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[perchie.girl]

The debit card sort of cuts out the risk of check fraud. But checking them like that would work too, I suppose. Loads of excess paper though.

Thanks for the input on feeding guys, too much to respond to individually, because I'm exhausted. But I've got 40kg concentrate and about 70 kg of different grains and grain mixes, so I think I won't be making drastic changes to their diet for a while, that will take 7 birds quite some time to eat.

Here's what Karin and I have been up to all afternoon:

Half way through:


The girls seem to enjoy the protection from wind.






We left the top open for ventilation, I hope I won't be getting too much snow in through there.

Nice ... You could hang a short curtain around the top of the coop on the outside to keep the wind from blowing in snow...

I pictured you running the plastic vertically.... I suppose horizontally would be drier....

deb

 

[vehve]

Deb, as dry as it is there, some sort of tent carport might work. You'd just need one that's a bit more aerodynamic to withstand your winds.

 

[vehve]

Quote: The plastic is only rigid in one direction, I would have needed to put in horizontal studs if I would have installed it vertically. This way I only had to screw it onto the existing posts. I sort of like getting some wind into the top to keep it ventilated, so if I don't get any (or much) snow in through there, I won't block it. If it becomes a problem I might go with the curtains though, or another sheet of the corrugated plastic installed further out.

 

[hennible]

I couldn't eat horse... Unless I had too.
Those are big bales ( square I presume )@casportpony @perchie.girl thanks for the answers.
$75 here for a a big round bale, Timothy mostly, $50 for 600 pound round and I get free 60 pound square bales from my eccentric neighbour. I give him eggs and salsa so make up for the free bees
His horses are still enjoying the lawn.
@vehve
Coop looked great, so did dinner.... Hold the horse please.

 

[perchie.girl]

400 sounds cheap to what you'd pay here. The crappier places start at around 500 euros, and then you don't have very good riding options close by. If you want a place with good trails and a manége, it will be closer to 700-800 euros.

The horse meat was delicious. I'd say it should be left in a pan for about a minute longer than beef though, it didn't cook as quickly. We had it with a nice salad, topped with some grilled chevré, honey and roasted pecans. The meat came pre-marinated with parsley, thyme and garlic.

Board here is a simple affair.... a 24 x 24 foot pipe corral with over head shade. Automatic waterers and the corrals are raked every day. the horses are fed twice a day at most places Three times a day at some of the better places.

We dont have snow or the expense of maintaining a wood barn to deal with. Most places that have alot of snow will have an indoor arena to exercise your horse....

We dont have pasture board here in Southern California.... Oh it exists but its pretty rare. And No matter how big the pasture is you still have to buy hay. Especially now.... with the drought.

The last boarding facility I had my horse at had almost 160 horses. The board was 300 but I payed more for a 24 x 48 for my girl. She was one of four draft horses on the place and the owners owned one. So they built a row of Super sized pipe corrals. Those cost 100 more per month.

deb

 

[casportpony]

Hennible, most hay bales in California weigh about 100 pounds and are selling for $18-$22 a bale, less if you buy a tractor trailer load. We feed two bales of alfalfa a day.


-Kathy

minimum tractor trailer load here is 600 bales....  Thats approximately three tons.  Drops the price considerably between 2-5 dollars a bale.      In my case I dont have a place to store it...  though 600 bales would last me half a year it is tempting.

deb

We really need to make a place to store a big load.

-Kathy

 

[Alaskan]

Taken right now..... Looks super cold and fall-like dontcha think?

 

[casportpony]

I couldn't eat horse... Unless I had too.
Those are big bales ( square I presume )@casportpony @perchie.girl thanks for the answers.
$75 here for a a big round bale, Timothy mostly, $50 for 600 pound round and I get free 60 pound square bales from my eccentric neighbour. I give him eggs and salsa so make up for the free bees
His horses are still enjoying the lawn.
@vehve
Coop looked great, so did dinner.... Hold the horse please.

That's cheap hay...

-Kathy

 

[Alaskan]

One more Picture from my neighbor.... Dude, that man takes good pictures!

 

[Peep_Show]

When in Europe (London) a few decades ago I stopped into a burger joint to grab a bite. The first bite in I could tell it wasn't an all-beef patty. My first and last foray into equine edibles.... People tell me goat is delish, but I've had too many caprine friends to willingly partake. To me it would be kind of like eating dog meat.