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Participantsend me an e-mail at heritagedreamfarm@ymail.com and I will send photos
ParticipantIf these two move before July 20th I will sell the pair for 1800 that is a real steal for a mother and daughter that will be a great pair in a year or two…😮
ParticipantGeoff, I would start by addressing the issue of the stiff cutter bar. If it is hanging up you won’t have an even cut and you could have more plugging issues. I know that if the cutter bar wasn’t free then I couldn’t go to the field with my uncle when I was first learning how to work his horses. I would also check the lead and the tip of your cutter bar. I have also had my tractor drawn sickle mower plug in the wire grass here. One of the things that I have found with my tractor mower is that I have a couple of bent knives and some spacings that need to be addressed in order to mow finer hay.
JoshuaParticipantThat is great news. I am glad that you have continued to be sucessful on working through the issues with him. best of luck. Joshua
ParticipantThanks I will give Bailey’s a try.
Come to find out it is the drive clutch gear that went. I may also call Mcnairs on tuesday to see if I can get the parts to fix this one as a backup machine.
ParticipantBurlington craigslist had some NH 66 baler parts on it today. Needles and knotters ect….
I would check that out. There should be a lever that the needle carrier hits when they are out and when they are in the lever should drop activating the plunger block. These are a pair of blocks that enter the chamber and will stop the plunger dead in its tracks. They will break shear bolts but that is better than needles.
JoshuaParticipantI would like to have a small dairy myself. I was hoping to milk around 6 cows and bottle the milk on farm for sale at the local farmers market and local delivery. I was going to stick with heritage breed cattle that would do well on forage alone and then be able to work the horses for power to feed the farm. If everything worked out there would also be hogs for meat and a few steers raised for beef as well. That was my idea of the future of dairy.
ParticipantI will try to get a picture of “magic or Sharpee” as she is know as when the doc clears me to go to the barn again…. somthing about a hole in your spine and infection they get a little on edge when it comes to being around anything that might cause an infection.
Her sire is a longhorn bull called Magic Marker who was sold by Tarus? sires out of PA. Her dam is a roan milking shorthorn that is about 10 now. A real nice older cow that looks lots younger than she is.Joshua
ParticipantSorry to hear that you lost a great stallion. May you find another great stallion with your new import. All the best,
JoshuaParticipantLooks great!! I wish i was doing that instead of sitting on the couch or laying in bed while my back heals up from my surgery.
JoshuaParticipantI crossed a Milking Short Horn with texas long horn this last year and got a nice red calf. she is blocky and looks real nice.
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ParticipantUse what you like to work with. Some like Mares and others prefer geldings. I like ot run Mares and Stallions as Geldings can’t reproduce them selves and I like the ability to have my horses make new ones. that said a good pair of geldings will get a lot of work done. It just boils down to what you are comfortable with.
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ParticipantIt was real nice to see your photos in the SFJ. Congrats and hope you are doing well on that side of the pond.
JoshuaParticipantWe have two herding dogs here. An Austrailian Cattle dog that weighs about 50 pounds and a Sheltie that is about 12 pounds. The Jersey bull will back down to the little 12 pound dog. All the cows give those dogs lots of room and respect. It is amazing what the dogs can and will do.
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ParticipantOn my dad’s dairy we have had the occasional freemartin, some are like a bull that can be a bit nutty and others have been like a cow, they come into heat or not depending on the animal. One of them that we had here wouldn’t come into heat, had no bullish ness and was a great animal to work with. Dad lost track of how old she was and one day asked the vet to see if she was ready to breed or what. At that point I think she was around 4 and she was a big sweetheart. “she” had no internal sex organs at all. so as a result went for steaks.
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