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  1. midwestmilkmaiden

    My favorite Duck got hurt by a skunk!! :( HELP

    he was protecting the flock and got a gaping wound on his neck! Not sure exactly how to help my favorite lil' man out! :( antiobiotic ointment??? and I don't want to stress him out either! HELP!
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    orphaned lamb needs help!

    I'm bottle raising 2 orphaned lambs right now. One of them is not seeming to be thriving that well. My main concern is its eyes. 1. both eyes are a little swollen, red and watery.. and i know it sounds like pink eye, but I really don't think it is... and I don't think he has an inverted eyelid...
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    Have you ever wanted to just pick up and move?

    *Sighhhhhh* My family and I did 3 years ago.... sold house and moved to WI to make a better life for us.. was great but didn't work out for some reason.. Came back to where we left from and found our *Dream House*.. a little farmette.. Now we have around 20 chickens.. goats.. and one beloved...
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    IS there a semi-safe way to use RAT poison around DOGS????

    I hate to say it... but I think I"m going to resort to some sort of poison!~ Bad karma.. but can't deal with them .. especially with young children! I'm trying the baking soda recipe~ ...that way if the dogs do happen to stumble upon it... no worries! Let ya'll know how it turns out.. and...
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    Coca~Cola???... will it kill my chicks?

    I'm going to try coke as a rat poison ( i hate that word).. the only thing I know of that won't harm my dogs if they find the carcasses.. but if I set it out in the coop.. where the colony of rats live.. will the same thing happen to my chickens...???? They say that the coke distends the...
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    IS there a semi-safe way to use RAT poison around DOGS????

    I"m running out of options!... I was told by an old experienced farmer today that I probably have hundreds of rats!.. I've been posting on here about it and so far have had no luck.. I have a ton of rat holes going in and out of my coop and see 6 or 7 of them out at a time .. in the...
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    FILTHY RATS!...in my....

    Put trap in box last night with bacon... No dead rats this morning! I want these critters gone!
  8. midwestmilkmaiden

    Rat problem

    We also have a BIG TIME rat dilemna!!!!!.... It's BAD! Not only do we have our coop full of them.. There's two in my kitchen that I can't trap!.. but I never tried laying the snap traps out for a few days to let them get used to them.. we have put them out with peanut butter and last night we...
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    Rat problem

    We have a SERIOUS Rat problem... what is this thing you're talking about?????.. We're DESPERATE!!!!!!
  10. midwestmilkmaiden

    FILTHY RATS!...in my....

    Thank ya'll!~ Smiling Cat... I may just have to try that.. looks intriguing.. as far as bringing other animals into the equation.. out of the question!!!.. I have one BIG dog.. One small (thinking she's big) dog and a FINE cat.. ( although she did bring me a RAT the other day and I said "GOOD...
  11. midwestmilkmaiden

    FILTHY RATS!...in my....

    oh.. the traps we are using are just the standard stick your head in and --------- I don't mind those, but the poison is out of the question.. I had a beloved dog lost to rat poison.. not going thru that again! SO......?????
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    FILTHY RATS!...in my....

    ... HOUSE!!!!!! Yes, we have a rat issue in my coops as well and trying to handle that without poison is ending up being a monumental challenge!.. BUT.. IN THE HOUSE!!!!!!?????? .. what the!!!!! We thought we had mice in our kitchen closet until I tried to clean it out to trap them...
  13. midwestmilkmaiden

    Baby Chicks VS. Rats!...???

    I have had 10 baby chicks in my bathtub to keep warm.. (and have fun) for about a month now. They are probably 5-6 weeks old.. about 6-7 inches tall. I think it's time to take a bath now.. so am wanting to move them out to the coop BUT.. I have RATS! And am worried about them stealing my...
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    Survivor 20: Heroes vs. Villains

    JT
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    show us you poetry skills

  16. midwestmilkmaiden

    Predator kills all chickens at one time.

    I just had the same thing happen to me last night! Came out to hide eggs for the Easter Bunny early this morning and looked out into the pasture to find 7 dead chickens strewn about all over.. nothing apparently wrong with them but definitely deceased!... Can't figure out what it was.. 3 of...
  17. midwestmilkmaiden

    Need Help REAL QUICK!...

    A dog would be almost impossible.. It's all fenced in and 3 of the chickens roost atleast 10 foot up. No way a dog could have gotten up that high...???? Also.. They share the barn with 2 goats and a Donkey.. so if it were a dog, I would think they would've have thought to mess with them also...
  18. midwestmilkmaiden

    Need Help REAL QUICK!...

    Well.. that was my next question!.. I decided not to eat them.. talked to a Veterinarian friend of mine. and he said it wouldn't be a good idea. 6 chickens! scattered everywhere.. nothing really wrong with them!.. What does it sound like to you????
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    Need Help REAL QUICK!...

    So.. just went out to play Easter Bunny.. and found that a stinkin' coon got into the barn last night and killed everything but 2 hens and a guinea!... He just left them scattered in the pasture.. So, my ? is .. it was around 44 degrees last night.. they have probably been laying there for...
  20. midwestmilkmaiden

    Wowwwww!... still can't believe it!

    oh yes... about the "posting pics" of these cute devils. . . I would, but don't know how!.. so anyone with easy "how to" instructions.. feel free to try and help me.
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