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    Advice on 10 day old bottle goat

    This link might be helpful; it's from Black Mesa Ranch, a predominantly Nubian goat dairy in Northern AZ. I've met the owners, they are really nice and knowledgable, and the goats are well taken care of and friendly. They wrote a guide for getting started with goats, and it includes some...
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    Chicken Keeping in the United Kingdom?

    This is just a curiosity of mine; do any of you well-informed BYCers know how to find laws/ordinances on chicken keeping in the United Kingdom? I've been accepted to several schools of veterinary medicine (finally!!), one of which is located in Edinburgh, Scotland. I can easily find the...
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    How to address an issue....

    First, I'm sorry you have this headache to deal with. I think it may be wise to stress that you intend to own only three pet hens. These birds are quiet, they will not create a livestock stench, and they will be confined to your property (no free-ranging in the neighbors' yards). In all...
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    Bobcat took a layer

    Quote: I'm technically located in a county island in Maricopa County near Cave Creek. It used to be pretty rural, but it's growing fast - we are among the few people in the area that still have livestock. I feel really bad for the bobcats, with the way AZ developers like to sprawl rather...
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    Bobcat took a layer

    Thanks, everyone. It is indeed motivation to complete that large and secure run! I'm not sure that wildlife relocation is an option in my area, in fact, I wouldn't be shocked if release areas are close to where I live... and since females are territorial, another would surely move in. We have...
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    Bobcat took a layer

    This morning around 7:30 a bobcat took my BR girl. I saw it jumping the fence with her (Jubjub) in its mouth. It looks like she put up a good fight, there were two piles of feathers in different spots in the yard. She was a good little layer, too! Now I'm down to four pullets, and only...
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    I'll have my first doe in about 9 months! (I mean 6..) Updated

    First, congrats on your goat(s)! I highly recommend getting her a buddy, or asking to borrow/lease a "spare" goat from your farm until you bring your doeling home, or boarding her at her current residence until you get your second goat. I have 2 bottle raised LaMancha kids and they don't seem...
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    Is it moral to eat meat? ***Constructive Discussion ONLY***

    I only eat animal products IF I know that the animal was/is humanely raised, preferably "organically," and grass-finished (I don't eat pork because I don't care for it, but pigs obviously wouldn't be grass-finished, I'd want them to lead a normal porcine life), or I will eat an animal that has...
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    Problems with white roo, 9 wks old

    Do you have pics? It's easier for the wise ones on BYC (not me, lol) to help ID your bird with pics.
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    What would kill a goat this way?

    My vote is for the neighborhood dogs. You'd be surprised how quickly Fluffy can turn into, well, El Chupacabra once let out to roam with his/her local "pack." My neighbor's two GSD (German Shepherd Dogs) ripped my kitten apart when let out accidentally by their pool guy. I also once spotted...
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    What is this chick??

    Hmmm... cornish rock, eh? I suppose anything is possible at this point... except buff, of course It's certainly the most friendly of the lot, it seems to think it's a little land parrot, taking any opportunity to climb up my arm toward my shoulder. I've heard that those sneaky little birds...
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    What is this chick??

    I bought 5 chicks at my feedstore on May 1st. They had just arrived from either Ideal or Redwing, I was told. The chick in question was sold to me as a "Buff." Stupidly, rather than asking, "a buff what?" I said, "a Buff Orpington?" so of course they said yes. I've had my doubts from that...
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    Chicks and the standard chick feeder - billing out all their food

    Mine are wasteful little buggers too! If they weren't so darn cute... I've watched to find the culprit... it's my BR chick, she's the smallest but she sure does know how to waste that feed! She scoops it out of the mason jar feeder with her beak, then pecks the tiny amount that accumulates on...
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    Horse question...

    My last job was as a broodmare assistant manager at an Arabian breeding farm. So I have personally inseminated mares, and it's not that hard to do... IF you have someone experienced to teach you. Of course, with the equipment needed from semen handling to mare restraint, I'd probably opt to...
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    AZ family looking for babies to adopt/buy!

    cardsyourway_us: You're very welcome, good luck! Quote: I might have once or twice, on AHA... I can't remember what ABH is (but that doesn't mean I didn't join, lol). I don't think I posted pictures of him before... but it was a while ago. I've owned Bascat (gelding) for the past 9 of his...
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