The Quack Shack

[Trimurtisan]

Just to up the price and add to your fancy, checkout kimber. I love my kimber 1911

Oh and Bob ups the game with a Kimber! Nice choice.

 

[Trimurtisan]

Ugh...I hate you @rjohns39. Last year's Christmas present for me was a 1911, and I looooved the Kimber Tactical 1911...but that was not in the budget!!
Ended up getting the Sig 1911 XO..would recommend it to anyone!!

I wouldn't kick my wife out of bed over a Sig either.

 

[Trimurtisan]

Are they heavy for carry conceal? That’s my main problem is weight I hate a heavy purse.

In general I'd think most 1911 models would be bulky for a purse. This is what I carry. It's got a 3.3" barrel with a single stacked magazine. Fully loaded with the extended mag is 810g. I want to say it's 1.1" wide. Great for concealment and handles any type of ammunition. My S&W is very picky what it wants to shoot.

 

[Trimurtisan]

I am done touting my redneckery now

 

[Trimurtisan]

I carry it my waistband in a holster. If your in the market for a concealed gun, I'd recommend looking in to it. It's got a few features that make its a bit more versatile. The slide is said to take something like 30% less effort to pull back. My neighbor has arthritis in her hands and is able to pull it back with no problems.

The recoil springs are great too. Very minimal kick for a gun so short. Trigger is about 10lbs in single action and maybe 3lbs in double action. Nice crisp trigger with minimal reset.

I don't bring it up much publicly, but I do love my guns and the right to bear arms.

 

[duluthralphie]

Anyone here own pigs, or did? We're starting out a plan or the pen. They're just going to be for meat, so nothing special. I just have 3 questions

1) Will predators go after them when they're babies, and when they have piglets?(And adults, they will be bred, the babies will be used for meat)

2) Will they go after my chickens/ducks, my dad owned pigs and told me if they had the chance, they'd break out and kill them. Just want to see if this is true.

3) Will electric fence hold them in.

Thanks, lol. I'm just asking because I don't want to lose any pigs or lose any animals to a pig..

No idea if this got answered...so I will...

Cause I am extremely helpful and only want the truth out there..

Baby pigs are fragile...they need heat lights just like baby chicks....(using heat lamps on dux is a waste of money )

Predators will take the baby’s...when young. I assume you are looking at feeder pigs..which are 40 poundish size......a dog, coyote would take them maybe a fisher... pigs grow fast... at around 60-70 pound a they are pretty safe unless you have roaming dogs..

If a chicken is dumb enough to sit on a fence above a hungry pig it might go after it...the chickens will enjoy feeding on the pig poop... I no longer have hogs, if I did I would let the chickens free range with them....and at the risk of being tiresome to someone special....I would feed my pigs dux if I had any!!!

An Electric fence is about the only thing that will hold them... but it has to be built right....so they can’t push dirt over it and short the fence out..

Pigs are a lot of fun...and so yummy....

just know they grow and never stop growing. I have had boars that go over 500 pounds...

The meat of a boat is not edible unless he is castrated months many many months before you butcher him...

Boy pigs should be made into eunuchs at 2-3 weeks....just don’t let mommy pig hear the baby cry....

also and this is no joke!!!!!
Be careful a boar is always dangerous!!!!! Never enter a pen with them without protection and a way out fast!! More farmers have been killed by boats than by bulls!!!!

A sow with babies is more dangerous than a boar!!!

Be careful!!! I don’t want to have to waste money traveling to that Southie village you live in for your funeral!!!

seriously be careful!!!

 

[duluthralphie]

Kendra, Keep in mind I consider myself a pig failure...

1) yes when they are too small to defend themselves, but mama should protect them at that age, once they are fully weened there are few predators that present an issue.

2) Mine didn't bother with the chickens or ducks. Didn't even mind the chickens standing on them. When the chickens would get into their food, they would goose them with their snout.

3) Yes, but you have to train them early to the wire. AND you have to have at least a 2 joule energizer, bigger is better. This is the area I failed the worst. My friend uses steal wire with a big spring to train them to the wire. The first time they get shocked they'll attack the wire, if they win, you lose.

4) if you're going to let them breed, separate the boar as soon as the sow farrows. At three months, the boar will be going after the little girls. Also have a plan on what you will do with any males that are born as they'll be frisky by about three months.

5) Fencing. Hog panels are great, but line the inside with cinder blocks, railroad ties, etc. Otherwise they'll get their nose under the fence and bend it up. Hot wire about a foot inside the fence and nose height works if they've bee properly trained and it's really hot. My friend actually just uses a single wire to keep them contained in his forest, but they get rigorous training before transitioning.

Now I see this... good advice...but I found hog panels only really work on cement...an electric wire 10-12 inches up and out from the panel helps...

 

[Miss Lydia]

Here’s my tiny OEGB Adam Rufus is too far away to get a good pic of him

 

[Tooshay89]

Morning all!

I'm just going to say that reading about pigs has made me rethink adding pigs to our farm in the future. Not sure we eat enough pork to justify the aggravation.

How's everyone doing?

 

[donkeydew2farms]

Good Morning!
Anyone else have frisky birds already? Our crazy weather has everyone thinking it's early spring even my Muscovy. I am thinking hard on how I am going to split these hormonal boys up so no fighting. Or I can make a boxing ring and let them have a go at each other.

Ha boys are getting testy and very noisy .