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Can you deworm sheep with horse ivermectin paste. If so what dosage.

Does keeping a male lamb intact make them grow any bigger or quicker than castrated lambs? I plan to take some to the locker this fall for meat and did not know if keeping them intact or castrating would make them grow bigger.

I have some lambs i intend to slaughter in the fall. However i was wondering if i had to castrate the lambs. If i don't will there be a strange taste to the meat? I've read it either way was fine but wasn't for sure.

Where do you purchase your barley to mix in your feed

Thank you so much.

What types of grains are best for sheep. I would like to make my own grain mix for them to get some weight on them. If anyone has a good mix let me know or if you just make a list of grains that would be perfect. I feed mine mostly on pasture and hay but was wanting to add to their diet.

My younger chickens are about 10 weeks old I would like to put them out with the bigger once but i am hesitant, and they are RIR and black sex link i dont know if that matters or not.

I hatched some duck two days ago and they are now in the brooder with some chicks I went out this evening to check on them and one of the ducklings had its eye shut When i opened it clear liquid came out I wiped it off with some warm water but i don't know if there is anything else i could do...

I have been raising chickens and ducks for a while now, but I have only recently found this website it has amazing tips and ideas I love setting eggs in the incubator and watch them hatch and grow into adult poultry I just recently hatched some chicks out and now today my ducks have pipped I...

You will never guess which is the duck egg and which is the chicken egg!