tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3019076714997041241.post4822888476235537250..comments2022-12-21T18:19:04.311-08:00Comments on The Diary of a Farmer: Moooving CowsKramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390734722041024250noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3019076714997041241.post-20878410226948274582008-02-21T00:03:00.000-08:002008-02-21T00:03:00.000-08:00We don't have cows, but we do eat beef. I am very ...We don't have cows, but we do eat beef. I am very impressed with your pasture management and your focus on keeping the herd healthy.<BR/><BR/>I'm also impressed with that huge basket full of gorgeous eggs!<BR/>Our 13 chickens, about 18 weeks old now, gave us one egg...the first, over the weekend. It was so EGGciting!<BR/><BR/>We can't wait until they start laying more reliably and more often.Laughing Orca Ranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03562627840013868980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3019076714997041241.post-29095290766420073552008-02-17T03:52:00.000-08:002008-02-17T03:52:00.000-08:00Ours will have to go through the shoot twice durin...Ours will have to go through the shoot twice during a full rotation. I think that is a great idea because they do not respond well to new things if just thrown into them. I have to build a loading area with a squeeze shoot at the end for weighing purposes and sorting purposes. My biggest problem right now would not be getting them to the trailer, it would be not taking all of them together. They are so use to moving together that I would have a hard time getting 5 out of the group to sell.Kramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03390734722041024250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3019076714997041241.post-5854778939468778752008-02-16T20:44:00.000-08:002008-02-16T20:44:00.000-08:00You may already be aware of this, but I read that ...You may already be aware of this, but I read that Joel Salatin rotates his cows through the shoot as part of the full rotation (not sure if he does it every rotation or not). When slaughter/sell/relocation needs to take place, the cows go through the shoot with no fireworks since it is pretty normal to them by then. The other end of the shoot just happens to be a trailer. What do you think?Thomas Supercinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620538562727132985noreply@blogger.com