Recent content by DNelson

when its too cold to go out and get more. Ha.

when it gets -43f propane gels and heaters etc stop working. even at - 30 while outside doing chore (fast) the inside of nostrils will feel like they freeze with each breath and eyelids freeze open sometimes when just looking through two holes in a face mask. Its only -14f here at this time so...

Good idea, I'm going to add some additive today too. its only -14f right now but doesn't look like its warming up much as it moves towards us from your area.

Buying high and selling low never seems to be a good choice.

years back, remove the birdshot and load with rock salt. not sure if anyone still uses that method anymore.

mine know the truck horn and come in for feed. during winter they are at the barn pasture and a bucket gets their attention then.

North Central Minnesota here, have bobcats and one of the area residents had a cougar on their trail came last year. Neighbor just north of my property had a Timber Wolf at his stock pond this fall.

cool, nice setup. Thanks, it gives me a few ways to improve on my setup.

Thats what I am concerned bout, I have a big Angus Bull that may or may not fit through the head gate so I need a side gate to get him out if he gets in with the others going through the chute.

ok, i see. I am thinking about a gate on one side where the head gate is, to turn out the bull, etc. if I dont want them in the head gate. dont know if a regular tubular fence gate would be strong enough.

is that gray gate what you use to let the cattle out from the alley at the headgate?

Just curious why you would use the side gate instead of letting the bull exit through the open headgate. Your setup is much like mine except I don't have a side gate, although I have considered putting one on the side too.

the algae is filamentous algae, long stringy green growth if not controlled in the tank in the summer. I put a small length of 2x6 for birds to land on to get a drink. started that when I found one dead floating in the water tank, been no more since then.

I lived in Fort Myers for six years 2012 to 2018 and the chlorine was so strong occasionally that you could smell it when someone ran water. Never drank it or made coffee with it and we got bottled water in gallon bottles. That was the first time in my life that I was on a city water system...

I just got done cleaning the fish poop out of the stock tank, no alae. I have had 2 minnows in the tank for two years and they were still alive today. I clean the tank in the spring and in the fall. I also have the tank heated all winter.