The Official Farming Thread...

[Mastermind]

I can see how that could happen. And you have plenty of other things to do, aside from babysitting a box full of bugs with your farm and other buisness ventures

I pre-ordered two more Nucs of a different breed. Gonna try again.

Banded Italian bees have been my favorite.

 

[Firewood Hoarder]

Banded Italian bees have been my favorite.

I liked their docile nature. Middle of summer I could walk right up to the hive and lift the lid in shorts and flip flops, and they never seemed to mind.

I ordered Carniolan hybrids from a local outfit, they seem to be popular up here from what they said. Supposed to be "gentle" as well...

 

[jblnut]

Sent 10 fatties to the packer yesterday. Someone is going to enjoy some tasty corn fed steaks soon.

 

[Mastermind]

Sent 10 fatties to the packer yesterday. Someone is going to enjoy some tasty corn fed steaks soon.
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We picked up a beef a couple of days ago from the slaughterhouse. She was about 4 years old, born twin to a bull calf, and had been on a grain diet for several months. The marbling in the ribeyes is some of the best I've seen.

 

[jakethesnake]

We picked up a beef a couple of days ago from the slaughterhouse. She was about 4 years old, born twin to a bull calf, and had been on a grain diet for several months. The marbling in the ribeyes is some of the best I've seen.

They call that a free Martin or something or other?

 

[Mastermind]

They call that a free Martin or something or other?

Yep.

 

[jblnut]

We picked up a beef a couple of days ago from the slaughterhouse. She was about 4 years old, born twin to a bull calf, and had been on a grain diet for several months. The marbling in the ribeyes is some of the best I've seen.

That's awesome !! Finishing on a grain diet makes for some really nice marbling !! A big juicy ribeye is truly a thing of beauty when cooked properly

 

[jblnut]

Cleaned out the steer barn today. It’s a 40f February day so it was the logical thing to do. We call this Pen 6 as it’s the 6th pen in the barn lol. Also the largest at 40x40’.


Bob the cat makes short work of this crappy job


Three FULL loads per pen is about the norm. This bigger wagon has cut down barn cleaning time from 7ish hours to under 5hrs. Can’t argue with that !!


Put the new poo by the rest of the poo in the poo palace.


The ribeyes like barn cleaning day. Everything is fresh again

 

[Lnk]

Cleaned out the steer barn today. It’s a 40f February day so it was the logical thing to do. We call this Pen 6 as it’s the 6th pen in the barn lol. Also the largest at 40x40’.
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Bob the cat makes short work of this crappy job
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Three FULL loads per pen is about the norm. This bigger wagon has cut down barn cleaning time from 7ish hours to under 5hrs. Can’t argue with that !!
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Put the new poo by the rest of the poo in the poo palace.
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The ribeyes like barn cleaning day. Everything is fresh again
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Our barns can only get so big, due to not enough flat land. Nice operation you got there.

 

[Firewood Hoarder]

Put the new poo by the rest of the poo in the poo palace.
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I think I just found a new nickname for work - "the poo palace"

On a different note, I heard earlier this week that a guy was killed near me in a manure spreader accident. I don't know any details as to how, but he was only 27... had a big presence in the county fairs showing his cattle.

 

[ajschainsaws]

Decent silage bale grab
Not a bad price around $1800 dollars

 

[jblnut]

Our barns can only get so big, due to not enough flat land. Nice operation you got there.

Thanks !! I started with a fairly hilly building site as well and would venture a guess at around 100,000yds of dirt moved to get things where they are. Having a dozer and scraper makes it a little easier to justify doing it but it still takes time lol.

I think I just found a new nickname for work - "the poo palace"

On a different note, I heard earlier this week that a guy was killed near me in a manure spreader accident. I don't know any details as to how, but he was only 27... had a big presence in the county fairs showing his cattle.

Officially it’s a “stacking slab” but it goes by many names. The Manure Mansion, *s-word Shack, Poo Palace and most recently The White House. Hope that’s not too far off the path for this thread

Any death in the community is felt far and wide especially when it’s a young person that is involved in such things. There are countless things that can unalive us in an instant everyday and I know I for one need to be more careful with lots of them. Sometimes you become complacent and it unfortunately catches up with you and we all feel the effects. Prayers for his family on the way.

 

[jblnut]

Gave the critters a nice bale of meadow hay. They chew through one a week in these two pens along with literal tons of corn.


Also mixed a couple loads of feed again. Not a lot of other farm stuff going on yet as it’s still too chilly.

 

[ajschainsaws]

Having a bad day Thursday finishing off
So wet

 

[ajschainsaws]

Friday was drier gotta a hedge too upright made a good start can't get any machines near it yet

 

[Only the Tony]

Having a bad day Thursday finishing off
So wet


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About 3 weeks ago I was using the tractor just to move the cars from where we park in the back yard. If you hit a soft spot you would sink them.

 

[ajschainsaws]

About 3 weeks ago I was using the tractor just to move the cars from where we park in the back yard. If you hit a soft spot you would sink them.

It suck’s all this rain even the ducks over here are fed up

 

[ajschainsaws]

Nice ole 1965 International

 

[legdelimber]

Tighten up the exhaust leaks and fab up a large diameter (bout 14" o.d.) by six ft long glasspack for it ?
No fart cannon junk, totally looking for that deep "fhump" to it.

 

[jblnut]

Kiddos stand and make friends while I feed the ribeyes and take pictures of them



Also got the skiddy trailer hooked up behind the little red wagon. Tomorrow I plan to go haul a bunch of brush and stumps out of a field and this way I only have to make one trip to the field with the equipment.


The D-Rings are mostly for show but they’re there so the chains don’t drag I guess. Gotta get some wiring and lights on the dump wagon to make it all flashy and such now.