I Am Doomed- LOL

[Chaneys Ranch]

OOPS...forgot the turkeys!

They are on my spring list too!

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Haha! Same here. My chickens were free. Bought 6 geese for my Dad, he loves them! 4 Muscovy for my youngest daughter. Now I have 8 adult chickens, and 16 australorp in the brooder, 2 weeks old

Added 4 guinea hen, 2 pigs and 2 alpaca over the summer. Plan for milking goats, and cows come spring... Yeppers, I am doomed!

OH wow you're going to be busy, my family haven't thankfully had to deal with me getting "larger animals" just chickens and now ducks.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

OH wow you're going to be busy, my family haven't thankfully had to deal with me getting "larger animals" just chickens and now ducks.

My last dog was 220# english mastiff

Had to downsize to a pug when my parents moved in with us tho. Sam would knock my Dad flat.. Sam didn't mean to, but dad wouldn't stop playing with him..( 79 years old thinks he is 20) We finally rehomed him to prevent Dad getting broken bones or worse.

Thankfully, Dad doesn't like the cows.. just the goats

 

[cluckcluckluke]

My last dog was 220# english mastiff

Had to downsize to a pug when my parents moved in with us tho. Sam would knock my Dad flat.. Sam didn't mean to, but dad wouldn't stop playing with him..( 79 years old thinks he is 20) We finally rehomed him to prevent Dad getting broken bones or worse.

Thankfully, Dad doesn't like the cows.. just the goats

Oh

. But lucky that nothing bad happened. I like pugs but I have a border collie x Kelpie.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

I love both breeds! I have a good friend in Australia that has a kelpie pup and she is the red.. so pretty. They are so smart.I want to find a good bloodline for the border collies, or have considered Australian cattle dogs.. I do need to find a LGD way too many coyote here.

 

[cluckcluckluke]

I love both breeds! I have a good friend in Australia that has a kelpie pup and she is the red.. so pretty. They are so smart.I want to find a good bloodline for the border collies, or have considered Australian cattle dogs.. I do need to find a LGD way too many coyote here.

I live in Australia and yes my dog is so much smarter than many other dogs I know, cattle dogs are great. Do you breed dogs.
Sorry for being dumb but what is an LGD.

 

[HooverHenHouse]

Livestock guard dog =)

 

[Going Bhonkers]

Question for those of you with pallet coops, do you find that the wood decomposes rather quickly? I've always wanted to use pallets for outdoor ideas, but I'm afraid of them falling apart.

 

[mrwoodboat]

I dont know yet but I do know I have some things stored on a hardwood pallet behind the shop going on 4 yrs now...I would think that if you placed the coop on bricks such that there was not any wood to ground contact, it would hold up longer than being directly in contact with the ground. But I just built mine- time will tell.

 

[Ehirning]

Question for those of you with pallet coops, do you find that the wood decomposes rather quickly? I've always wanted to use pallets for outdoor ideas, but I'm afraid of them falling apart.

My pallet coop is up on cinder blocks so there's no wood to ground contact. Most pallets are build from oak so they don't deteriorate very fast in the weather. If your pallets aren't directly on the ground, you shouldn't have any problems.