Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Mini Horses]

Love your goats. The buck is nice looking, conformation wise. I'm confident he's gotten the job done -- they normally find a way & he's pretty tall, it appears. Congrats!!

I recently began milking a doe since her 7 month doe needs to/has slowed down nursing ..Now I have lovely milk again, sure tastes good! Time for me to let the buck in with the girls but, just have not. Didn't want Jan kids this year. Won't have them now.... Of course, it will impact sales of bucklings due to seasonal holiday times when they sell best. Oh, well.

See you changed your avatar. Nice!

AC...wish you lived close, I'd loan you my Nubian buck!!

 

[Bruce]

So I relearned the hard way that it's not a good idea to fire up a wood stove after the outside temp is already below freezing. Soon as I opened the door, I could feel the cold air rushing out as it came screaming down the chimney into the wood stove. I figured if I could get it burning good fast enough I'd be OK... nope, smoke rolling out so had to close the doors which smothered the fire which led to more smoke... So finally said to heck with it and opened the door to allow the fire to really light, then closed it back down. So wood stove going and windows and doors opened to let in that fresh cold air. Still smells like smoke in here, several hours later.

Curious. I've never had that happen. Maybe I never wait until it is that cold? Not sure. I always light from the small door on the side, rather than the big one in front. The smoke goes toward the front then up over a baffle to the chimney. When I light it I have to remember to have the air intake (which is in the bottom middle front of the stove) closed or there is a "fight" between the two air sources and I can get smoke out the door. After it gets burning some, I open the air intake all the way and close the door.

Just a curiosity, the top of your chimney IS 2' higher than anything within 5' right?

 

[High Desert Cowboy]

We used to have a similar problem when lighting our stove. It has something to do with differing air pressures and the cold air doesn’t allow the smoke to rise up the chimney. Ive found the best way is to go slow, start a smaller fire with the door open and allow this to heat the box and pipe up a little before building it up to its intended size and then closing the stove. It does feel silly to have a nice fire roaring with all the windows open to let all that smoke out.

 

[greybeard]

It has something to do with differing air pressures and the cold air doesn’t allow the smoke to rise up the chimney.

Density. Cold air is more dense than warm or hot air. Colder molecules always pack closer together, making every cu ft of cold air heavier than equal volume of warm air, especially if the warm air is dry. Hot air can/will only rise if the column of air above it is not heavier than the hot air.

 

[Bruce]

Ive found the best way is to go slow, start a smaller fire with the door open and allow this to heat the box and pipe up a little before building it up to its intended size and then closing the stove.

Oh, I ASSUMED this was a given! Shy a natural gas "flamethrower" (as some fireplaces have) I can't imagine how one could start a "full log" fire without starting small and working up regardless of the air temperature differential.

 

[goatgurl]

was wandering around the forum and saw your new boy. congratulations, I hope he does a good job for you. and you're right he does have some nasty scurs/horn. looks like a vet will have take care of those for you. glad your trip went well.

 

[Latestarter]

So here's my LGD doing what he does best... at least during the day. Couldn't move to get a pic looking down as it would have woken him up and he would have rolled over. Just heard him sound off out back

 

[Mike CHS]

That is another picture that needs to be framed.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I think he is showing ya how ya look stretched out in the recliner....

 

[Mike CHS]