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    Will my Great Pyr ever SHUT UP?

    Both our great pyrenese bark a lot. The older one (4 years old) only barks when their is a problem. The younger one (2) barks at her own tail. I think when they get out of their juvenile state they calm down a lot. It's kinda funny, but my wife will blow the car horn at them to wake them up...
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    Egg questions

    I don't plan to hatch any in the near future, but would like the option. I spoke with a lady I work with and she said that when she was younger her dad had a Silkie rooster and Buff Orrington hens. She said they hatched some of the eggs and the chickens were pretty cool! Guess I'll try it one...
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    Egg questions

    I have 8 Rhode Island Red Hens, 8 EE Hens, 6 Silkie Hens, and 3 Silkie Roosters. The silkies haven't started to lay yet, but I'm getting 8-10 eggs a day from the RIR's and EE's. I did check the eggs and they seem to be fertile. Here's the question. Would they incubate and hatch??? what...
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    Duck questions

    Thanks for all the replies. I'll try to keep them away from the pier. My daughter just loves them. They are already 2 weeks old, so as soon as they feather they'll go to the pond. It's fenced around with "field fence" and a strand of electric. I haven't had a problem with dogs getting in...
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    Duck questions

    Well, I have Boer goats (45-50) and chickens (25). My daughters teacher is hatching ducks right now. So far only 3 have hatched. She asked if I want them to take home. I have a pond (1 acre) that is fenced. The total area inside the fence is about 2 acres. At times I do open the gate to...
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    FAMACHA Clinin in East Tennessee

    Quote: The goats don't build a resistance. The worms do. If you talk to the vets at any of the universities (Alabama A&M, Tennesse State University) that do Goat research they will tell you to stick with one wormer until it quits working and then rotate to another wormer. Using a rotation...
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    Pig forums

    Gotcha!!! I know a lot of people "slop" the pigs with meat and everything. I plan to not. Chris
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    Pig forums

    I plan to feed them out like you would in a feed lot. I don't plan on letting them graze. I don't want the "grass fed" taste. I have a cousin that fed out two steers. He placed them in a feed lot with a round bale of hay (no grass). He started when they were 9 months old (550#) and fed them...
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    Help, Dog eating chicken poop

    My Great Pyrenese's favorite thing to do is eat the hoof trimmings when I trim the goats hooves. It's kind of disgusting, but cleans up the barn. My wife thinks it's gross. Did you see the dirty jobs episode where they took cattle hooves and filled them with peanut butter and then sold them...
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    Kid with a cold

    Quote: I know several people that like Nuflor too. The main reason I like Excenel is that there is no milk discard if you have to give it to a doe during lactation. I can't remember if there is milk discard for Nuflor. Not a problem with my meat goats, as I don't milk them. I do have to...
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    Pig forums

    Quote: Yeah!!! That's 500 bushels of ear corn or 30,000 ears if you have a plant population of 25,000 to 30,000 plants per acre. I'll plant in 32" rows so I'll probably have in the lower 20,000 to 25,000 plants per acre. My question is can I feed them only corn and the shucks/cobs, or will...
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    Kid with a cold

    I know your problem is already solved, but my vet recommends Nuflor for respiratory infections/pneumonia. It always works really well and doesn't sting at all. Just info for the future. Chris www.hillboergoats.com
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    Pig forums

    I plan to plant 1-2 acres of field corn to feed the goats, feed out a steer, and a pig this year. Will I have to supplement the steer and pig's feed other than the corn that I will feed them out with??? I figure it will cost me about $500.00 to grow an acre of field corn. That's a lot of...
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    looking for plans to build a goat stanchion

    Here ya go!!! http://fiascofarm.com/goats/milkstand.html . If you have large goats like I do (boers) you may want to make that part of the stand on the front that holds the goats head out of a 2x4 instead of 1x4's . I had an adult Boer Doe (200#) that broke one of my uprights. She didn't like...
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    Hog Question!

    Quote: How and with what do you grind your corn. I'm going to plant about 1 acre of field corn to feed my goats and chickens this summer. Also thinking about getting a pig to "feed out". I'm been looking for something to use to crack the corn, but have come up empty. I have an old hand...
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