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Prairie Ox drovers
Our oxen website:
Home Oxen Overview Harnessing Ox Power Choosing Animals Getting Started Ox Health
Oxen in Scripture Oxen Questions Ox Stories Talking Oxen Oxen Resources Related Links Contact Us

Our other websites:
Our Farm Cozy Country Cabin Mural Mural on the Wall More Art by Gloria About the Artist
The Natural Power Alternative of the Ox


Oxen are an economical solution at haying time. The light colored ox (the nigh ox) is Heinrich
and the dark colored ox (the off ox) is Ernst.
Ross Farm Museum, a museum of living history, puts their oxen to work moving a 7000 pound boat, called a Tancook Whaler, on a road through town.

Ted Leighton's team hauling in firewood.
Ross Farm using oxen to move of a building
weighing eleven tons.

Often oxen used in the fields have wire muzzles on to discourage any feeding. This is in part a safety feature needed when using mowing equipment or other machinery that one could get entangled in. If the muzzles are used regularly the team will stand with their heads up and not attempt to feed.

For information on how to train your animals, click on: Training,
or to find out about the equipment necessary, click on: Harnessing Ox Power.

Our oxen website:
Home Oxen Overview Harnessing Ox Power Choosing Animals Getting Started Ox Health
Oxen in Scripture Oxen Questions Ox Stories Talking Oxen Oxen Resources Related Links Contact Us

Our other websites:
Our Farm Cozy Country Cabin Mural Mural on the Wall More Art by Gloria About the Artist