Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Celtic Chick]

Oh and sorry Deli... I have 2 chocolate ORP pullets and 2 roos. They are doing fine. Sometime I will remember to take pictures...

Yes, please do, missy. Did you ever take pics of Hershey when she was small?

 

[Celtic Chick]

Whistle, whistle............

 

[Bigfamily4me]

Hhhmmmmmm good question. I remember her very clearly but am unsure of pictures. When do you want your chocolate baby...

 

[FrenchToast]

Well, today we got the garden fenced in with snow fence.... hoping to keep the pigs and chickens out !!! Guineas of course got trapped inside the fence. They can figure out how to get in but not out !!! They are so well.... stupid !!

Now keeping fingers crossed that it doesn't rain so we can plant tomorrow. Not sure how big our garden is but it took about 375' of fence. It ziz zags or I'd be able to figure it out easier... to tire now to try.

I am so stiff and sore !!!! My job was to kneel down and wrap baling twine around the T posts and fence !! ET held on to the post while I boosted myself up.... for every post !!! Couldn't help but think I was pole dancing at each one !!!! BUT FULLY CLOTHED mind you !!!!! (so get your minds out of the gutters please... just because I bathe in the rain naked on an ATV doesn't mean I'd T Post dance naked... geez people !!! )

The tomato, brussel sprout, cabbage and pepper plants are sitting in the van just waiting to be planted. As are the seeds I bought at Jungs last year and never got around to planting a garden. Hope some of them take... Sure not going to buy new ones. It does say sell by December 2012 on them so hoping they will be ok.
Psycho.... what kind of seeds are you talking???? I forgot where you live... I'm sure there is still time to plant some of your seeds.

Just looking through my seeds I bought sorghum, broom corn, ornamental corn and a bunch of other stuff. Looking at the dates I think I'm doomed for some of them.... Those dang Peacocks and Peahens took over my greenhouse last year so had no place to start anything AGAIN this year. Most of that weird stuff was for the chickens anyway.

Heather, are you going to be president of the chicken and duck anonymous ??? Sign me up !!! How did your day go with Halden ?

I took some tylenol but not sure it is going to do the trick....... I haven't worked this hard in Months !!!!! Or maybe longer !!!

Sandigettingtiredofhavingahousesmelllikeducks

 

[199787]

One last rant/question about my horse. Yesterday he ripped the top off of my rabbit cage. I went out and tried to get the rabbit before it got away and to try to stop him from doing any more damage. I led him away, he came back. I whipped him with the lead rope, he didn't care. I waved a 2x4 at him, he came towards it. He had issues with being tied, and if I put him in the pasture alone he freaks out that's why I didn't do any if those things. I brought the whip into the pasture the other day to try to get him to stay away from me while I put fences around the trees he was eating. The other horse ran at the sight of it, he tried to chew on it. I even swished it back and forth behind me when I walked and he was still so close that he was getting hit I'm the face. I have had people (like my ferrier) comment on how desnsitized he is. Seems to be that the only thing he is afraid of is a good electric shock. Is it possible for a horse to be TOO desensitized? Or maybe he's just a little slow mentally?

Ok, couple of things here. I've been following your horse troubles and I really think you are in over your head. Why is the horse by the rabbit cage? I am pretty sure that mine would do the same if there was something like that they could get a hold of. Letting horses loose is asking to lose your farm. They can travel very long distances quickly and when they are loose they are unpredictable at best. I have extra insurance just in case a horse were to get loose and get hit by a car and kill someone. Things can go ok for months or more then bam, a horse spooks, takes off blindly and kills someone driving down a road. It happened to a neighbor of mine. I kept telling her and she kept saying they wouldn't go anywhere. Well it was terrible. The horse was injured badly and had to be put down and the people in the car were hurt badly as well. I couldn't imagine ever just letting them run around on their own. It's not a good thing to do when you understand the nature of the horse and know that you can be prosecuted if someone hits it. In this state it is your responsibility to secure your livestock. I don't know how far away you live from me in Weyauwega, but if it isn't too far, I would be willing to come out and help show you some things that can help you gain some respect, because it sounds like they don't respect you at all. Horses shouldn't be in your space unless you invite them. When I walk out in my pasture if I want even the lead mare out of my way she moves. It really isn't their fault. Too many people get horses thinking they aren't that complicated and wind up being abused by their horses. Yes, owners get abused by their horses all the time. We are talking about 1,000lb animals here and they need to respect you. You see, horses need a leader and if you don't step up, then they step up and try to lead you. Horses charge each other, bite each other, kick at each other, when the horse doesn't do what the lead horse wants. They may do the same to you if they don't see you as the leader. Especially if you don't recognize the warning they give. They give a couple warnings before they actually do something physically. Many perfectly fine horses begin to act like jerks as soon as they sense they are without proper leadership. I know they are pasture pets to you and you don't ride them but they will need some training in order to be respectful and good pets for you. It can take as little as 5 minutes a day to make it work. It isn't a huge deal that a 9 month old isn't weaned either. In the wild horses nurse for a long time. I let my filly nurse around 8 or 9 months before I weaned her and then it was very very easy to do and so much less traumatic than pulling a baby off the mother at 4 months. Just like us, the extra mother's milk doesn't hurt. However, if you let them run wild you are going to wind up with horses who's only future is to be slaughtered in terrible conditions for some foreigner to eat at a fancy restaurant. I would love to help you figure horses out. I love horses, but I have had them my entire adult life and still learn new things every day. Bottom line is that your going to have to do some work to get these horses behaving, and please, please keep them in their pen. You are just asking for trouble. You can always hand graze them on the lawn and it helps bond and build respect as well. They are amazing and fascinating animals, but they take a lot of knowledge and work as well. Also, if you are very far away and have the ability to play old school VHS tapes I would be willing to mail you some great ground work videos that I have by Clinton Anderson. Also, RFDTV on satellite or cable has a lot of shows on in the evenings on horse training that can be very helpful.

To answer a couple questions for French Toast...Yes, I do natural horsemanship. I prefer Clinton Anderson but can learn tricks and tips from anyone. I do not know anything about driving so, so no I cannot train to drive. I was contemplating sending my Saddlebred to a driving trainer near me because he is willing to teach me to drive as well as the horse. I wanted to train my mini's (don't have them now), and I had a really cool cart, but I never did get to actually trying it. I help people sometimes, but I don't train professionally or anything. I have a job that is way to demanding, but far more lucrative than horse training. I would rather be horse training though, lol. Someday....

As far as poultry goes we saw a mother Merganser duck and 7 little babies in our pond today!!! It was so darn cute!!!! I wanted to get a net and catch em all, but I didn't...such cute little fuzz balls, and the mother with her mowhawk was adorable.

Bigfam...so glad everything worked out ok with your son...whew! My nephew is perfectly normal...mostly...but when he was younger he would climb out windows or escape any way possible and it was a nightmare. He made it all the way to the highway out a window once. It was terrifying. It would up with talking alarms on all the doors, window locks, and constant supervision for that little guy. Well, he's 10 now and scared of everything. Not sure what happened there, but you can chase him all around the house with a lady bug. He won't walk out to the barn at night even though it's less than 50' and the lights are on.




Lisa

Edited to remove second signature and punctuation issues...probably still missed plenty though.

 

[199787]

I just want to add that with a little work on the owner's part, horses are amazing companions and friends. It's definitely worth the effort. They are amazing animals that have helped humans immeasurably throughout history as war horses, work horses, transportation, and as friends. They are worth it.

Lisa

 

[Cindlady]

Hi all... to tired to go back and re-read.

Congrats to all that got at least some of the garden in! Ours is not as big as past ones. with not having a tiller last year and the late start this year. it was almost like breaking new ground. next year it will be a little bigger. I did underestimate how much room there was, so the plants are spaced pretty well. Young son tilled for me and and said the planting was all mine. I planted the plants. Then he asked if there were sunflowers... he planted 3 kinds! Then he asked if the peas and beans were going to go up the sunflowers, I said sure, then I don't have to stake them. He planted them. Then he found the carrots and planed 3 rows! Then a row of beets and 3 packs of lettuce, 2 packs of spinach and something else I can't remember. He even had to till an extra row. lol i worked transplanting some things, weeding and digging burdock root and cutting nettles for medical use.
Glad you enjoyed the link... LOL

Well, very tired... night all!

 

[PsycoPeep]

 

[irishrovr]

Garden picks as promised:

Straw bales are composting nicely. I put 3 tomatoes per bale and 3 broccoli per bale. Wire trellis over the tomatoes.

Looking good!! I'll have to try me some of that next year.

 

[irishrovr]

OMG enough already!!!! Wow! Too much to comment on and remember it all......

BBP training is a must for your horse. The lady I used to ride with would make her horses walk around in a circle when they were naughty......

Lmiller you can come to UW Fox and give me pointers with our SW tank anytime!

Yellowstone was amazing!!!!! I highly recommend HWY 14/16 for entering and exiting..... Very nice as far as mountain roads go.

Camping in the Black Hills again tonight. Going to try and make it to Jewel cave in the am....

I am sorry to hear the weather has been so lousy for all of you....... it has been beautiful here....

Time to eat! Mountain grilled hamburgers abd brats!

Sounds like you're having an awesome trip! Stay safe!