tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post1041996897629666694..comments2024-03-16T12:45:12.251-04:00Comments on Raised By Wolves: Hole in the BucketHeather Houlahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-29622227250984302642009-05-11T21:54:00.000-04:002009-05-11T21:54:00.000-04:00OMG GOAT TRACTOR WHY DID I NEVER THINK O FHTAT...
...OMG GOAT TRACTOR WHY DID I NEVER THINK O FHTAT...<br /><br />Anyone in Texas have some wethers that need fattening up? I have 20 acres to clear. :PCaithttp://dogstaracademy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-10279435927608234562009-05-10T16:52:00.000-04:002009-05-10T16:52:00.000-04:00Tractor Supply had a sale. Just nipped out and go...Tractor Supply had a sale. Just nipped out and got eight 16' cattle panels. And figured out how to transport them on an 8' trailer, despite the TS employee's skepticism that this could be done.<br /><br />Now, to find the goats.<br /><br />I'm excited about this plan, and cannot wait to be a part of it.Heather Houlahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-57090304399370061372009-05-10T11:41:00.000-04:002009-05-10T11:41:00.000-04:00OMG!
Goat tractor! Goat tractor! Goat tractor!
...OMG!<br /><br />Goat tractor! Goat tractor! Goat tractor!<br /><br />Just the rotational grazing that I'll be doing later with the electronet, on a smaller scale.<br /><br />Here I am, constructing range shelters for the chooks, and a goat tractor is so much simpler.<br /><br />Now I just got to get hold of some goats that are not never-wormed scrub bucks with scurs.<br /><br />Because apparently around here it is dandy to DIY a bad dehorning job, but a Sin Against Nature to wether the damned buck kids so they are worth <I>something</I> to <I>someone</I>.<br /><br />Plenty of ads, nobody returns calls/emails.<br /><br />Thankyou thankyou thankyou.<br /><br />And Dorene, good tip about the B vitamins and the tractor classes.<br /><br />I actually got a day-long tractor tutorial from My Friend Bill. We pulled it apart and replaced every fluid, filter, etc. that there was. Overhauled the mower deck -- grease points, sharpened blades -- and reinstalled it. Felt like the ultimate Tractor Mama when I was done. This does not prevent me from losing parts (the turnbuckle on the right hitch arm worked itself off when I failed to re-tighten it after removing the rear blade) or breaking stuff -- I think the fuel tank took a hit when I was involved in some angry, cathartic, charismatic maneuvers concerning some multiflora forest.<br /><br />When I have the 14-year-old "handful" here to work, no power tools appear. And the machete is <I>mine</I>.Heather Houlahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891198124130533198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-69078512460599031632009-05-10T11:10:00.000-04:002009-05-10T11:10:00.000-04:00I was going to mention the goat tractor, but Sarah...I was going to mention the goat tractor, but Sarah beat me to it.<br /><br />Have you tried the PA's Women in Agriculture branch for questions about your tractor? The URL is wagn.cas.psu.edu<br /><br />Power tools/motors and adjudicated youth do not mix, so I know nothing about them, but WAgN-PA has several classes on tractor maintenance and I have seen your brand mentioned in passing fairly often, so I would think you could at least borrow an attachemnt.<br /><br />May is hard on your hands -- between trowel work all day and typing on the computer all night, if you don't get carpel tunnel usually, you'll get it in May. I wear the brace at night to keep my wrists straight and take a multiple-B vitamin (one of the Bs is supposed to help with carpal tunnel but I don't remember what it is, plus I have to take other ones for my disability, so I take a multi-B with lots of everything and it seems to work)<br /><br />Neuro problems are the worst and actually have the highest ratio of doctors blowing you off (Boy, did I feel better when I read THAT study! ;-P) So, do your research, don't be afraid to "fire" doctors who aren't helpful and keep at it until YOU feel better. I have been there for far too long -- there ain't no point to it and don't let anyone tell you otherwise (like YOU would! ;-D).<br /><br />Hope this helps.<br /><br />DoreneRocambolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04723765275954949223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-8659309535614341152009-05-10T03:53:00.000-04:002009-05-10T03:53:00.000-04:00So I suppose I am not the only one who tells/remin...So I suppose I am not the only one who tells/reminds their significant other that "Dobby does NOT live here!"<br /><br />Because apparently, this is not obvious.<br /><br />I completely sympathize with the circular nature of your problem. Speaking with a blacksmith friend of mine today, he asked if I still wanted a new! improved! (taller, multiple goat) milk stand. In theory, this milk stand will make my milking go faster, and save my knees from a bazillion deep knee bends, the sort they encounter every day due to current milk stands. However, I have to do design and layout, which I don't have time for because milking and bottle feeding the goats is taking up too much of my time. He's never done a milk stand before, so he isn't going to whip up a design on his own either.<br /><br />As for the goats, if you get some panels, you could make a goat tractor, which is how we are having them mow our weeds outside of the pasture. If the squares of the panels are big enough, the goats can stick their heads through, and eat what is on the other side. This way, you can contain them in a smaller space that is within your larger space that needs fencing. We had weeds taller than our goats, and put our "goat tractor" pen right up next to the weeds, and the boys would eat the weeds down as far as they could reach, then we'd pull the pen up to the next set of tall weeds. If the pen is just a few panels, it's easy enough for one person to move.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404312674626308999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5810033429461791744.post-21855892925987538932009-05-09T11:49:00.000-04:002009-05-09T11:49:00.000-04:00You're welcome for the chiropractor referral, by t...You're welcome for the chiropractor referral, by the way.Ken Chiacchiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626815789187013583noreply@blogger.com