Ep. 70 - Water Consumption Rate for Livestock | Achmed Upset | Blackacre Ranch

How much do bison drink on our bison ranch? We discuss the results from our water consumption test when the bison were in the small pasture. With temperatures in the 60's and low 70's the females consumed between 6.8 and 7.2 gallons per day per buffalo. The other smaller group were 10 gallons per day per buffalo. The temperatures were hotter that week though.

It's our new normal on the ranch. We pick up materials, feed everything to the Bison, and fix broken things. Our trailer was the first event where we sheared off the lug nuts and lost the wheel in some dudes property. We could not find it anywhere.

We started to cube train our bison. Cube training refers to conditioning the bison to come to you and follow you in an effort to get treats. The treats are healthy cubes and they love them. Cube training is extremely useful in working with the bison. It takes time but all livestock will come around to it quickly.

Here on Blackacre Ranch we are weekend ranchers living in the big city during the week and ranching on the partially off grid property on the weekend. We are a family with 6 kids. Our goals are to homestead the property, grow healthy food, and build good character along the way. We are new to homesteading and don't know much about it, but we are willing to share our struggles and journey as we learn how to homestead together. Think of this as homesteading for beginners where we are the beginners.

We found the cost of an urban farm too expensive and went rural to find enough acreage to do what we wanted. We wanted larger animals such as bison and highland cattle. We are game for other animals with one requirement, they have to be sufficient enough to be handled only once a week. We found an old camp property that was run down and are remodeling or fixing it up to be a working and profitable ranch.

Now we can play with guns, blow stuff up, build what we want, and do what interests us. We are located in East Texas. Come with us as we enjoy the ranch life, even if only one day a week.

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