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ParticipantI wondered if that would work.. might as well give it a try…. I have extra chain here… so cant hurt!! thanks for the advice!
Participantya I am just using it in the hay field.. its all level… thanks though for the advice. never thought of that happening… what would be a good thing to add to minimize that swing? or a safety thing just to have in check? I am open to any ideas… and advice on this. My intention is just to give them some none wheeled rig to pull to get used to working together… before hooking them to the forecart… I am training a 3 year old clyde who is new… and putting him with my 12 year old belgian who has been there done that…and trained three other youngsters to drive…. I dont think I will be on it long.. just enough to make sure they can work together and stop and start well together…. I am also draggin a tire by itself too with them… its a lot lighter but its still a big empty tractor tire…. and they seem to be working well on it.
thanks again in advance for any tips!ParticipantI went back to my posts… it was Rod from vermont who showed me his photos of his set up… so I just took it from there and my welder guy did the best he could to my description.
Participantthanks John… thats my doubletree from Oxbow…your recommendation!.. Brad…. So far I have only used it in the hay field to train the youngster with my mare.. no load except my weight which is not light… hehe. I plan to put a bus seat on it about in the middle… since I have horrible balance… and would probably do me good too… once they figure out how to start together instead of see sawing. I got this idea from someone on this board who uses this set up on his rigs… has slipped my mind who it was though but I think it was this time last year…I asked about it. I have not posted much… so might be able to search it out. I also dont have a bob runner situation where I can see a set pole would need to be rigid for turning.. This is just two beams from front to back and well pretty heavy too.
Participantawesome looking boy! Cant wait to see photos of him in working!! Keep us posted!
January 21, 2012 at 9:33 am in reply to: If you could only buy a few videos/books…which ones? #71640ParticipantI agree… I have bought a few books but learned more from meeting draft folks.. observing ans helping when I can.. then asking lots of questions…… But a good set of videos I like… is Doc Hammil’s … any of them are good….. and all have valuable info on them. http://dochammill.com
Participantwhen you get your sheep get a guard llama along with them…. one that has been used for guarding… and also NOT an intact male… We have coyotes all over around us… neighbors lose sheep and lambs every year.. .but we have not had one issue here… and our llama was less than $50.00. He came from a place that had used them for large flocks… he bonded with the sheep and the sheep took to him very quickly. Now they run to him if we try to move the sheep with our dogs… so when we herd practice with our border collie we seperate the llama and leave him with the younger lambs… then turn them all out when we are done. He keeps the lambs calm too when the moms are gone”working”
AND llamas aver very low maintenence if you get a minimal wool type!ParticipantWe have bantys and I always have someone going broody in January… We usually have snow until end of march… and they are locked in the coop for those months. I have done both let the hen take care of them.. and pull her from the nest and hope she gets broody later… and “cool”her in a wire cage for a week to get off of brooding. Doesn’t seem to hurt either way… definitely easier to raise chicks with a hen thats broody…. I Have also had a hen set in the coop for a couple of weeks…… I gather eggs like normal but if I know she is committed… and the feedstore has chicks… I will go buy 6 or so for her to mother… and put them under her… that works well too but you have to do that when the chicks are available in the spring. We usually leave the chicks with her.. until she leaves them…. they all roost with her up on the poles about 2 weeks of age… and I Have had the hens walk away from them usually once they are fully feathered… and roosting on their own…. about 3 mos of age…
I always take the roos and put them in another pen once they start crowing and run an ad to give them away. the hens all stay together and free range with our chosen roo. I do love having them around the yard. they eat alot of bugs!ParticipantJust found this post.. so will add mine along here… I do artwork and the like… Logos… commercial ads… web graphics, portraits and t-shirts…freelance artist and some photography… So although my site needs updated in the about the artist section…everything else is still on there. Draft horses are the main artwork but I do other stuff too! My Husband does stained and painted glass, windows and all kinds of print art.
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Deer Park WA state…Here is a recent logo web graphic I just finished for Knight Haven Shires.
Participantthats a great idea! now I have photos and will let Floyf put that on my new pole too … that will be handy once I get the pieces!! Thanks so much for that info!!
Participantshoot I thought I put a post on here last night.. guess I missed something…. anyhow.. I like the idea of the hitch ball…. do you have any photos i could see?? then I am sure Floyd could make it… I wasnt sure if I should have it rotate up and down or left and right but that way it can do both…. I think that would work real nice…. Coarse.. all our snow is gone now and we have mud… but supposed to freeze up again in a couple of days…… Atleast I got the pasture drug!
Participantthanks a bunch.. will post more in a bit…. this is a very good forum!
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