I'm getting a new baby tonight...a 3 month old boer doeling...I don't have a picture to post just yet but she's white with the red head. I'm trying to figure out a name for her, I have a few ideas but you guys always have the greatest ideas! Of course my DH will want to throw in his two cents...
Hi y'all! I need some advice. Sunday is me and my hubby's first anniversary, and he's getting me a goat (LOL, I know, but it's what I wanted!) We had two pygmy wethers, both 6 months old, and one got killed two weeks ago after a stray dog got into their fence. Yoda my remaining goat has been...
Hi everybody, this might just be a shot in the dark, but I wanted to try. I live in Rockwell NC, about 5 miles or so from Salisbury and about an hour from Charlotte. We need a baby goat asap...I only had two little pygmys as pets and two weeks ago we lost one due to a freak accident. We were...
Hubby and I want a bird for inside. I've been looking at parrotlets. We need something that's not very noisy, and I'd LIKE to have something friendly that I can handle and love on. From what I've read, parrotlets would be a good fit. They also are not incredibly expensive which is important...
I have (well had, hard to change tenses) two pygmy goats, Dexter and Yoda. They were born in March so they are about six months old. Last week in the middle of the night we had a horrible dog attack on our farm. Two crazed dogs came through, killed several of my neighbor's cats, and before...
I was wondering if anyone knows of any natural or home remedy ways to get rid of fleas.
I have a close neighbor, a sweet kind elderly woman, with a major cat problem. I'm talking 30-40 cats feral cats roaming around. I'm trying to work with the humane society to get rid of them....meanwhile...
Hi all...so, on my vacay last month, I spazzed and fell, breaking my arm and tearing my rotator cuff in two spots. One tear is 90% and one is 25%. I'm having surgery Thursday. I've heard lots of horror stories, I mean I know it's not going to be a walk in the park or anything, but what should...
So I have a standard cochin rooster, Harvey, who is about 16 months old. I love him dearly...he is like a cartoon: big, fluffy, clumsy and silly, and for the most part a really sweet bird.
I fell two weeks ago and broke my shoulder and tore my rotator cuff, so for the first time in my life...
I have a pair of Dark Cornish Bantams. Two months ago Bertha hatched two chicks. I moved Dad (Butch) to another pen where he's been all this time. I plan to keep both babies...when are they old enough to move Dad back in...or is this a horrible idea for some reason I haven't thought of?
Tell me what I need to know! I know the info is out there, but I find people with experience is ALWAYS the best reference.
My hubby was offered two baby (3 month old) male pygmy goats that are supposed to get banded today. I know nothing about goats besides that they are awfully cute! I have...
Has anyone had any experience with a splayed leg poult. He's about 6 weeks old now but had the splayed legs when he was a baby. I did the hobbles and he seemed to get better. Now, he won't put any weight on one of his legs. He still gets around to eat/drink, but I'm wondering if he's just...
This may be a stupid question, but it's one I can't really find a straight answer to online. I have two turkey poults and two chicks (all five weeks old) in a converted large dog crate in my dining room. Hoping to get rid of these two chicks soon and just have the two turkeys. Anyway, I...
I hatched two turkey poults five weeks ago and after their second day they were still not eating and drinking so it was suggested to me here that I buy some chicks to teach them how. So off DH ran to the feed store to buy me some chicks. He picked up two day old barred rock chicks. I handle...
I have two one-month old Narraganset poults and two one-month old barred rock chicks in my indoor brooder. They are currently in a brooder I made out of a large tupperware container that I cut out the lid and replaced with hardware cloth. It's worked great so far but I'm noticing my turkeys...
My tom Gobbles is acting strange I noticed today. He is occasionally holding his neck crooked. He holds his head way back and it looks like his neck is bent backwards. What could this be. Noticed lots of yucky poops as well. I'm worried! He's currently free ranging in the backyard. He...
I walked by my OEGB cage today where I have a crele laying pair housed and I noticed my hen, Sophie, just not looking like herself. She was sitting scrunched up, with her wings out and tail feathers pointed down. I thought maybe her foot was stuck in the wire or something. I picked her up...
My Narragansett eggs I ordered from Sean in NY hatched Thursday night...two out of six which I thought were OK odds. One is perfect and the other had the splayed legs, but I made little hobbles and fixed him up and he's doing much better today. He can toddle around about as good as his...
So I have my first ever broody hen, Bertha the dark cornish bantam hen. I think she's got about 16 eggs under her. She's been seperated with her rooster, Butch, for about a month in a small coop that is raised off the ground. He's a pretty friendly rooster, however the past two days he has...
I have a splash standard cochin rooster named Harvey, he turned 1 year old yesterday. He's huge, and has a deep voice when he clucks and carries on with the hens. However he has never crowed. We've seen him try to crow, but no sound comes out. We have four other roosters right now and all of...