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can anyone share any plans or sketches of a low profile chicken tractor for 50-100 birds? id like to try and build multiple. thanks

great thanks. ill search for them

i do not, but i do have a nephew in FFA. ill see if this is an option. thanks

i know enough to avoid wild cattle. i eventually hope to avoid any brahman influence all together

ive purchased 48 acres of old unimproved hay patch in southwest LA and are building fence and setting water points for livestock. i hope to have a rotational grazing operation with multiple protein enterprises (cattle, chickens, sheep) i understand this is the greatest time ever to have live animals to sell, and therefore a bid time to try to get in. Id appreciate any opinions on how to get started. below are some options based on conversations with other cattleman, media, online research, etc

1 buy a local herd. big upfront $, but you get animals that you know are adapted to your environment

2 lease the pasture. i dont think there is a great market for this but ive not aggresively researched the market

3 custom graze. depending on demand available, seems a good way to get some income with little upfront $ other than what ive already spent on fence and water. one idea ive heard for payment is to keep a percentage of the calf crop which i like the sound of

4 buy commercial cattle from the sale barn. caveat emptor

any others? thanks

a friend just gave me a sapling and i planted it. tell me more about them...

it sounds like squats are in your routine, and that and deadlifts are what i attribute to my back strength improving

Ben Patrick has some side bend movements using dbs and a roman chair, perhaps try those

ive developed an informal morning practice of alternating b/n simply sitting on the floor and a deep squat for long periods, perhaps 45 minutes alternating back and forth while drinking coffee, reading, etc. I attribute much of my back health to this practice

ive not had to use it but have shared this soft tissue rehab protocol with others LINK

good luck

i used to have regular tweaks such as your describing. what strength movements do you regularly perform for the low back?

to date, ive never raised rent on an existing tenant. right now ive long term tenants, mostly. not all properties are equal in terms of attractiveness and therefore ease of keeping tenants. trying to build up the courage to do so and not lose great tenants. may not end up doing it tbh

poor soils -> poor food -> poor nutrition -> poor health -> poor human performance . multiplied over a dz or so generations

i started installing posts for corners and h-braces this weekend. intend to pull 3 strand electric on property boundaries between myself and my neighbor, and 4 strand barb wire with single strand electric on the road frontages. intermediate posts hopefully will be timeless fence posts. im not certain how to build the electric gates

any tips, tricks, recs? TIA!