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Great story of perseverance. That ankle injury became quite the blessing.

If I was If I was close I’d consider it. Too far from here to even think about.

It’s not the calcium/solids as much as it is the chlorine/fluoride, etc that they add to the water that’s the problem.

Welcome from the heart of the Midwest.

Finally a little more of a close-up of the loafing shed. Inside of the barns uses led strip lighting, no need to wait for light on cold days, the storage and workbench. Last pic show the tractor, a Branson 2910 29 hp tractor, blade, post digger and flail mower. Also the whole barn has air...

Position of the barn to the house, convenient with easy access, but seperate enough for work not to interfere with what’s going on in the house. 2nd pic shows barn, shed (DIY), and the pallet cattle loafing sheds. Separated down the middle to keep the boys and girls separate, but share body...

@410farmer asked for some more pics of my setup, etc. Here is the entrance to my place. The split rail fence was DIY, the driveway was not. 😆. I will fence off the area from the 2nd tree to the right adding about 4 more acres to my pasture area, just for more pasture/emergency...

Love my veggies....Hell I love food. 😆

Some of both. The cattle sheds were made from recycled pallets and my wife, adult son and I built them. I put up all of my own fencing and diy the barn wiring and running the power and trenching to hook it up. I will put in a livestock waterer at some point and that will get hired out. Yes I...

Got the vet coming out on Monday. Brucellosis for the girls, spring shots, worming. I will do this myself later, but the Bangs shot has to be given by a vet so might as well get them all looked over and what I know is up to date. All should have been wormed when I got them, but that’s taking...

Thanks. Very happy that in my 50s I can still work hard and get things done quickly. I’ve had a very physical job that keeps me in good physical condition. I take NO medications on a daily basis and other than being overweight, I am in good health. .....Not that I didn’t pay for it today. I...

Today I finally got electricity to the barn today. Dug a shallow ditch to the barn about 110 feet put down a conduit and ran electricity to the barn. I had already wired the barn so being able to turn on the lights was very nice. I had already hung led lights and put in the outlets. Nice to...

Really enjoying the great weather. Sure there was a little ice on the water this morning, but it’s January for God’s sake. Not to mention it was in the mid 40s this afternoon and the wind was not blowing 40 mph. There’s green grass growing in the fields and the cattle are growing, adding...

Just saw I noted your location not the OP. 😆

I wouldn’t go with a known problem. I did a quick search in SC on CL and found this. https://greenville.craigslist.org/grd/d/chesnee-jersey-nurse-cow/7044573162.html If you want to make a go of bottle calves I would try this and your goats milk. You will HAVE to have a source of frozen...

Every day it stays away is a good day in my book.

I don’t think he’ll be ready by July. He’d only be about 15 months, Dec is more like the right timing. Now to find a good local butcher.

Got the cross fence done yesterday finally. Finished just as the rain got here thank goodness. Now the boys and girls can be out at the same time and idont have to rotate them. Plus 4 hours a day on pasture just wasn’t enough and I was feeding hay even though I had pasture. Now the 2 boys...

I have a question for the group. I have the dexter/highland cross steer. He was born in April. I know typical to finish them out at about 2 years, but I’m not sure if I’d be better off butchering next November or so, or winter him again and finish him out around April or May? Your thoughts...

Sorry to hear about the bad luck but wise to know the timing isn’t right. With family stuff this week I put up a feed shed. 10x12 just for on site hay, feed, cow stuff. I have a 26x36 barn, but with the tractor, attachments, tool cabinets, shelves, pick up, lawn mowers, compressor and work...