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    Desparately trying to save a 1 day old kid; Question

    How much nutria drench can I give a 1 day old goat kid? Would a dab of raw pure honey be a better choice? She is weak, standing, but not walking, she gives up nursing momma too easily, even though momma is trying to be patient with her. I force fed her 3 times yesterday, and gave her 1 squirt...
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    Incubating eggs, on lockdown, need best case senario advice please

    Im on day 22 of lockdown, I have 4 pipped eggs, and 1 half unzipped. The incubator is running dry on water, and im not sure what to do about adding water... cracking open a corner with a straw? im afraid one that pipped might not be surviving, and 3 pips aren't even trying. they may be a...
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    uh oh, pipping eggs in the egg turner.

    I guess with these hot temperatures the chicks were developing before i set them. Day 18 is monday and i have 2 pips tonight with low humidity. Whoops now im in trouble. Any advice what i should do with the pipped eggs? How should i lay the already pipped eggs?
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    chicken wing, badly injured or infected? (graphic picture)

    This chicken was brought to me by a friend whom found her on the side of the road. Her guess, she fell off a commercial chicken truck. She is a debeaked fryer bird and has alot of scabs on this wing, behind her comb, and on her leg joints. The rest of the scabs dont look too bad. She looks...
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    its fixing to freeze, help me decide who gets what from the garden?

    Its fixing to freeze in texas... that means I ought to scrounge the greens from the fall/ winter veggies. That means its thanksgiving buffet early at the Kims farm. Ive got goats, chickens, geese,a couple mallards, and a friend just gave me some rabbits and young quail. I havent studied on...
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    does a pyraneeese walk funny?

    I have had smaller dogs, and I love my new pyraneese puppy. Its hard to think of her as the puppy when she is the largest animal I have. Compared to other dogs I noticed right away this little puppy had a different build, big muscles, and stance not of a typical 8 week old puppy. She is 5...
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    need advice about calming evil momma goat around the LGD puppy

    Obviously I don't put my pyraneese puppy with the momma goat, I have momma and 3 kids in one pen, and two bottle goats in the pen next to them. The puppy is only 8 weeks old, same size as the kids which are all about 2 months old. The kids are fine with the puppy which is the same size as...
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    animals eating other animals feed

    We all know our chickens are gateway drugs, leading to more animals. With all the different kinds of feeds for each type of pets. I currently have 26 chickens, 2 mallards, 8 goslings, 1 goat with 3kids, 2 bottle kids, and a new livestock puppy. This means I have goat pellets, sweet feed...
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    chickens hatching eggs in winter?

    My neibors young son came over and wants to hatch the egg I gave him. So I told him to mark it and put it back in the nest. Its winter, do you think it can be hatched? Can a chicken keep her chicks warm enough in winter? Im in central texas, it does get to freezing. He is thinking of...
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    HGTV commercial for the t.v. show house hunters......I'm offended!

    I watch HGTV channel and they have a commercial for House Hunters depicting a woman looking at a home for sale: the kitchen did not have a refrigerator in it. The refrigerator was just outside on the back porch. ... and the woman complains, " I am NOT going to the backyard to get eggs!" Of...
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    Male guineas question

    ok, I think after watching youtube videos... im about 90% sure both my guineas are male. they tend to be very quiet with a brief outburst every couple days.... they're the only two..... I also have lotsa female chickens and 2 very young roo's. the guinea fowl were raised with the chickens...
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    um, Greenhouse 101.

    We bought 6 acres this year.... and while my first summer garden was started late, and with lots of beginner setbacks, well, we ate two wonderful watermelons the size of softballs, the deer really enjoyed all the orange tomatoes and jalapenos, and we got to eat 3 banana peppers, 1 zucchini, 1...
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    chicken attacked by dog, need wound care advice

    Goldylocks was attacked by a dog, most of her back feathers were pulled out and has a puncture wound the size of a nickel in the middle of her back, she eats, drinks, and takes it easy, shes limping, but its not too bad. The wound is not in a spot where she can pick at it herself. The...
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    little dog ate chicken feed. sad story.

    I just wanted to post this in case anyone else might need to know. I just lost my maltipoo (11lbs). Ive been free ranging my chickens and leaving the gate open. She got into the chicken feed and filled up on it. The x-ray showed a swollen belly, but it was indestinguishable what was inside...
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    odd eggvidence, whats doing it?

    Always during the day when im out of town for a while. Mi have two hens sitting on eggs. And I free range my chickens. I come home and find an egg sitting 1 foot out of the nest. Theres a 1" inch round hole in the egg and tge contents are gone, the egg is dry and clean inside like it was...
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    broody hen feud...my little soap opera

    I was given 7 hens, 13 chicks, and 5 roosters by a friend, all banties. One chicken has 2 chicks, theyre at least 2 weeks apart. (I dont think theyre both really hers). The big white hen had claimed 11 chicks and fought for them when they moved to my coop. (I dont think theyre all hers) I...
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    baby geese and ducklings on the way concearned about...

    Im picking up 15 rouan female ducklings locally and getting 2 male and 4 female embdens from metzer farms on wednesday. After seeing the geese and reading a few threads about them, (thanks yall,im a sucker) I had to have some. I havent had geese before and im not too sure if I can treat them...
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