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Reyvaughn said:
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Just wanted to pop on and say something. You know, something like: I'm not dead. I am sick, though. Love my seasonal colds. AS if I didn't already know it was getting cooler.
My mom got a new horse last Sunday. and I rode him yesterday. I am soooo sore. It's been over 10yrs since I rode bareback - over 3 since I rode, period (there was a good 6yr break before that). He has weird conformation and navicular and going down hill I kept sliding up his neck, so I went to get off and walk him home and I fell on my butt. Yep, I'm in pain because of that, too.

Bandit (ImaTuffJoey DeeBar):
14yr old QH Gelding




We also found out on Tuesday that my pap has kidney and lung cancer. His biopsy results won't be back until the 21st.
No one has high hopes for a good prognosis. We think he's known for a long time and just didn't want to alarm anyone.
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beautiful horse, wish at times i could ride again, too old and been hurt to many times tho, anyway, thats really rough about your pap, hope he doesn't suffer too much.
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I need some help or ideas...so I have had my girls out since may. I have added to them twice once in June and another time in August. I also have gotten rid of my roosters in the time being. I have let them out to free range ever since day one. They have never left our yard which is only an acre. But yesterday the farmer down behind us who has turkeys came up and asked if i could keep my girls out of this area has it would be a health code violation for him and doesnt want my birds to bring anything into his. Which i get and itsnt a big deal. he said they were down last night and the day before and thats the first he has saw them. So its only recent that they have started doing this. There is about 50 yards of woods behind our house that separates the two properties. And the turkey barns are about 400 plus yards away from the end of the woods line if not more. What caused them to wonder this far are they just getting brave? And beside putting up a fence the whole way around our property is there anything I can do to still let them free range and not end up going down there? I have 7 hens 2 buffs, 2 swedish, sultan, silkie, and a polish/swl mix. So some of them are small birds my buffs are larger. Their run is about 24 ft by 5ft and the coop is 5 by 5ft. I was planning on letting them free range but silly me didnt think they would wonder... is this going to be enough room for them or should I plan on making it bigger? and I feel bad and guilty that i cant let them out anymore. if i keep them locked up for awhile will this stop them from wondering for awhile? or since they already wondered will they just keep going back? Help please!
 
Brittany7 said:
I need some help or ideas...so I have had my girls out since may. I have added to them twice once in June and another time in August. I also have gotten rid of my roosters in the time being. I have let them out to free range ever since day one. They have never left our yard which is only an acre. But yesterday the farmer down behind us who has turkeys came up and asked if i could keep my girls out of this area has it would be a health code violation for him and doesnt want my birds to bring anything into his. Which i get and itsnt a big deal. he said they were down last night and the day before and thats the first he has saw them. So its only recent that they have started doing this. There is about 50 yards of woods behind our house that separates the two properties. And the turkey barns are about 400 plus yards away from the end of the woods line if not more. What caused them to wonder this far are they just getting brave? And beside putting up a fence the whole way around our property is there anything I can do to still let them free range and not end up going down there? I have 7 hens 2 buffs, 2 swedish, sultan, silkie, and a polish/swl mix. So some of them are small birds my buffs are larger. Their run is about 24 ft by 5ft and the coop is 5 by 5ft. I was planning on letting them free range but silly me didnt think they would wonder... is this going to be enough room for them or should I plan on making it bigger? and I feel bad and guilty that i cant let them out anymore. if i keep them locked up for awhile will this stop them from wondering for awhile? or since they already wondered will they just keep going back? Help please!
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I wish I had a solution for you. They sell the Wildlife Netting pretty cheap at Lowes, it's very light weight, 7 feet high, a roll of 100 ft sells for about $15, I have a friend who uses it so section off her yard to keep her different breeds form mixing and it works well, her husband used tree branches as 'fence posts'. I'll try to get a picture for you, very clever set up. Maybe just run this down the side of your property that touches his?
 
Blarneyeggs said:
I wish I had a solution for you. They sell the Wildlife Netting pretty cheap at Lowes, it's very light weight, 7 feet high, a roll of 100 ft sells for about $15, I have a friend who uses it so section off her yard to keep her different breeds form mixing and it works well, her husband used tree branches as 'fence posts'. I'll try to get a picture for you, very clever set up. Maybe just run this down the side of your property that touches his?
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Yeah thats what he said about just put up like a snow fence in the middle of the woods to stop them from going that way....but the idea of bright orange fence in my yard didnt please me...lol but i will have to look for that...it might work.. hope it does! I just felt bad today when i didnt leave them out they were like pushing at the run door too.. Thanks for that idea i will have to look into it!
 
Brittany7 said:
I need some help or ideas...so I have had my girls out since may. I have added to them twice once in June and another time in August. I also have gotten rid of my roosters in the time being. I have let them out to free range ever since day one. They have never left our yard which is only an acre. But yesterday the farmer down behind us who has turkeys came up and asked if i could keep my girls out of this area has it would be a health code violation for him and doesnt want my birds to bring anything into his. Which i get and itsnt a big deal. he said they were down last night and the day before and thats the first he has saw them. So its only recent that they have started doing this. There is about 50 yards of woods behind our house that separates the two properties. And the turkey barns are about 400 plus yards away from the end of the woods line if not more. What caused them to wonder this far are they just getting brave? And beside putting up a fence the whole way around our property is there anything I can do to still let them free range and not end up going down there? I have 7 hens 2 buffs, 2 swedish, sultan, silkie, and a polish/swl mix. So some of them are small birds my buffs are larger. Their run is about 24 ft by 5ft and the coop is 5 by 5ft. I was planning on letting them free range but silly me didnt think they would wonder... is this going to be enough room for them or should I plan on making it bigger? and I feel bad and guilty that i cant let them out anymore. if i keep them locked up for awhile will this stop them from wondering for awhile? or since they already wondered will they just keep going back? Help please!
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The electrified net fencing works beautifully highly recommend it
 


I would LOVE to have this big chicken…..well for a week or so.

Color me HAPPY!! the porkers are at the butcher, YAY!! had we been brave enough to film the fiasco of getting them on the trailer, it would have been prime pickings for Funniest Home Videos. As it is, I am happy to say we are still married. Gotta go clean out my freezer.
 
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I would LOVE to have this big chicken…..well for a week or so.

Color me HAPPY!! the porkers are at the butcher, YAY!! had we been brave enough to film the fiasco of getting them on the trailer, it would have been prime pickings for Funniest Home Videos. As it is, I am happy to say we are still married. Gotta go clean out my freezer.
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Love that bird also!
Congrats on the pigs. I know what you mean about cleaning out the freezer, we have been lucky enough to split a pig with a friend of ours the last 2 yrs, AWESOME meat!
Between our meat birds, nearly 100 lb of walleye and perch and then the pig we were out of freezer space though.... ended up upgrading our old 13 cubic ft freezer for a new 20 cf upright. Now we have room for the fresh meat!
 
I know this was briefly mentioned here before but wanted to bring it up again.... anyone going to the Mother Earth News Fair at 7 Springs next weekend? We are going on Saturday and if anyone else is going to be there we would love to meet up to put faces with the names!
 

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