tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35188043.post8614927001118205917..comments2023-11-07T06:51:41.301-06:00Comments on The Beginning Farmer: TBF 027 :: Raising Meat Chickens, Hot & Dry Farm Updates, and a Hard Lesson LearnedEthan Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01333115493519268802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35188043.post-79851674080754687852013-09-18T14:42:31.296-05:002013-09-18T14:42:31.296-05:00What breed of chicken do you use for meat? What is...What breed of chicken do you use for meat? What is the length of time from hatch to butcher? This was my first episode and I really got a lot of info from it! I'm anxious to hear more! Thanks in advance! calamityjanesfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531504864278433709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35188043.post-32698681798239225822013-09-11T15:24:12.475-05:002013-09-11T15:24:12.475-05:00Have you ever tried the trick of lifting your elec...Have you ever tried the trick of lifting your electric fences with a length of PVC instead of going to the trouble of cutting them and installing posts and gates (similar to the idea behind the rotational grazing thread on Homesteading Today)?<br /><br />Even if you have three wires instead of just one, I would think that you if took the wire off two or three posts you could lift it high enough to move cattle under them (it might take two PVC posts instead of just one). <br /><br />I've also pulled the pins on the insulators and dropped the wire onto the ground to move tractors, and cattle across fences. <br /><br />I've got a "proper" set of working pens on the farm with a crowding tub to get them onto a trailer. But, on the pasture I rented down the road, I improvised a modified Bud Box out of the run-down loading chute area that was already there. <br /><br />It's probably easier for someone to just search more info about a Bud Box than for me to try to describe it. <br /><br />But basically, if you sorta understand Bud William's ideas about stockmanship, you can build a simple 12x20 pen, move your cattle into it, then circle them around into a trailer. <br /><br />I thought it was going to be a battle getting cattle into the trailer, but I also didn't want to spend a bunch of money fixing that loading area. So, I moved some gates and panels around, and once both me and the cattle figured it out, it was relatively easy to load them up. <br /><br />A Bud Box probably isn't for everyone and if you aren't careful you can get hurt, but it might be worth trying.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.com