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Thanks for mentioning this. I see that the patterns are the same as on the straw.

I've done a search on Fredrick antennas and can't find anything. Can you provide a link? Thanks.

I've never heard of a Fredrick antenna, but I do use a Firestick antenna. I'm wondering if your auto-correct did that. Anyway, I think the Wilson 5000 antenna is very good, but nothing beats the 1/4 wave 102" whip antenna. Just add a 6" spring to make it a full 108". The only problem with that is the antenna's height on a vehicle which is why many people choose to compromise with an antenna like the Wilson.

It’s not Dominique chickens there called dominickers

In January of this year (2018) I got my general class ham radio license. I said I'd never get it, but there were several deaths this past year of the serious CB radio operators in my area so CB radio practically died where I'm located. I still love the CB, but don't have anyone much to talk to except when I drive into town. For home based operations I now use the 2m and 70cm ham bands. They are just as fun and the range is fantastic. I've quickly fallen in love with the 70cm band as I have found there are quite a few folks in the area that use it along with the county schools. Get a cheap Baofang Handheld 2m/70cm radio for $25 and listen for what's going on in your area. If there is a lot of activity get a ham license if you don't already have one. As far as the Galaxy 959 goes, you'll be extremely pleased with it if you decide to get one. The audio on both transmit and receive can't be beat. I've never had any failure of the radio at all. Even in the harsh conditions I put it through when I drove a truck cross country for a few years. Now, you'll hear a lot of people bash the Galaxy radios because they say they drift on SSB, but that's only until it warms up. After about 10 minutes of operation the radio is as stable as any of my dads or my brothers cobras. Anyway, thanks for the comment.

Hey sawmill I just saw your channel, I realize these videos are a couple years old. That being said I have been very interested in getting my ham license and kind of wondering what radio to run in my pick up, now that I retired from trucking. What could I use has far as a ham radio/cb in there. Got any suggestions?

Hi Dennis and thanks for the question. In order to get all of the parts I needed to rebuild my PTO clutch I ended up having to take the serial number of my tractor into a Massey Ferguson dealer and have the parts department look up the individual parts that way. They have a list of everything you’ll need. Some aftermarket kits that claim to be complete just aren’t and they are of questionable quality. My dealer told me that a complete clutch assembly was no longer available, which is why I had to order the individual parts. The total cost to rebuild my PTO clutch was around $1200.00 US as of early 2017. It cost that much because I had to replace part of the clutch drum and the control valve assembly. You may not have to replace those parts so your cost could be much less. That price does not include the hydraulic pump which I also had to replace. The pump was $800. Unfortunately, due to the age of these tractors the parts are becoming more and more scarce as time goes on. My tractor was made in March 1968. The dealer can tell you that information if you give them the serial number which is located under the battery access door on a metal plate just in front of the shift levers. This repair set me back quite a bit, but I haven’t had any problems since this repair was made. It took me and a friend nearly 4 days to complete this repair. The most difficult part for us was putting the two halves of the tractor back together because we couldn’t get them to line up right. One more word of advice. If your tractor has multi-power there is a short hydraulic hose that connects between the two halves of the tractor. It supplies pressure to the multi-power clutch. I was going to reuse mine because it looked like new. When we were putting the two halves back together that hose ripped in half. It was dry rotted. We had to take it out and have a hose made. It's a lot of trouble getting to this hose, so just go ahead and replace it while you have the tractor torn apart. If you don't want to order from a dealer, go in and get a list of all the parts you'll need and get a printout of the part numbers. Take those part numbers and look them up online and order them that way. I did this at first thinking I would get better pricing, but my local MF dealer ended up being less because they didn't charge me shipping. I wish you luck on your repair and if you have any other questions please feel free to ask.

Holly Dance - Thank you for the comment. They are a beautiful breed. I have nine hens and I'm getting 6-8 eggs a day. They aren't the largest eggs, but they are very high quality.

Questions, are the dominique similar to the barred rock in egg production, and which is the heavier?

Miguel Santos - I would say the barred rock and dominique are very similar in size and egg production. I currently have 9 dominique hens and I'm getting 6 eggs a day and it's 14 degrees outside right now. The barred rocks I had several years ago did about the same. The advantage I'm seeing in the dominique hens and roosters is their ability to withstand the cold weather somewhat better. With barred rocks I would need to put vaseline on their combs in this cold weather. The dominiques have a rose comb and have not shown any sign of frost bite. Thanks for the question.

The Sawmill Sage Thank you, I was planning to either get 15 rocks or 15 dominique this coming spring, and were I lives it tends to to get in the near one digits at night. It seems that the dominique are the ones who can handle the job, once again, thank you.

Amy R - I decided to make a response video to your question. The video is called How Much Feed Will My Chicken Eat?

My leghorn is for laying but she's also an excellent forager. Seems to like centipede and pill bugs.

Are they free ranging or being kept penned up? Not much feed is required when they are allowed to forage

These are the first Dominiques I've had. So far, I think they are the best breed I've had also. They are completely free range so they eat very little feed and they are for the most part quiet.

Barry it's the radio they drift like crazy on the freq counter. Got rid of my 959 after a month. Now have a galaxy 94hp , Stryker955 , hr2510 best radio ever made imo and the new 2950CD on the way.