Mini Horses
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Is there a breeder near you? That coat looks warm but wow, deep snow would be ice on the lower areas. Interesting.
The journey into the abyss of no return
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Weldman
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Closes breeders I see are mostly in Colorado which is closer than driving to other side of Montana. The way I vision it is best of many worlds, Wool that usually you would get from hair sheep though not as much. Meat you would get from cows or bison and actually lower in cholesterol than bison. Then you have a animal that thrives in this climate like bison would except not as big and aggressive. Lastly if I want to move up to bison after we get more acreage I don't have to worry about cross contamination like owning sheep would.
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Weldman
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Had an epiphany last night, water coming up here from root cellar goes to PEX line that goes up 15' of wall and then crosses over 6 extra feet to get into here. Well I have the lines wrapped and with heat tape on it and still not enough to stop the freezing. So my idea is to allow drain back so the water doesn't freeze in the lines. Multiple ways to implement it, but it will be like those frost free water faucets. fun part is purging the air from the lines each time. Did I mention we have no running hot water up here? 
Mini Horses
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No running hot water is ok -- until shower time
When building this house yrs ago, I lived in a tiny camper on site. Became quite adept at bathing with just a few gallon jugs of warm water, while standing in the little tub. You've been field trained to live with much worse.
. There are those who would just crumble and cry at these inconveniences!!
When building this house yrs ago, I lived in a tiny camper on site. Became quite adept at bathing with just a few gallon jugs of warm water, while standing in the little tub. You've been field trained to live with much worse.
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Weldman
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About 2 gallons of water put on the stove heat till hot then dump into a 6 gallon rubber feed bucket that's more flat than tall. Last time we had hot water on tap was um 7 years ago I thinkNo running hot water is ok -- until shower time
When building this house yrs ago, I lived in a tiny camper on site. Became quite adept at bathing with just a few gallon jugs of warm water, while standing in the little tub. You've been field trained to live with much worse.
Hate going down memory lane as it's always hanging around, back in '03 when we first invaded Iraq it was one boot on and one boot off for a few weeks if you could take a boot off.We invaded in March 19 and it was around that time in April a month later we got our first bath as one would call in in Baghdad and were actually able to change our uniform finally. Been running around in chemical suits with desentery on top of it and yeah ... I digress.
SageHill
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I don't anything about yaks, but wool like hair sheep -- that's not a pluss unless you're using it for compost, ground cover, insulation maybe? Any wool of my sheep is basically worthless - so say those who spin and knit.
But all the other stuff sounds good.
