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That would be a good idea to use the solar generator a once in a while to make sure it works and not sit in storage wasting original purchase price.

My Grandpa and Grandma had an old kerosene style lamp that had been converted to electric as their living room light. It hung from the middle of the ceiling with a cord that ran to the wall and down to the floor to an outlet. We took it out to keep it when the place sold. It has a green glass...

We used to have a big male Pyr come visit us a mile from its home every 4th of July. Big baby was afraid of the fireworks. Big, big boy too. I'm sure he worked well for his farming family, but didn't like the booms.

We currently have a well, but when the electricity goes out, no pump. That's gotta get fixed with either a generator or hand-prime pump. Same with our heat. We are on a natural gas pipeline. Need that generator... I have considered a solar generator to alleviate the need for combustible fuels...

2nd coffee of the day is finished. Going to go feed/water the rabbits. My first cup at 6:30ish is a half cup so I can get back to sleep for a couple more hours after getting the boys on the bus. Once I get my goats, I plan to get the boys on the bus, go do feeding and milking, and then come in...

I have read and understand that the. LGDs work better as a team and a predator or predators have a much harder time injuring or killing a pair or team than a single LGD. The younger will mimic the older and the older will feel lead to teach the ropes. I have read that on here from multiple...

I will probably sound crazy, and maybe it's just lack of sleep that makes me share, but I have had a feeling, "nudge", something pushing me to become as self sufficient as possible. I don't know why or to what extent I can, but am trying to line up with that goal. My grandparents had a medium...

Today my line was down half the shift, so got to go cut on Ln 18 next to 21. I will train on Ln 18 soon because my team is both lines. When you cut on 18, you also help cut on 17 and 20 which are next ones over. They all manually cut the big 640's over there and then roll them in the cut 40's...

Glad they were ok

The interior is abt 50'x25' and I was going to go 1/3 animal and 2/3 shop, but I don't want to wish later for more room for animals. I am not a mechanic or welder, fabricator, or repairman, but I tinker. I have room for a work bench and storage of one of my vehicles, economy tractor and mower...

When I looked at our new place, I wanted a barn for mechanical and shop purpose and animal use, so mine is still getting organized, but where you see the rabbits, I plan to put up cattle panels and stalls for goats that are coming. I am also putting up a wall between the animal side and shop side.

Today, had off from the cheese factory, so did lots of mowing and yard work using the Craftsman tractor and Swisher pull-behind, push mower, and weed eater. Then, I trimmed out some trees and shrubs along the creek and ravine leading down to it behind the house so my wife can actually see the...

I do not like the idea of putting rabbits on the ground where they can come in contact with too many harmful things. Predators not even included. Give them some hay and leave them in a dry and windless place, especially in the winter. Air movement is ok for Summer. I use nest boxes on real cold...

The Dutch breed works ok as a meat breed, especially when bred to a NZ or Californian, and I think are good pet rabbits to sell. They don't get quite as big as the two above mentioned breeds, but even pure bred Dutch have big enough offspring to process. Now you can even get a variety in colors...

The ads I saw here in IN for Farmers only have young kids in cowboy hats and boots, sitting on tail gates or around bon fires with long necks in their hands. They play them a lot, and I don't see any farmin' displayed in the commercial. Go places you like and enjoy if you want to meet someone...

I had a box shipped to me from @greybeard quite some time back with personal address and full name on it, but it was thrown out before the move; not the contents, but the box. I remember his first name, but I'm fairly sure that would be an impossible way to track down someone in any state...

I want to say 1cc/10lbs. It's been a while now, and I forget. I had picked up the syringes and the Vet said to go subcutaneous at scruff of neck. The litter the doe currently had were fostered out. I think I treated for a week, and then had to wait a month for the penicillin to get out of her...

My vet, before we moved, once told me how much penicillin to use on a rabbit based on weight and what she would use on a cat. That was helpful. I already had the refrigerated bottle from one of the ag/outdoor stores. It did the trick back then for a doe with mastitis. I also had help from a...

I just now noticed this in New Posts. It didn't tag me for some reason with an alert. If it had, I wouldn't have been anymore help than the other gals that answered ya. I tried once a few years back to establish a Vet after coming out of hiatus from raising in the 80's and 90's and starting back...

I remember reading the history of post-war era housewives determining the market on day to day domestic meat. Until that time, rabbit was as common as chicken. Would you rather bring home a chicken or rabbit from the grocery and clean and quarter it, etc? The majority went with chicken, and...