I hate to take over this post like this.
Renee750il, you are a wealth of information. We just bought the property last fall and we haven't moved the horses out yet. We are in the process of building a barn and pasture. We have 3 Newfoundland dogs, Doberman and a Rottweiler (she concerns me with her high prey drive and one of the horses is a kicker
), I have confidence she could take care of the ground hogs. I havent seen any groundhogs yet...are they attracted to the cows and horse manure?
I was thinking of a goat, but a burro sounds better, thanks. A Jersey cow sounds great as well. My Mother grew up on a farm and remembers (vaguely) how to churn butter etc. That is a great idea. I also read in my book Healing pets with natures miracle cures by Henry Pasternak DVM, CVA that raw milk is really good for dogs and cats. It contains the essential fatty acids and many vitamins etc. He said its when it's pasteurized that it becomes unhealthy for them...?? I have no idea how true this is since I don't have any experience with raw milk. We are not going over board with animals as it is just she and I (we were never able to catch us a husband
). So, we are just going to get a few animals thats all we can handle.
Is prawn farming profitable? or do you have other uses for them? We don't have a brook on our property, just a tiny little stream that semms to be dried up.
That is quite some thing with little OJ, something like that would make you very close to a certain animal. We are fortunate that we have no wolves around here, but we do have plenty of Coyotes like yourself. One farmer told me to take nylons filled with dog fur and put around the perimeter of the property to keep coyotes away. I think myself that this is a myth as my dogs travel a trail in the woods with me all the time and the Coyote feces are abundant, my dogs pee on it and they seem to have a communication going with the Coyotes...the coyotes are still travelling that same trail...so, I don't think my dogs have them the least bit scared and my Newf's leave a trail of undercoat blowing in the wind this time of year so the fur is not chasing away the coyotes