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@Tim Harrigan 17088 wrote:

I really have a hard time using elite and Hummer in the same sentence. Can we just use ‘out-of-touch’ or ‘self-absorbed’ rather than elite?

I believe I have to agree with you!
~~R

[Robernson]

@Maxwell 17077 wrote:

What beautiful, kind eyes she has. Congratulations

I like her eyes too!

~~R

[Robernson]

I have a small flock of Suffolks that are very good mothers. They have lambed well in the past and I would expect them to this year.

A word of caution on feeding; sheep are very aggressive eaters. they should not be fed grain free choice unless they are used to being fed that way. They will over eat and bloat……….not very good.

Good Luck:)

~~R

[Robernson]

Well, I’ll get into this to….

Per my neighbor’s opinion if you can work with mules then you should. They are thrifty,friendly,and hardy.

If you can’t work mules then work horses. They can’t pull as hard or work all day like mules but they can work well for short periods of time.

~~R

[Robernson]

We went yesterday to look at a Belgian team that was also disappointing. They were just plain old.
Me and my neighbor had a long and insightful conversation about how these horses that we are looking at are “no mules by any means”. I am yet to see anything that is as good and easy driving as those mules, we might start looking at mules too, you never know. Just thought I would give you all an update on the shopping adventure.

~~R 🙂

[Robernson]

Well,
We went to look at a team of Haflingers today. A pair of geldings. They fought us the entire time we took a test drive so we obviously didn’t buy them. They wanted $3000 for them, I wouldn’t have given them $5 for them. Anyhow, as my neighbor and I were leaving from our fight with the little horses he turned to me in the truck and said,” So you wanna look for mules?”

But regardless, I am in NO hurry to buy as I work his mules and horses anyway. I reached a huge milestone with the mules today too!

I groomed,harnessed,hitched them to the hay wagon, and fed the cows, then put them “away” all by myself. Did I mention this was one of his younger teams (I don’t know why I work better with them…)?!?!?!?!?

I am quite proud of myself…..

~~R

[Robernson]

@Joshua Kingsley 14895 wrote:

Isn’t that called a rabbit????

I would guess. That would bring me to another story………..:p

[Robernson]

Thanks everybody. I wasn’t really looking at a “breed” but more looking for “type” if you get what i am saying. Anyhow thanks for the advice and I will keep you guys posted.

~~R

[Robernson]

Well I am in the same boat with Jason. The snow has crushed buildings around here. In town the Wal-Mart and a bank have pretty nice little valleys in the roof. A friend lost a shed and a guy down the road had on of those metal car-port things collapse with is car inside.
Our damage isn’t too bad,mostly just down trees. I have 5 pine trees that fell in the garden, the top of a cedar in the backyard, and lord knows what has fallen across the roads in the woods (old logging trails). So this leaves me with one question; “WHERE IS JASON WHEN YOU NEED HIM?!?!?!?!!?!?”:eek: Just kidding…..:D

That is about all I can tell you about our weather situation, or at least on the destruction end. They say we will get more snow Monday….I hope not. We have already missed 11 days of school this year due to this stupid snow!!!!

~~R

[Robernson]

Wow Carl that is some stick that you found yourself! No seriously, that is impressive…:D

~~R

[Robernson]

@Donn Hewes 15641 wrote:

Hi Roberson, I hope you don’t mind if I ask what happened to driving and working the donkey?

My neighbor has been looking at her since we brought her home and has said that in his opinion, due to years of malnutrition, she shouldn’t be worked. At the time of purchase her ribs were visible from 7 ft away. But I felt compelled to buy one for a pet and to see if I could help it. FYI: she is looking a little better now. Neighbor said that her hooves hadn’t been picked for at least a year. There was a lot of rot when we first went after her hooves,it is getting better though.

~~R

[Robernson]

Believe it or not I have a horse drawn plow. But you don’t want to see it until I get handles and a new moldboard for it….but it is an Oliver!:D
I got it for free along with a walk behind cultivator (also needs handles) Found them both in an old shed and was told to take ’em if I ’em. So I did…:)

~~R

[Robernson]

Great stories everybody………..

[Robernson]

As usual Carl here has brought up some good points. I think that those questions are very good. I attend a public school system that is containing of such a high concentration of agriculturally ignorant idividuals. I might even venture so far to say that the “instructors” are equally as ignorant. Some may venture to argue with me but this is how I feel. I know a man who went to college,aquired numerous degrees,could answer any math problem you could trough at him and then some. But you know what? He didn’t know that a potatoe came from the ground! He also thought that “grain” was made in some factory! I was astounded! Being the blunt individual that I am, I procceded to inform him that he,a man that could argue and hold his own among mathematicians couldn’t fathom the birth of a potatoe.
Althought that story wasn’t completely relevent it did show how far we are drifting from our agrigrian lifestyle.
~~R

[Robernson]

Got the hooves trimmed!!!!:):D:):D
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