Re: [blackbelly] Winter strategies

2006-11-30 Thread Terry
I live in Amish country!!! There is an Amish owned/run sawill just about a mile from me--I have to load myself, so I bag it in feed bags, then put it in the truck bed. Some sawmills actually have a way for a person to pull under the discharge chute, and the stuff drops right in as the wood is

[blackbelly] Winter Strategies

2006-11-24 Thread Barb Lee
I've been waffling around with winter bedding strategies for my sheep stall for a couple of years now. I've used a deep bedding system, but without tractor access, mucking out in spring is a soul destroying project. All that long straw locks together and has to be broken up in chunks with a

Re: [blackbelly] Winter strategies

2006-11-24 Thread Dayna Denmark
Hey Barb, Wish I had power in my barn- I know what you mean about cleaning a winter water trough. My only solution is to carry down warm buckets of water so the sheep will drink. I just wanted to make a suggestion about your bedding problem. I found out that when the county trims trees you can