we can discuss it there.
Thanks
Brian