We’re in the planning stages – what to raise, what tractor do we need, where should the fencing go, how much hay do we need – can we grow it ourselves? Here is a general idea of what the layout looks like and what type of terrain we...
Interesting – population data from city-data.com – what will the 2010 census reveal? Ladonia: 691 Bells: 1,322 Wolfe City: 1,633 Honey Grove: 1,828 Prosper: 3,073 Commerce: 9,066 Bonham: 10,527 Greenville: 25,551 Paris: 25,755 Sherman: 38,407 The Colony:...
Full-sibling matings force the rapid pairing of genes, so give either the best or the worst quality offspring. Some folks say if it works it’s linebreeding, if it doesn’t work it’s inbreeding. While it’s truly all inbreeding, my personal take...
We had finally found a source for dairy heifers and are excited to get some this fall, maybe. But since we’d talked about them they were on our minds. One of our church members is a ‘cowboy’. He works on a ranch and from time to time gets a good deal...
When you’re working with honey bees you’ll have to feed them when there isn’t a honey flow to help keep them strong and ready for the next honey flow. Feeding is part of management. If you feed them before honey flow then you help get them ready to take full...
Today we picked up a rather large rabbit hutch along with two does and one buck. Unfortunately they are all related so we probably won’t do much in the way of breeding with them. We’re keeping them apart for the time being, as anyone knows rabbits reproduce rather...
