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Anysize...it just takes longer for them to root it out of course. My suggestion is to dump salt on the stump and they will burro and burro to get all the salt out.
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| the pig idea interests me ive been hoping to get goats to do some clearing and have been concerned about the stump situation because i had planned to use a chainsaw on the bigger stuff i was gonna ask what type of fence to plan on for pigs i worked on a large hog farm for a couple years most of the pigs were on concrete and/or in barns except one lot that was used for quarentine that was outside on the ground all we had was a 4 foot tall mesh fence with a hot wire about a foot up and one at the top of the fence. i dont remember ever having trouble keeping them in that way. i like the salt idea ive also heard of driving a pipe in the ground to make holes around the stump and filling them with cracked corn just wandering drawbar what advantage do you think there would be in running sheep before the goats
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| this is a great idea! We have lots of wooded areas that we'd like to have cleared. We purchased part of our land from a logging company and they left a huge mess - lots of stumps and brush. Is there any specific kind of pig that works best? I have given thought to the Large Black Hog idea, but they are really expensive in our area. I'm curious about the fencing as well... thanks!
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ihenigman2, sheep tend to LOVE the leaves of trees and saplings, and will eat a small amount of browse...that is the stemmy parts of the trees, but they won't eat that much of it. Goats do a far better job and take out bigger pieces too. So you put the sheep in there to help clean up the leaves and twigs first. The goats, they will eat all of it, but they will continue to browse long after the sheep have lost interest. The sheep will gobble up the weeds far better then the goats ever would however.
In some respects you could forgo either the sheep or the goats, but using them together you would get even better clean up of the cleared area.
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| ive been dreaming of getting goats for more than a year now i went to a local livestock auction today just to see the goats but ill have to say the sheep caught my interest a great deal ill have to study up on them maybe i will have both someday thanks
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| I really like the way that you talked about clearing ypur land. I have put up a electric fence around an area and getting ready to put my dairy goats in to clean up the sapplings and other things.I have been thinking of getting some pigs because of all the acrons that we have this year and they would also rout out the stumps. Thank you for the information and keep up the good work of inform all of us small hobby farmers.garry
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OK the last post in this was 6 months ago, has anyone tried it and if so whats the prognosis?
I am thinking about trying vs waiting to drop $6k on a back hoe which I cant do till next year some time. I have an area of trees and grass which I will drop the trees and start the pigs on the stumps and another area that needs goats on the brush first.
But I figured before loading up on the critters I would see if anyone had some results yet :)
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| Drawbar, again you amaze me! I love the ideas you put up about clearing woods/shrubs. If anyone wonders if they're growing a cyanide-producing plant like cherries, it's relatively simple to figure it out. Wait for fruit, remove the pit and crack it to get to the kernal. If it smells like an almond but with a slight bitter smell, that's cyanide. Peaches, apricots and even apples are some of the stone-fruits that have kernals that smell of bitter almond. And if it's in the kernal, it's in the foliage to some extent and can kill animals sensitive to it. Remember, cyanide was the gas used in our Gas Chamber executions and the Jonestown Mass Suicide.
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I've been thinking about this thread as well. I have actually started the process Johnnyad...
I got two areas going. The first is one acre piece that will be an extension of some crop ground. Basically to get the field to be square instead of an L shape, I am clearing trees. I did that all day yesterday and hope to finish up today. The plan is to use some heavy equipment (excavator) to remove the brush and just leave the stumps. After that I could fence the area in and toss some pigs in there. I have some electronet fencing that would contain the pigs I'm sure.
The other area is about 5 acres in size and is just woods. I want to clear it back to the field it was 100 years ago as evidenced by rockwalls, but I just have not had time. I have some perimeter fence going in the next few weeks and don't want to constantly move it as my fields expand, so I am putting fence right through the woods. I'll let the sheep go in there and forage and see how well they do at the end of the summer.
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Drawbar, again you amaze me! I love the ideas you put up about clearing woods/shrubs. If anyone wonders if they're growing a cyanide-producing plant like cherries, it's relatively simple to figure it out. Wait for fruit, remove the pit and crack it to get to the kernal. If it smells like an almond but with a slight bitter smell, that's cyanide. Peaches, apricots and even apples are some of the stone-fruits that have kernals that smell of bitter almond. And if it's in the kernal, it's in the foliage to some extent and can kill animals sensitive to it. Remember, cyanide was the gas used in our Gas Chamber executions and the Jonestown Mass Suicide. Another way to tell if you have toxic plants on your property is to just learn which species you have. A good field guide comes in handy for this, and is less subjective. I don't know exactly what slightly bitter almond smells like, but I know a choke cherry when I see one.
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