Hey from Alabama

[Sarge76]

New guy to the forum, but I've cruised the site for advise and opinions. Have a MF 255 with FEL and 2 Belarus 250 As's. I've got 15 acres of mixed pastures and woods.
Looking to get the most out of my tractors. and implements. Right now i'm just a new chicken Rancher.:dance1:

 

[Thomas]

:welcome: to TBN...enjoy.

 

[mddorange]

New guy to the forum, but I've cruised the site for advise and opinions. Have a MF 255 with FEL and 2 Belarus 250 As's. I've got 15 acres of mixed pastures and woods.
Looking to get the most out of my tractors. and implements. Right now i'm just a new chicken Rancher.:dance1:

Hey Sarge, right back at you! :welcome: To TBN. Isn't this a great site?

So, are you retired Army? Are you from that area of Alabama?

 

[Sarge76]

No.. not retired. I did a hitch right after Viet Nam..I signed under the Delayed Enlistment Program and the war had ended just before my Active Duty date. I am retired Law Enforcement / Public safety. (22 yrs) I'm right outside Ft. Rucker in a tiny place called Faydette in RURAL Geneva county.
Im originally an Air Force and Army Brat. Dad was USAF from 1950 to 1966 and the Army Warrant from 1966 to 1979. Big change from BX to PX and Blue to Green.
Been in Alabama since 1974

 

[jjp8182]

:welcome: From the northern part of Alabama (just northwest of the Huntsville area close to Ardmore) - and I've been down in the Ft. Rucker area for work a few times in the past (though I expect there have been changes in the last several years).

Are you raising chickens for meat, eggs, both -- or just because? (growing up my parents raised chickens over the summers for meat, and my grandfather had a commercial egg operation before he retired from commercial farming -- all of which was in central Minnesota).

 

[Wagtail]

G'day Mate and welcome to TBN from Downunder.

Enjoy the site.

 

[TBN Support]

:wave: :tractor:

Welcome to the forum!

 

[mddorange]

No.. not retired. I did a hitch right after Viet Nam..I signed under the Delayed Enlistment Program and the war had ended just before my Active Duty date. I am retired Law Enforcement / Public safety. (22 yrs) I'm right outside Ft. Rucker in a tiny place called Faydette in RURAL Geneva county.
Im originally an Air Force and Army Brat. Dad was USAF from 1950 to 1966 and the Army Warrant from 1966 to 1979. Big change from BX to PX and Blue to Green.
Been in Alabama since 1974

Thanks for your service and your service.

My wife is from East Alabama but we are here in West Alabama because she wanted to be close to 5 grandchildren.

 

[Sarge76]

jjp8182 Nothing so fancy... I'm feeding 4 feral Chickens, Banty Roosters mostly. They started out as a loose flock of 15-20. as they moved down the road they were fewer and fewer. Grandkids love them so I've set up a feeding station and now they call our place home.
I really want to raise turkeys and quail. I'm still working on grading some roads and moving some dirt around.

 

[CPTKILLER]

I have more acreage and one tractor with similar terrain.

One thought is one tractor (Kioti CK2610) and one UTV (Polaris 500) are enough maintence for me.

 

[woody]

New guy to the forum, but I've cruised the site for advise and opinions. Have a MF 255 with FEL and 2 Belarus 250 As's. I've got 15 acres of mixed pastures and woods.
Looking to get the most out of my tractors. and implements. Right now i'm just a new chicken Rancher.:dance1:

Hey Sarge76 replied on the other thread before I seen this one, but welcome to the site

 

[jjp8182]

jjp8182 Nothing so fancy... I'm feeding 4 feral Chickens, Banty Roosters mostly. They started out as a loose flock of 15-20. as they moved down the road they were fewer and fewer. Grandkids love them so I've set up a feeding station and now they call our place home.
I really want to raise turkeys and quail. I'm still working on grading some roads and moving some dirt around.

Haven't dealt with quail at all, but if you're looking at wild turkeys keeping them secure is definitely a good idea as the toms can get rather aggressively territorial and lose their fear of humans. (my parents also had a decent size flock of ring-necked pheasants and a few wild turkeys when I was growing up ...mostly to cut down on the food costs of feeding three boys). :laughing:

If you don't already know it there's an interesting trick that works some birds where tucking their head under their wing and rocking them back and forth can make them go to sleep. It's apparently something used for training hunting dogs with live birds, but I've seen it done with bantam chickens as well.

 

[Sarge76]

yeah, cool trick. I first saw that when I was out in the country and my buddy reached down and snatched up a fat hen. Tucked her head under her wing and moved her around in a high to low circle. Just a minute later set her down in the grass and she was sound asleep.
I'm looking at Traditional Brown Turkeys to free range. I've got a lot of hardwoods and acorns galore.
I should start ranching squirrels as I went from zero to 20 since the Pecans are dropping.