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    Pit Bulls as farm dogs??

    Hey everyone! So we were visiting our local shelter the other day and they had around 15 dogs, mostly adult dogs, and they were big dogs too, lots of Pits. They were all in excellent condition and we could tell the people running the shelter really tried their best to take care of them. I have...
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    Horse Question

    I have been looking to buy a horse for a while now, and we found out some of our friends sell horses. He has this one gelding he is willing to sell to me for around $650 or trade. The gelding is beautiful, and he is the perfect height for me. All of their horses are very gentle and his sire is a...
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    Horse Questions

    Hello everyone!! I am finally getting a horse for real soon! The house that we are buying has almost an acre and a half of land for the horse to graze on. I plan on using my horse as a pleasure riding horse and occasionally run a few barrels and small jumps now and then. When I go out riding it...
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    Pigs!

    Hi everyone! We are going to start our small homestead soon. I am trying to convince my family that a pig would be a good idea lol. No we don't want to eat it, so I am looking for other things the pig can do. I know that they will eat every single scrap we have except for meat. We wanted to...
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    What do I need to feed my horse?

    Hi everyone! I am going to get a horse soon, and I am trying to decide what I need to feed it. I would prefer to just keep it on grass, but I'm not sure if the grass is the greatest quality. I really don't want to feed it grain because I think it's unnecessary and not natural, but if I have to...
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    My Duck Can't Walk! Please Help!

    Hi everyone. My duck can't walk. She is around 5 weeks old. She can use her right leg fine. It is just her left leg. She walks on her elbow, and I think it is painful for her to walk like that. Her foot was turned in before, we solved that by spreading out her foot and taping it with medical...
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    Help! I think my duck might have a broken leg!

    Hi! I think my duck may have a broken leg. When she swims, she can still use it though. I will try to attach pictures so y'all can see what is going on. What can I do? Please help me!!!
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    New Horse Owner, Any tips would be welcome!

    Hi Everyone! I am soon going to be a horse owner. I have always wanted a horse, literally, since I could walk and talk, even before that, I have always had a love for animals. I am so excited, I am looking at a paint mare that is 5 years old, and is 14.3 hands. I have rented tons of books, read...
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    What to do with Roosters....

    Hey everyone! Ok so we went to the tractor supply, and the lady there was super nice, and she helped us pick out our chicks. We wanted hens only. They only had one tub of chicks that were females, the rest were straight run. She said that a little boy had taught her how to sex chicks, and that...
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    Duckling Behavior

    Hello All! We built a run for our ducklings and chicks and we put them all together. They seem to be doing fine, no fights, no one is hurt as far as I can tell. But the ducks will kinda put their heads over a chick and do this several times until either the chick leaves or the duckling leaves...
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    Medicated feed questions

    Hi everyone! We just got home with 7 new little chicks. We bought them electrolytes and probiotics. We mixed that into their water and gave them a seperate little container of water like the directions said. But when we bought the feed, we didn't look at it, and it's Medicated. Does anyone know...
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    How to raise ducklings!

    Hello everybody. I am going to get some ducklings from the feed store. I was thinking of keeping them in the garage in a kiddie pool lined with newspaper and wood shavings, and a little fence around it, to keep them in and the cats out. The cats hardly ever come in the garage so I think they'll...
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    What to do with roosters!

    Hello everyone. We are going to move onto a smaller sized lot with a neighbor just 20 feet away, and we plan to have chickens. I plan on ordering only hens, but I have heard of cases where people have bought hens and ended up with roosters. I am just trying to plan ahead in case I end up with...
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