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    Home Found! Northwest Indiana Egg Laying Flock Starter Pair

    Home Found....no longer available.... We are selling an egg laying flock starter pair. Black Austrolope Rooster and ONE hen of your choice. Choose one Buff Orpington hen, or one Black Austrolope hen or one Barred Rock hen to take home with our handsome and EXTREMELY gentle rooster! The...
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    YE LOYAL YOLK-FELLOWS Chicken Coop (Newly Finished w/pics)

    Hi BYC Friends, We finally finished our coop. Just to tell the story, we had a pool on the back of our deck. It exploded in a thunderstorm and we had a gaping hole hanging off the back end of our living room. We had no idea what to do with it. We wanted something we could look at that was...
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    Uh..OH! Ordered all pullets, but do we have roosters?

    We have chickens that are 6 weeks old or so. Two of the black austrolopes have very prominent crests (the crown on the head) and waddles, where as the other pullets have small crests and waddles. They also seem to be larger and we just thought maybe they were slightly older or something when...
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    Radios and lights deterring predators?

    Hi, Just wondering if putting solar lights and a radio out by the chickens might work to deter predators. Any thoughts? Thanks in Advance, Chickylou
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    Is my goat "BUCKY"?

    Please help me learn this "signs" of estrus thing. Here are some of her, I think, "symptoms". 1) She doesn't finish all of her food. She leaves half of it, even in the morning when she should be really hungry. 2) Her doe mate milker is bucking at her, ramming her, biting at her. 3) Her...
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    At what age do you turn off heat lamp?

    Our chicks are now two weeks old. We have them in the brooder and the brooder is in our living room which is about 72-75 degrees all day long and all night long. Do you think I still need the heat lamp on? I was afraid I might fry them. They are getting a lot more feathers. Any thoughts?
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    If you breed your goat...how do you know its prego?

    OK, this may sound dumb, but if you are paying a breeder for their buck, you leave the does there, when would you have actual confirmation of a pregnancy? Are there any specific signs the does give when pregnant?
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    Potty trained goats? Ha!

    Sounds soooo silly, but could it be true? My two Nigerian dwarf does have been living in our shed temporarily until we finish their new "apartment" under the house and deck. I just moved them over yesterday. Well, as the story goes, the temporary shelter had a 4x4 section with a simply stud...
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    Total False Alarm - Package mix up!

    Well, we surely got the chicky-peep blues today! I packed all my kids in the car for a long trip to buy special goat feed and especially to get our chick starter crumble. When we got to TSC they had loads of chickies in large bins with heat lamps and my children were enthralled. First, I...
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    Alfalfa Cubes for Goats...no hay?

    Hi, I have a question about hay. We have some really bad hay around here! Since its alfalfa hay that is needed for the goats, could I use alfalfa cubes (horse kind) for the goats in lieu of hay? They waste this hay which isn't much better than straw and I'm running out of the good stuff...
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    Pasture Time...backyard grass?

    OK...Please help me understand. I have my two does in a pen with shed. Definitely enough space, but the kids and I take them out to go on a walk in our backyard which is only about an acre. They LOVE this. The immediately eat the old crunchy maple leaves and green grass. Is this backyard grass...
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    Goats not eating as voraciously...any thoughts?

    Hi, Just noticed today that my two goats aren't eating as much as usual. My lactating doe usually pigs out on her grain while I milk her and I noticed that for the past three or so feedings she actually leaves a little bit in the bowl. I had to get new feed because I don't live near the...
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    When do you shear your goats?

    When do you all start shearing your goats for the warm season? Right now, I still have one that shivers and I put a sweater on her. What temperature do you recommend doing this?
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    Homemade Goat Cheese Press...PICS

    Hi all, Well, we don't know if it will work, but the logistics are there for a pretty cheap (Menards 10 minute run) Homemade Cheese Press. I'm ready to make my first "pressed" cheeese with my Nigerian doe's goat milk. So far we have already accomplished what I thought would be impossible...
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    Can you drink the milk of your goat when you are "deworming"?

    Hi, Does anyone know if you can drink the milk of a goat when she gets dewormed? We would like to deworm our lactating doe - only because we recently did this with her buddy. Should we lay off drinking the milk for two days or so? What do you think? Thanks for the input.
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    Two does...no buck...breeding questions!

    How do you read your does' heat cycle and if you don't have a buck, how to you go about getting them bred and knowing for sure it is he "right timing" and you aren't wasting $150-$200? I mean, how do you know the timing and then plop them in the back of the van and take them to some breeding...
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    Goat-gurt! Just made my first batch of delicious yogurt!

    I'm so excited and feeling like a true backyard homesteader! I just finished making my first batch of yogurt from the milk of my Nigerian doe. (Thank's Petunia!) I guess I really thought it would all be beyond my abilities, but as my grandfather used to always say, "Read the Instructions!"...
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    Any favorite home remedies with goats/pets that are helpful?

    Hi all, I was wondering if any of you would contribute some of your favorite tips and ideas about home remedies for goats? I was wondering about apple cider vinegar and its benefits, but are there any others out there? I would love to hear about them. Thanks so much!
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    How much cup feed?

    I'm a little mixed up. The person I bought my does from told me she gave about 3-4 cups of feed a day. Now by feed is has some cracked corn, some pellets and it smells sweet. Is that what is meant by SWEET FEED? I got the back and I'm going to have to switch maybe to DuMor or Purina. Any...
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    How do you sterilize after you goat milk? We want to drink it.

    Could some of you share your process on how you sterilize? I don't want to be stubborn or lazy, but it seems that you need all this super high acid stuff and I'm a little nervous having kids around. I went to TSC and they had some diary cleaner and it has the poison signs written on it and...
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