Recent content by CircleA

Don't forget access to salt and minerals! even without shade, your horse will be ok if he has plenty of fresh water and salt. most of the time my horse won't stay in the shade. I have run a sprinkler in the pasture when the Temp is over 100 - but we don't have a lot of humidity so i am not...

How can i break through the surface? Add more weight? Change degree on the disks? Run over it with a spring tooth? Or wait until Spring!!!! Thanks all Alex

what size of Disk Harrow, length / weight, can i safely and effectively pull with my tractor? I believe it has about 30-35 horsepower. Additionally, are King Cutters OK? Thanks, Alex

you could try a temporary eclectic fence with a battery operated or solar powered power source. Alex

okay, stupid question time - how do you control heel flies? I use a dust bag hung from an A frame in the pasture - seems to work in controlling horn flies and such. btw, any ideas on how to make the dang dust bags last longer than a season??? (dang longhorns!) Alex

Jerry, and others I thought about a hot wire, but was a little hesitant. i didn't want to fix the fence (it is an interior) and have her jump it again and ruin the fence and or hurt her. I reckon i will repair it and sting a hot wire up and see how things go. Thanks all Alex

Thanks, this is my situation - i have two longhorn cows that i keep near the house kinda as lawn ornaments. I breed them each each year to help cover cost. I just move the bull from the commercial herd in to the pasture near the house. Well, these beast are very skittish and often jump a...

Howdy y'all I have two longhorn crossed cows. Their sire was a pure bred longhorn, and the mama was a Holstein/Hereford cross. When does the horn quit growing? Age wise. Thanks Alex

If you always have wind - the the wind power models are a good options. I don't know if the rebate programs are still available. But after i paid 10K to have Pg& E bring power to my place, i talked to a guy that said a wind powered unit would have cost me 20K with a 50% rebate from the state...

More on my fence problems... I was not able to do the AM radio test last night, worked late, but i did hook up a fence tester - it the cheap type that hangs on the line and when the ground probe is stuck in the ground, lights lite up to tell you how many volts or what ever you have at that...

Thanks every body, i have a single line of wire, will do the AM radio test. i have three ground stakes. will let you know, they did seem to drink more yesterday, however, last night no water was touched. Alex

Howdy y'all, This weekend i installed an eclectic fence on the horse pasture. All worked well and looks like this WILL save the fencing. My problem is that i think the horses are not drinking water because of the electric fence. the tank is a 110 gal rubber maid tank, filled daily by a hose...

water got into the air cleaner and mixed with the oil and now the cleaner is all mucked up. at the base of the cleaner, above the "oil bowl" is a metal - Brillo pad looking - filter that i can figure out how to remove. I soaked the bottom / filter in gas to try to clean it up, but it didn't'...

thanks Kelly, that was what i was thinking- to use Lime. But i couldn't remember why. I know we used it in the mortar when i was a brick layer, but could remember why. You spoke of "Barn Lime" is this different than the bags of lime i can get at the lumber yard? Thanks Alex

howdy y'all any one have any good ideas on trying out the mud in my pens? I tried pine shavings - that works ok but can be costly. I considered straw but am concerned about the smell as the straw rots. the portion of the pens that need drying out are uncovered. thanks all Alex