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Hello, I just got my first calf during the weekend, he was supposedly 4 days old from a dairy... I was wondering how much I sjould feed him? I've been giving him 2 cups milk replacer with 2 cups milk from our goats and 2 eggs (small) three times a day, does that sound right?... also I was...

I was wondering if anyone raised and milked Highland cattle, if so how much do you get per day per cow? I'd really like to know. We're thinking about purchasing a registered 1 1/2 year old heifer as our first cow because they're supposed to be hardy and good foragers... The only problem is that...

This Friday our Nubian doe went into heat so we bred her to our young buck... She seemed fine until today, I went out to milk her and she hadn't eaten any of her grain from the night before. When I cleaned her udder the teats felt a little wrinkly like when you just milk them out and her udder...

Hello, We just bought a antique spinning wheel it looks to be fine except that it needs to be cleaned and it needs a new direct drive flyer (or whatever you call the old simple ones)...Any good tips or websites?... Does anyone else have antique spinning wheels? How do you like them :D

We just had a hen hatch eggs last night and I went out to check on them and one of the chicks was out of the nest with it's head tilted to the left and its curled up like its still in the egg.. is there anything I can do for it? Any idea what causes this? Will it get better?.... any help will be...

We had a first time hen hatch a brood of 11 chicks on Monday and they all seemed healthy, this morning I went check on them and one of the chicks was on the ground not moving so I took it in and gave it electrolyte/ antibiotics in its water, a couple hours later I crushed some started crumbles...

I have a Flemish Giant doe that had Ear Mites when I got her, I gave her a small amount of Ivermectin (size of a grain of rice) last Thursday and I'm also putting mineral oil in her ears just in case and the mites looked to have cleared up... Thursday I noticed she was looking a little...

Sorry I have to make another thread I'm sure I'm getting annoying but... I have a breeding pair of flemish giants I bought last week, the owner said they were both under a year old and he said the doe had already been breed once and raised her litter and was possibly rebreed. But since your...

Hello all, I bought a breeding pair of Flemish Giant rabbits yesterday and they both have ear mites, the doe is alot worse than the buck ( I'm guessing it's because she lived outside on the ground and he didn't) what can I use as a home remedy for them? The guy I bought them from said to use...

Hello all, I'm new here and wish to ask this question and get your opinions. We recently bought a 5 year old (Guessing her age here) Nubian doe with 2 doelings at her side, born in early February we've had them since late February. The kids have been weaned for a month (She's a great mother and...