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  1. 1 old hen

    goat down

    If it comes from deer I was wondering why the outher goats did not get it. We do have deers and have had the outher goats 1 for 8 years and the outher 5 years. WEbread them for milk and meat. Am getting discouraged if the grandchildren did not like the milk and like the goats as much as we do I...
  2. 1 old hen

    goat down

    I ment to say fungal worm what ever that is. But the goat will stand for a bit now wobbles and front legs now seem week, When she goes back down she goes to her side so I put hay bails on both sides. She eats good and does not seem to have any bowles or urinary problems. I am thinking it might...
  3. 1 old hen

    goat down

    Vet gave Dexamethasone 15ml every outher day, Flumiximine 1ml every outher day Vitiamin B COMPLEX everyouther day for 10 days and HI ENERGY SUPPLEMENT 15ml every day. Was checked for fumble worm and outher parisites not found. I made a sling to get her up about 30 min at a time 3-4 times a day...
  4. 1 old hen

    Duck tape stuck to brooding chicken - help!

    Duck tape fixes everthing. Just a joke. If you can cut the feathers that the tape is on I would do this. Just be carful not to cut the feathers where they will bleed. Probily a two person job and small sicers .
  5. 1 old hen

    goat down

    I have a goat about 1 1/2 years old see started woblin and then went down. can get her up for abut 10 min then she goes down. vet gave med for fungle worm steroide and pain. vet says wait and see. ben about 1 week no improvement. Just thinking it might not get better and if I should put her...
  6. 1 old hen

    14 weeks old, 7 Raccoons!

    Coon if cooked right is good, most peple do not know that there is a gland under the front leg between the leg and body it looks like a small kernel of corn this is a sent gland that needs to be removed. I have baked coon in the oven with potatos,carots . Then removed the vegies and feed them to...
  7. 1 old hen

    Help, I'm on Fire!

    Try butter milk as my wife had the same problem it worked for her
  8. 1 old hen

    which chicken feeder?

    I found chicken feeders on Walmart web site. Metal with the rooler bar on top to keep chickens from sitting on the feeder. They are called range feeders about 12 or 16 doolars, and can be shipped to your local store at no cost. They are 3 to 4 feet. Walmart.com type in range feeders.
  9. 1 old hen

    Oh deer!

    glad to help, good luck
  10. 1 old hen

    Oh deer!

    If deer are destroying garden then see post in pest and predators intitalled deer. It has photos and post on fencing I have been using and have had lots of luck with. The fencing depend on your size of gardens. My cost was around 450.00 but my fence was installed in stages as the deer became...
  11. 1 old hen

    Could a Opossum have rabies?

    After talking to a animal nusens control man, he states opossums temperature is lower than coons, skunks and outher mamals and that opossums do not generaly have the right temp for rabies to incubate, but that does not mean they can not get rabies. As for traping and releas you need to talk...
  12. 1 old hen

    Sexing Chicks: Technique?

    Up to how old can you sex by feathers? 1 old hen
  13. 1 old hen

    re seeding

    my run is basicly 200 x 50. there is a spot of 50 x50 with trees this area has little to no grass, the rest has grass, but I am trying to get grass in the 50 x 50 to grow. I have sowed Kentucky fesque and covered with hay. it is starting to grow spotty as it has just started to grow. it has been...
  14. 1 old hen

    to wash eggs or not before incabating

    I do not wash my eggs to be hatched. just wipe them with dry rag as water does something to cause them not hatch. if the mud is from your lot as mine is muddy I put leaves in it. it seems to cut down the mud on eggs.
  15. 1 old hen

    goaty tasting milk

    the hay is orchard grass,some clover and alfalfa. will get loose minerals and check with county.thanks
  16. 1 old hen

    goaty tasting milk

    her milk has always tasted goaty. will have her checked.
  17. 1 old hen

    goaty tasting milk

    I have 2 milk goats, 1 has a goaty taste to her milk and the outher does not. They run together and eat the same feed I feed. I am trying to figure out what is going on? They are nubiuns and lamoncha mix. No buck in with them only when breeding and then in his lot. After breeding they both have...
  18. 1 old hen

    Equipment needed?

    My mistake, using the milk jug you put the chicken in first then take the head off with the knife. I think there is a site on the internet maybe u tube, or on this site that shows the milk jug. The milk jug is nailed to a post. Apology for my confusion as I do not use the jug.
  19. 1 old hen

    Equipment needed?

    I chop off heads and let them flop on the ground. I use a large stock pot to scald then pluck.Then I use rooled newspaper to light and sing. The rest is done with a regular sharpe knife. You split the abdomen and pull out all insides keeping the liver, heart and gizzard,then rinse and freeze or...
  20. 1 old hen

    hay for goats

    I have found a way of adding to my hay. when I mow I collect the grass and store in a lean to type of shed on pallets. BUT DO NOT USE if grass has been treated with pestaside or outher weedkillers. I am lucky as as I have a large yard and a small field. I bought a sickle bar mower to cut the...
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