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CharlyBonifaz
Member“They’d be pulling a sickle-bar hay mower,”
that may prove a problem, if the mower is not made for cattle; or do they just have to pull it, and the mower is run with an independent engine?“but we’ve never had oxen,”
anyone down your way to get you started? it may not be as easy as buy a team and start working …Memberwhy not invite this smart beaurocrat and invit him on a ride in an Amish cart, designed to his wishes: safety glass, blinkers and safetybelts, most important safetybelts (!?) – and then let ‘s see his opinion after an experience with a runaway horse …
Memberlet me try to answer this:
-For one or two cows is it better to do wire fencing or is it okay to do barbed wire.
Haven’t used barbed wire for a looong time; all our enclosures are electric fenced; if enough wood is available what about the old options? stone walls? thick hedges?
-How much land is required for one or two cows.
depends on what kind of land/what and how much feed grows there; we try not to graze things too short, recovers quicker that way; keep them company if possible!
-Will two bulls be fine together no females.
they will always be fine 😉 we have the trouble of rebuilding fences etc.Memberfrom what I know: no
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johnson_rob@bigpond.comMemberwould really enjoy some pictures of the event in here 😉
Member“They are very regulated and safety conscious there.” That very much describes the main reason; you want to see where everybody is …
Memberhave a good time!
February 17, 2017 at 3:23 pm in reply to: Chet Grimes VT PBS short film about a Vermont horselogger #90052Memberisn ‘t it the same in people? Speak soft and quiet and people will listen more intensely …
Memberlong time – no hear 😉
great to have you back (and your pictures)
first and last picture show the same oxen, just different carts?
any info you can share about the animals, locality, drivers, …?Memberit is not only a problem of smaller and wider bows or different size of oxen; the yoke works pretty much like an evener and thus the chain should adequately move away from the center towards the side of the stronger oxen if used for pulling loads.
in France they build yokes for 3 oxen, the youngsters in the middle; those are pure training yokes.
I’d go with erika’s advice …
Memberthanks a bunch
Memberis it slang for five-eighths of a mile turf?
Member>> There’s even a club over there, but no online presence <<
they have a magazin though:
http://www.zugrinder.de/files/zugrinder/deutsch/literatur/bullockiesbell/Bell%20March%202015-1.pdf
http://www.zugrinder.de/files/zugrinder/deutsch/literatur/bullockiesbell/Bell%20June%202015.pdf
http://www.zugrinder.de/files/zugrinder/deutsch/literatur/bullockiesbell/BellAutumn%202016.pdf
and you may want to contact the Morris:
http://www.glenedenorganicfarm.com.au/
have fun!Membermy mistake: it was 7000 years ago in Africa
http://stockybarka.free.fr/2bgal/img/h/afnp/fresque.jpgMemberwhile oxen strongly prefer grass.
that may depend: Texas Longhorn are browsers and even as calves mine were at least as interested in brush as they were in gras
In rough terrain a pack animal is more useful than a wagon.
why not use cattle for packing? They have been ridden 3000 years ago in Africa and Asia …
and if you prefer small, there are small breeds 😉
well, I do like goats, but billies have a smell to them …
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