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Specifically a milking shorthorn, or a milking devon. Does anyone have these for sale, or know of anyone? We have dexters, but my wonderful old cow died this spring (she always gave a lot of milk), and I'm not getting enough milk from any other to keep up with 4 daughters. Thank you!

Congratulations! I'm sad because we lost a newborn calf the other day, born to my favorite sweet little heifer (dexter). She got on a hillside, and we think the head twisted under as it was being born and smothered. It was 0 degrees out, and think we got there about 10 minutes too late, the...

So, did you ever buy the dexters? I love them, they're wonderful little cows. We've whittled our herd down to 9 (actually, about to be 10) since we are moving soon, but we'll be on good ground after the move, and can let the herd grow again. If you are looking at having them just for beef, you'd...

We have that same problem with mountain lions in Arkansas (are they the same as cougars?). If you report seeing one, they don't exist here, so I guess we're seeing mirages. One of our neighbors a few years ago had a bear that was eating his calves - wildlife folks said bears don't eat meat. They...

I heard once that chocolate works to trap them...

So, does anyone know if the wind blows just as hard in southeast Kansas? I haven't figured out yet if we should sell the 5kw windmill we bought several years ago and never installed, or take it with us? That sounds great to me about the tractor! I ALWAYS do something wrong when we have to pull...

Sorry about the slow response, I haven't been on the forum in the last many days. We are in northwest Arkansas - Ozarks. Takes an hour and a half to get to any town from where we are, the dirt roads are terrible. But we are soon moving to Kansas, where there's some beautiful ground. We may still...

WOW. And I was afraid to tell anyone here I raise dexters, thought you all would laugh at me...

Short answer: propane water heater (only for summer, in winter, there is a 100 gallon water heater that the stove pipe goes thru), propane refrigerator and lights and stove, small windmill for well water pump, lights, and a 12 volt chest freezer when the wind is blowing, generator for laundry...

That's one thing I'm grateful for - I never have to worry about losing power. We are completely off grid here. No powerlines to come down. We were as cozy as ever during that ice storm a couple years ago, except for having to get out and milk and feed the cows. I really want a wood cookstove...