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    Deworming & what to use?

    At 0.23 ml per pound thats like 1 ml per bird, is that right?! That would dose a 50# goat.
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    Deworming & what to use?

    Good advice, I agree. I wasn't assuming, I was clarifying because that is what I thought I remembered. As for pumpkin seeds, vinegar and/or garlic as dewormers, I've tried that in the past and regularly fed a lot of pumpkin seeds and garlic but my flock still had worms. (Different flock, years...
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    Deworming & what to use?

    Perhaps I'll try the Safeguard 5 days in a row... Is the dosage is the same as listed for goats?
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    Deworming & what to use?

    My layers have worms (assuming roundworms, long white worms). I found a few in their droppings, dewormed them 8 weeks ago with Safeguard and only saw one or two worms expelled from the deworming. I admittedly totally missed the boat on repeating 10-14 days later but really questioned if the...
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    TINY kit question (picture)

    We have a litter of kits about one week old. One kit I have been feeding by syringe, it is TINY. About 1/3 the size of its litter mates. It cannot really get around, if I set it on the table it just flops on its side and has a hard time getting back upright onto its sternum. It wouldn't have...
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    Thankyou!

    Thankyou!
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    Rabbit breeding question - nesting but not pregnant?

    I just put them in. One yesterday, one today. We will see how it goes..
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    Rabbit breeding question - nesting but not pregnant?

    One buck was also born in 2018 the other late 2019.
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    Rabbit breeding question - nesting but not pregnant?

    One was born spring of 2018. Three are her daughters/sisters born June of 2019. We breed the "mom" but this spring is the first time that I have taken out and bred one of the three sisters.
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    Rabbit breeding question - nesting but not pregnant?

    The time that I leave them in with the bucks varies. Sometimes just a few hours especially if I see breeding. Others a week or so. They haven't had an issue in years past, but this year the does seem to be upset over being seperated.
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    Rabbit breeding question - nesting but not pregnant?

    We have four does who live together and two bucks who live separately. I put two does in with a buck (one each) and left them in for a couple of weeks. At which point I assumed the does bred and brought them back to the doe pen which includes several hutches and nesting boxes. While they were...
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    Barn cats?

    I have had many barn cats over the years who have all gotten along great with all sorts of other critters! From rabbits and chickens to goats and horses! Until now :D From the shelter we recently picked up a very friendly cat, who is extremely energetic. He is quite hilarious and makes great...
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    Colony Raising Rabbits, anyone?

    Thanks for the thoughts! So far absence for a few hours hasn't been an issue for them. And since having them together we've made two moves, they have had 4 different "rooms" or "stalls" in that time, so changes such as those haven't effected them. I will probably end up separating the doe or two...
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    Colony Raising Rabbits, anyone?

    We have had a handful of Rex and mini Rex rabbits as pets for the past few years. We have breed one doe twice, her last litter was over a year ago out of which we kept three daughters and they all live together in a 12x12 horse stall with tables and huts. I have been wondering about breeding one...
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    Feather loss

    Phew! I've never seen just ONE molt. Maybe she wanted to be ahead of the winter weather and the joke is on the other hens..... Poor Janet, looks terrible right now!
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