Inigima Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 I can confirm that mini donkeys are the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli Fury Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 2 hours ago, Dr. Pepper said: This is so badass. My mind is blown. Spent hours googling last night. I'm pretty well convinced to not get started with any animals until we can afford to include a donkey. Did you have to do any specific training for the donkey to know how to herd the goats? Did he just naturally defend them all? How many acres do you keep? I did nothing to train him in any regard. He just is who he is. I don’t do the goats anymore and moved, reduced my herd to two horses and the donkey. In the goat era I was on 11.6 acres, now they are on 5. Ed remains indespensible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pepper Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 @Elder Sister, how are your bees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elder Sister Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 22 hours ago, Dr. Pepper said: @Elder Sister, how are your bees? They swarmed last year - I haven't had bees this year at all. I've been thinking about getting a couple of hives and giving it a go again - my old hive is still out there somewhere...they visit my yard and I swear at them for being ungrateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Valley Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 3 hours ago, Elder Sister said: They swarmed last year - I haven't had bees this year at all. I've been thinking about getting a couple of hives and giving it a go again - my old hive is still out there somewhere...they visit my yard and I swear at them for being ungrateful. RUDE! Give it another shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 On 11/21/2017 at 0:51 PM, Lily Valley said: Geese aren't CUDDLY. Donkeys are CUDDLY and CUTE. I guess you've never been kicked, stepped on or bitten by a donkey. Ever try to give a donkey de-wormer med when the beast was trying to buck, kick, rear, roll and bite you to prevent that? Good times! Donkeys can be ridden and they can pull carts. But long eared doggies they are not. edt: this includes mini donkeys, which describes the above behavior. The Uni of Nevada, Reno does use donkeys to guard it's sheep flocks from coyotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRider Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 My neighbor down the block has chickens and bees in her back yard, in the city. Some cities zoning laws allow for small livestock. The chickens have destroyed every green plant in her yard and it's pretty barren. Gotta keep those birds penned up for really small scale farming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkerX Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 50 minutes ago, Nasty LongRider said: My neighbor down the block has chickens and bees in her back yard, in the city. Some cities zoning laws allow for small livestock. The chickens have destroyed every green plant in her yard and it's pretty barren. Gotta keep those birds penned up for really small scale farming. Yeah, I remember that sort of thing from the homestead days. We fenced off a patch of raw wilderness 50-60 feet each way around the chicken coop. Talking fireweed, bamboo of sorts, tough as wire brush, small and big trees, that sort of thing. Inside of a few weeks, the chickens ate or killed damn near all of it. Turned the enclosure into a sort of black stain on the ground where only the biggest, toughest plants survived (literal trees). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Greenhouse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkerX Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 41 minutes ago, DireWolfSpirit said: Greenhouse! That's what I go with these days: old plastic storage totes on rude tables (made from damaged interior doors and scraps) inside a greenhouse. You grow stuff in native dirt outdoors, you get weeds. Lots of weeds. Pulling weeds sucks. You also get nasty things that like to munch on roots and plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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