Changing goals and speed

[Bruce]

Never been able to throw a 50# bag on my shoulder....40 ok. But I can still stack that hay 5 high. Can't explain it. Slower

I think the hay is easier since you can grab both strings at different places on the bale for balance. Tough to do with a bag of feed especially if you have hand grip issues.

My 6'4" brother has a "bad shoulder" (wahhh, it's not that bad, he's a complainer) so my parents have told him don't bother trying to help them move furniture, his farmer sister will do it

That's one way to get out of work! Wait until your daughter starts out lifting him

 

[Mini Horses]

Bruce, so true. Those strings can make a nice hand hold & change the balancing act. Plus I can put one end up and flip, flop if needed. Using one layer as step stool helps.....hey, I'm 70+, I can cheat!

CountryBoy, I'm with you....surely AC wears a cape!! Probably a whip at hand, too. With 5 kids, 3 horses, 3 goats, rabbits & 100+ quail, a garden going in, a husband (& who know what else is going on there, like renovating trailers) it is not what I would think had ANY slow time. I'd be yelling for help!

Wore me out even thinking about it.

 

[NH homesteader]

Carried my 50 lb bag through TSC today again, got some weird looks. Of course I was wearing my "nice" clothes, so people think I'm nuts.

I actually have a harder time with bales than feed bags. But I'm pretty sure most of our bales are more than 50 lbs.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I wanna know how you get by with just one bag of feed lol!!! Course maybe I should buy smaller amounts at a time... would be easier than a marathon unloading session!

 

[NH homesteader]

Haha! Well... I bought goat feed the other day, and we buy pig food in bulk from a friend with a silo (55 gallons, around 350 lbs, I don't carry those around!) so it was just a bag of chicken food! We don't have great storage so we don't buy too much at a time.

 

[CntryBoy777]

We are usually going to town 2-3 times a wk, I told them at the Co-Op that they had more storage than me, so I let them store it. Plus, with only 3 goats a 50# bag lasts for about a month....the chickens and ducks on the other hand go thru 2 bags a wk. That will go down tho, when they start getting out all day eating bugs and grass.

 

[Bruce]

How many chickens do you have @CntryBoy777 ? My 12 girls go through 50 pounds in about a month in the winter. Of course I have no ducks.

 

[CntryBoy777]

We have 9hens and 2roos....and 12 ducks.

 

[NH homesteader]

Ducks eat so much!! Ours were major grain hogs!

 

[Bruce]

Yep must be the ducks. 100# a week for 11 chickens is ridiculous.