The Old Folks Home

Pics
Date sort Score sort
Peep_Show said:
@Chickadoodle s That's 56 inches by 8 feet, so enough for 9-ish hens. The total height ground to roof is 6 feet. It will be enclosed with lots of windows and vents (and auto door to the run). The interior will have a roost shelf at one end and exterior nesting boxes at the other. One 8-foot side will have doors to open up for clean out and I'm hoping for a cleanout half door up by the poop shelf so I can scoop from the outside (there being a shallow box contraption under the roost containing PDZ). If I get real engineery, the poop shelf box may be a slide-out drawer mechanism.

And -- you nailed it -- nails go very quick! Something tells me Lowes may think I'm a groupie before this project is done.
Click to expand...
If you can... use screws..... They dont back out when the weather changes from hot to cold to back again and from moist to dry and back again. Most drill motors are very good at driving screws. Get the right sized driver bit for the screw.... They make ones that are also magnetized very helpful

deb
 
What a gorgeous horse, better mane than I ever had and blond too! I've never heard of that breed. What do they come down from - genetic-wise?
 
drumstick diva said:
What a gorgeous horse, better mane than I ever had and blond too! I've never heard of that breed. What do they come down from - genetic-wise?
Click to expand...

They are originally from Austria (next to Germany). They were mountain draft horses and so the large "pony" size. They are a cousin breed to the Noriker which is a bigger horse. The Noriker looks a great deal like them but comes in other colors than the blond sorrel. They are mostly Old Forrest Horse with some trickles of Oriental blood that give them some of the gorgeous curve of the neck
 
Haffies were originally bred in the alpine region of southern Austria. Some people consider them large ponies, since they usually run 13 - 14 hands tall (52 to 56 inches high, measured at the point where the neck joins the back), but they are sturdy enough to do a horse-sized job (and look gorgeous while doing it!)
love.gif


I've only known a couple, but they were characters!
 
Last edited:
ChickenCanoe said:
When we had a farm, I always wanted Belgians to plow, pull logs and sich.
Click to expand...

Belgians Kick butt for logging and pulling.
each bag on that FLAT bottomed sled is fifty pounds
Each horse weighs around 2000 to 2500 lbs
statistically drafts are supposed to be able to pull twice their weight



They are like the Bull Dogs of the horse world


My girl Gets very excited when she Gets to really work..... We trained her first by pulling a Tractor tire. Just dragging it along the ground.... But While it dragged it filled with sand and by the time we were done there was about a four cubic feet of sand built up in there. Which is about 400 lbs or so Add on whom ever wanted to "go for a ride"... Always had volunteers for that... Every kid on the ranch stood in line. and quite a few adults....
gig.gif


My Katee is a Percheron... With blood lines that go back to Kloentharp... Kind of the Man of War for Percherons.



I am a Carriage driver so we dont do logging stuff. Its heavy dangerous work I do have the eqipment to do it though in the form of a Forecart. Very very useful vehicle. they can be used simply for training or they have hitch points on them so you can pull any number of different farm implements.... from Mowers to Maneur spreaders.... Even Logging Chokes.

deb
 

Similar threads

K
    • Like
    • Informative
    • Love
Bumping old threads - would this help? (xenforo add-on)
Replies
6
Views
248
Altairsky
Altairsky
I
    • Like
7 week old Light Brahma
Replies
6
Views
512
Bsmac
B
P
What to do with solo chick
Replies
7
Views
773
LyleVertigo
LyleVertigo
L
    • Like
Layer feed??!! Mixed age flock.
2 3
Replies
29
Views
4K
U_Stormcrow
U_Stormcrow
R
    • Love
Round two!
Replies
5
Views
658
Raubkatze
R

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom