@zzvyb6 West mi, lot to be said for "self-satisfaction points". I get a kick out of being able to do full circle on the property. Fed, bred, birthed, butchered and cooked is the end goal. I also feel the lack of skills out there. Part of why I'm doing this. Not a pro in the trades or farming, but can blow most other 30 somethings out of the water with a hammer, tractor, farm animal, firearm etc. I find these skills valuable especially as they become more scarce and want my kids to learn them as well. Lots of helpless or useless folk out there.
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@LHF2019 Silvopasture, want to do it eventually, didn't know the name. Thanks. I'm still putting in more fence on prepared land. Haven't figured out how I want to fence in the woods yet. Would need to clean it up a lot first. I'm only like 2 years in, 1 man crew here lol. Going crazy fast but still 1 guy with young kids and a real job. It's a square 30 broken up by woods and a creek through out, not just flat open land for fence. Chores with goats are probably different than cattle let alone the poultry. We feed grain, clean out their barn, my kids play with the goat kids etc lol. Regarding deer, we like to hunt. I have a good thing going with deer right now I don't want to push that away too much and I don't grow crops. 30 acres isn't that much and we have corn behind us, so they travel the back of my property quite well. They are meat like anything else and currently aren't a problem. If you were closer I'd just buy hay from you lol. I've been getting hay a truck load at a time when people have it, friends/family etc. Haven't found anyone with great hay who will deliver but haven't tried much. It's kind of annoying. The haggling thing you speak of is why this is staying a hobby farm just for us. I'll lose my mind if someone tries to haggle me lol so I'd rather not even offer anything. My kids can do it later if they want.
I've just read about people using a brush hog with the back or side off and it doesn't obliterate it so bad, might just try that the first time. If all I buy is a rake to row and flip it that's no big deal.
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@LHF2019 Silvopasture, want to do it eventually, didn't know the name. Thanks. I'm still putting in more fence on prepared land. Haven't figured out how I want to fence in the woods yet. Would need to clean it up a lot first. I'm only like 2 years in, 1 man crew here lol. Going crazy fast but still 1 guy with young kids and a real job. It's a square 30 broken up by woods and a creek through out, not just flat open land for fence. Chores with goats are probably different than cattle let alone the poultry. We feed grain, clean out their barn, my kids play with the goat kids etc lol. Regarding deer, we like to hunt. I have a good thing going with deer right now I don't want to push that away too much and I don't grow crops. 30 acres isn't that much and we have corn behind us, so they travel the back of my property quite well. They are meat like anything else and currently aren't a problem. If you were closer I'd just buy hay from you lol. I've been getting hay a truck load at a time when people have it, friends/family etc. Haven't found anyone with great hay who will deliver but haven't tried much. It's kind of annoying. The haggling thing you speak of is why this is staying a hobby farm just for us. I'll lose my mind if someone tries to haggle me lol so I'd rather not even offer anything. My kids can do it later if they want.
I've just read about people using a brush hog with the back or side off and it doesn't obliterate it so bad, might just try that the first time. If all I buy is a rake to row and flip it that's no big deal.