Don't discount air rifles or archery equipment, very useful tools and relatively quiet too. Also have more than one good knife, preferably three. The old survivalist adage is "Two is one and one is none". Always have a back up. Also learn how to stay unseen, don't draw attention to yourself. And...
Same thing here, feed has gone up 40% in the last year. This coming spring I believe that I'll be growing my own grain and purchasing my own mini-mill. Oh yeah, and then there's the price of diesel fuel. I purchased mine right before it went up 38%! I'm not sure how much longer we can take...
The problem these days is that there seem to be little to no consequences for such crimes. We used to have a saying in Texas, "get a rope". In the old days you didn't have repeat offenders either. :old
I guess I know the terms because I grew up and stayed around people that were at least 55 years older than I was. No wonder it was hard to fit in school.
I've been told that some parts of Texas are strikingly similar to parts of Australia. I know that paddocks is an old English term, but it's not used as mush as it used to be, kinda sad.
That's interesting. Some of the terms we use here In Texas. Such as stock yards, drovers, stockman, colt, filly, chestnut, bush, scrub, sheds, and utes. Paddocks are large pastures near a river surrounded on all sides by trees. Oh yeah and homesteads. I guess there is a lot of English influence...
Yep, every goat is different. My Nubians were rather quiet but my Boers screamed like banshees. Fortunately it only lasted about three days max. I hope she has normal pregnancy and all goes well. Maybe she'll have twins.:rolleyes: