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Peter van den Berg wrote:
Madeleine Innocent wrote:I'm finally ready to start looking at plans and building a RMH. I don't have any fire bricks, and if I don't have to have them, as you mention, then I won't. I really like the look of your shortie. Can I buy the plan to compare with the plan I have?
What size do you want to build? Straight one or sidewinder? I am able to provide you with the core drawing in ISO or Imperial measurements. What do you prefer, pictures of every layer, drawn out brick by brick, or the original SketchUp file? Free to use, no charge.
Small donations are appreciated, although not mandatory in any way.
The design of the bell is done by Thomas Rubino and Gerry Parent, ask them for guidelines.
Peter van den Berg wrote:
Madeleine Innocent wrote:I'm finally ready to start looking at plans and building a RMH. I don't have any fire bricks, and if I don't have to have them, as you mention, then I won't. I really like the look of your shortie. Can I buy the plan to compare with the plan I have?
What size do you want to build? Straight one or sidewinder? I am able to provide you with the core drawing in ISO or Imperial measurements. What do you prefer, pictures of every layer, drawn out brick by brick, or the original SketchUp file? Free to use, no charge.
Small donations are appreciated, although not mandatory in any way.
The design of the bell is done by Thomas Rubino and Gerry Parent, ask them for guidelines.
Peter van den Berg wrote:
Madeleine Innocent wrote:I'm finally ready to start looking at plans and building a RMH. I don't have any fire bricks, and if I don't have to have them, as you mention, then I won't. I really like the look of your shortie. Can I buy the plan to compare with the plan I have?
What size do you want to build? Straight one or sidewinder? I am able to provide you with the core drawing in ISO or Imperial measurements. What do you prefer, pictures of every layer, drawn out brick by brick, or the original SketchUp file? Free to use, no charge.
Small donations are appreciated, although not mandatory in any way.
The design of the bell is done by Thomas Rubino and Gerry Parent, ask them for guidelines.
thomas rubino wrote:Alex; You do not have to use firebrick if you can't find any ,especially if this is an occasional use rocket stove. Regular clay brick will ultimately crack from the heat but this could take quite a while. Most firebrick you will find are the dense heavy ones ,noticeably heavier than a standard brick. Most but not all will have a name or sometimes a number cast into it. They generally are a white /yellow / color. sometimes tinted red from heat .clay brick that is old will draw a line on the sidewalk just like a piece of chalk , newer clay brick won't do that. Old clay bricks sometimes are solid and sometimes they have 3 large holes thru them to help hold them together when cementing. Fireclay is something you should be looking for while scrounging. I've included 2 photos, the bricks in the sled are all fire brick and the ones stacked by the wall are old clay bricks.
thomas rubino wrote:Fluffy seems to have gotten himself into a predicament and needs to ask for help
Alder Burns wrote:Years ago we had a ram turn mean. He was big, too, and quick. Serous injury would have been inevitable, even though I never took my eyes off him when I had to go into the sheep area (and I had to do this at least twice daily because the chicken pen was beyond this). I took to taking a heavy sick with me, but clobbering him over the head hard enough to break it just made him back up and charge in for more like it was an enjoyable match! One day he stranded me with the chickens. So in desperation I grabbed the bucket of vile drain liquid from under the black soldier fly bin and flung it into his face! Instant retreat! Indeed he went to the furthest corner of the yard from me and stuck his head into the corner! Over the course of the next few days I had an answer modeled on this....a squirt bottle of urine! After a few squirts all I had to do was wave it at him and he'd back right off!!
r ranson wrote:Ramming is a response to human body language. Little things we don't think about that make ourselves a threat. The rams job is to defend his sheep from threats.
We are predators and think that looking another person or animal in the eye is friendly. For prey, it's a massive threat! Look them in the nose instead.
Or patting an animal on the forhead. Rams fight with their head, so this gives permission to fight back. The side of the neck is better.
When a new person comes to the farm, the first thing I do is to assure them, I'm not going to touch them, then quickly put my hand within an inch of their forehead. It's terrifying to be on the receiving end of that, but they quickly learn not to pet the sheep on the face.
This helps. Once we learned this, we haven't had to enforce it for several generations. The n o word only gets said when there is real breach of behavour. And it's enough to remind them.
https://sheepyhollow.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/rams-a-lesson-in-tough-love/
It works on most flock prey animals.
Donna Lynn wrote:
R Scott wrote:Calcium deficiency isn’t the only cause for shell less eggs.
Well, don't just leave us hanging like that!
I've only heard about it being a calcium deficiency. One of my layer hens did that in her third year, so I started keeping and pulverizing their egg shells and feeding it back to them. No more issues.
Madeleine, this may seem silly and you may have already checked, but could there be a simpler reason your ducks stopped eating much of the shell? Is it solidified into a block? Jammed in the container? blocked by insects or something? have an off smell? Pieces too big? Did you move the container? Just trying to think of things that could turn them off the shell even tho they may need the nutrients...