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Wasn’t sure if this is where I should post this question but seemed the closest to appropriate. In my area we’re going through the period right before spring where there’s frost most mornings but 60s and 70s in the afternoon. There are lots of weeds growing up amongst my lawn ( bout 41/2 to 5...

Ok. Coworker sent me a picture today. His 13-14 yrs old chihuahua had I guess cyst in the mammary gland (I think I’ve got this right) Anyway he was tolls awhile back it would rupture on its own and heal back. Well it did but he’s noticing now that at the healing point this is what it looks...

I found her coughing about hour ago and she been breathing really hard since. Like she tried to cough something up once or twice . She’s hiding from me now cause I’m trying to figure it out. I didn’t se anything but she got away fast.

Looking for advice on best option to give this young boy some company. When we got him off the streets, he was very young and I had two other cats at the time. Sadly, they were older, and one of them got cancer, and passed away and the one he especially adored Passed away about six months...

As you see here, I had quite the harvest this weekend. So obviously I had some canning to do. Yesterday afternoon, I put a few quarts into the canner.(water bath) and I got a phone call with some sad news about a relative which distracted me and I totally forgot about the canner going. So for...

Good morning. Came out this morning and noticed my goat looks like the side of her face is swollen. It may have been there last night, but I didn’t see them very long since I got home pretty late. But I don’t know if this is necessarily an emergency as she’s acting completely normal, eating and...

I’ve seen more tracks in the backyard, but somehow they found my vegetable garden out front. And there Hass to be more than one within a couple days. Oh my gosh tracks everywhere. Luckily my tomatoes are big enough where I don’t think it’s affected them yet, but I already had to pull out some...

I planted ground cherry seeds and started them inside and moved outside to a sheltered area. But what I’ve got sprouting I’m not sure if ground cherries or not. I’ve never planted them before. They kind of look like very well-maintained weeds. I would hate to transfer them into my garden if...

I’m probably thinking way too much into this, but that’s what I do especially when it comes to my plants. It’s been far too many years since I’ve planted sunflowers in the vegetable garden. I know sunflowers can be tough around other plants, but I wanted to plant a couple in my vegetable garden...

Last night I had a raccoon rip open piece of wood that I guess I hadn’t realized it slightly rotted on side of the chicken coop. Out of the three in the coop and that’s the only one he got in one coop he only got one. Still broke my heart. And the rooster is visibly upset. And kind of beat up...

OK as I owned chickens for many many years I’ve never had to add heat to the coop. Living in Central Virginia we get some really low temperatures sometimes at night but never anything to seriously worry about. Recently moved a little bit further west in Virginia and the change has amazed me. Now...

Haven’t owned too many roosters past a few months old but This guy has a couple of different quirks about him. Nothing bad just makes him special but I’ve never seen a rooster with two spurs, on each leg. So that’s four total.( And don’t worry I know in the picture it looks like one is growing...

I don’t know how long this is been in my yard and I would’ve think I would’ve seen it before now if it was very long but I’ve been working a lot of hours. But I found this in my yard. I don’t know if it’s the insides of a small animal predator got in my yard I really don’t know what in the world...

This evening I noticed My oldest goat Lucy breathing extremely heavy and not wanting to eat any grass or brush or anything and standing off by herself. (9 yrs old boer.) When she squat down to P she fell. And she’s walking with her back legs wide open but just kind of wants to stand by herself...

Somehow I ended up with two roosters out of eight pullets. Considering I already have one rooster one of them unfortunately needs to be rehomed. He’s beautiful and matured very quickly. Quite big already for 4 1/2 months old. I was going to call the free market in my area that cakes extra...

A coworker of mine had made some thing for his camping trip because he refused to sleep in a hot tent and it sparked an idea for my chickens run Since we’ve had a wave of heat to which the heat index has been anywhere from 100 to 110° almost steady for a couple weeks now It’s a DIY mini air...

I unfortunately am at work so I’m not there to experience the exact symptoms. My daughter called me crying one of our americana‘s started making a noises she noticed it was struggling to breathe and couldn’t get up. At first she thought its leg was broken. When she hung up with me she said she’s...

Well I was suspicious seeing as my jersey giant was so much bigger than the others the same age and had a confirmation today with a weird squeal that was intended to be a crow. it’s now confirmed one of my ladies is not a lady. Yet super friendly as most jersey giants.

Last night at dark noticed my eldest goat (10 yr old female boer) had large hollow belly. She was a little stand-offish from the others but didn’t seem in pain Also we have noticed her loosing more hair than regular shedding. Haven’t seen any type of bugs on her and everyone else seems fine...

Seems to be one thing after another lately. But that’s how life works sometimes right. Hanging with the goats today extra since we Finally have a bit of a break from the cold it was much more enjoyable. I noticed Romeo my male goat (wether) was rubbing his head on me viciously and I was petting...