The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[sharron]

Today I get to break down the pig, vacuum pack and freeze it.
Have a great day Debby, no where near what you get but I'm having a sustained breeze at about 5mph.

did i mention that along with the rain comes pretty good gust of wind, i suppose blowing the rain in

 

[perchie.girl]

thank you for explaining,that sounds like an interesting day, been years since i've seen a saddle shop, thats a dying breed.
as for the shopping, i usually shop on line anymore, i used to hate to go to the mall because it was the hang out of teenagers and only went when i had to , grocery shopping became my "shopping" where there were lots of people, well not lots but more than i cared for lol

Yep Ray Used to work for McPherson saddlery. He does saddle repairs and even shoe repairs. He also Worked on the harness for the Budweiser Clydesdales when they were in town. When I was repairing an old harness that I was using for training He was the one that I went to to order the metal parts... Conway buckles.. Chicago screws. Keepers. Though when I went to add parts to the harness I went synthetic. Biothane looks like leather but has a test strength of Nylon straps... And its Much Much lighter than leather.

My full leather Harness for Katee weighs almost as much as a western saddle without the Collar and Hames....

I miss driving and working with harness horses. I may get a stout pony and train him up so I can go get the mail down on the highway. Mail box is 2 miles away and all of that distance is dirt road. We'd just have to cross the road to get to the mail box. so some training for safety on roads with traffic would have to be done.

By stout pony probably something around 13 or 14 hands and about 900 pounds. I would love to have a Fijord but they are pretty pricey.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Good morning. I slept most of yesterday, then I slept all night again. Hope to see the doctor today.

 

[rjohns39]

He might have been a small one, but that still sounds like a lot of meat.

I'll know more once he's broken down and packaged up.

did i mention that along with the rain comes pretty good gust of wind, i suppose blowing the rain in

yup, memphis is reporting 80mph gusts right now.

 

[sharron]

He might have been a small one, but that still sounds like a lot of meat.

not compared to a 250-300 hundred pounder
we bought one a few years ago from a friend that we got about 90lbs of meat from, that was the best tasting pork that i've had since i was a child and daddy raised and butchered, it must have cost three or four hundred dollars to raise his pigs cause he only fed them the best, no trashy foods

 

[sharron]

Good morning. I slept most of yesterday, then I slept all night again. Hope to see the doctor today.

morning cap
nothing wrong i hope

 

[rjohns39]

Good morning. I slept most of yesterday, then I slept all night again. Hope to see the doctor today.

Hoping the doc can get you some relief cappy

 

[CapricornFarm]

morning cap
nothing wrong i hope

I think the Lyme Disease didn't go away.

 

[N F C]

Good morning. I slept most of yesterday, then I slept all night again. Hope to see the doctor today.

Morning Cap, you must have needed the extra rest. Hope the doctor can help you out today!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Hoping the doc can get you some relief cappy

Thanks RJ. I really don't want to get rid of all my critters.