Not sure my rooster's comb has gotten pretty bloody from various injuries at different times but he has always recovered on his own without my intervention...........
I just had my first goat babies on April Fools Day. I have both male and female goats and because of running out of good weather last fall we didn't get the second goat pen and house erected although we had all the stuff for it. Anyway so my 3 boys and my 2 girls wintered together in one pen...
I could move her and one of the other ones and put the other one back when the baby comes. How long before would you move them to get used to the area??
no it's not rock hard yet and I think it is just starting to fill. I figured I would move her into her own space when she goes into labor. We have a 8'x5' stall set up in the garage for her and the baby. Thanks for the responses..... at least I have some idea and I can keep an eye on her for...
I have a mini-nubian I thought got bred in August .... guess not... anyway today I noticed her milk bag is filling. Any idea on how long and should I move her from being with the herd and if so when?
we have to wash most of ours..... whether poopy or sometimes a little bloody......... some of them come out clean as can be but that is not the norm. for here. My hens too like to sneak to the boxes to sleep some are very persistant. I will try moving them after dark. I always have to take...
What ...if anything....... is everyone doing for extra protection during this cold snap? We ended up chasing the ducks off the ice as their hole finally froze and we broke it back open for them, but it froze again so that only one could get in the water at a time and they were taking turns. So...
I stopped to buy straw this weekend on my way home from work with my son and while we were in the barn helping the farmer (as he is 86 and still does everything on his farm) when a ratty little kitten popped out from the sow pen.
He told me that a few nights before in a snowstorm he had heard...