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I know it's spring but this isn't just regular shedding. My buck goat started to loose his hair about one week ago and now one of the does is loosing her hair as well. This is really disturbing because the hair is falling out in big chunks and all that is left behind is pink skin. I left the...

I'm not really sure if I have a problem or not. My pups are 8 days old and have very loose yellow bowel movements. I know that they are not "normal" but I'm not sure if I should be concerned. I weigh them every day, they are all gaining. Thet are all nursing and sleeping well. They seem...

At what age is a lamb still considered a lamb? When are they suposed to be butchered? There is a lady here who has ram lambs that were born in May for sale. Would this still be considered lamb or is it more mutton? Also, should a lamb be finished on grain? For how long?

I was just looking up local cattle, sheep and goat prices and I'm not getting it. After each price it reads, "cwt." What does that mean? For example: Lambs, new crop/cwt. from:150.00 to:217.00 high:235.00 Lighter, well finished lambs traded $5-7 cwt. higher.

This is my first time with a rooster. I'm not sure if he's in love with me or if he's sizing me up. I don't understand his behaviour. He is 5 months old and is starting to becoming interested in the ladies. He kind of purrs at them while he walks sideways up to them and then grabs them by...

Does anybody have any experience with Chanteclers. I would like to see some pictures. I have 6 white ones and I'm not sure if they are typical of the breed. They seem to keep thier tails down and I'm not fond of the look it gives. Not sure if this the breed standard or not. I keep thinking...

O.K. So we head off to the local agricultural fair and find out they are having a "pet" show for the kids. "Cool," thinks me. I turn to my 4 year old, "Do you want to enter one of you animals in the show?" "Yep" she responds. So the next day we return to the fair with the "animal" she...

I can't understand what went wrong with my Chanteclers. I am hoping someone can help me out. Why do two of them have bright geen legs? Even my EE's don't have legs this colour. If you don't have specific information on this particular breed, maybe you could tell me if there are variations...

Why are my meat birds so active? They are six weeks old and they are still running around and foraging. I wanted them to have a more robust flavour and a little firmer texture so I limited their access to feed and forced them outside to eat grass and bugs. I figured because of the feeding...

I thought someone may be interested to see the size difference between my layers and my meat birds. These birds are the same age (four weeks). And have had access to the same starter and same out door foraging. The meat birds are huge unnatural monstrosaties...

Is this possible? I ordered 20 Chanteclers and received 12. (The breeder said they had a fertility problem). Then out of those 12, I lost 5 chicks. I had 85 chicks, 7 different varieties and only lost Chanteclers. Now they are four weeks old and two of the remaining Chanteclers have GREEN...

O.K. when are they fully feathered enough to go in a tractor outside with no heat? When am I going to be able to tell males for females? What are they called: hens? roosters? When do they get off the starter and switch to a grower? How long does it take for them to be fully mature? Laying...

I think I have a rampant case of cooci. Mucousy, bood tinged poop. We have been having very humid, wet weather. I can't find a vet to do a fecal float so I was just going to medicate without a diagnosis with either sulmet or amprol, whatever my feed store had. It turns out they are not...

i checked them all over for bugs but they look clean. They are just going about their normal business and will occasionally shake their heads. It is really cold here and they are not the right breed for our climate. They have all had a touch of frost nip on their combs and their combs seem a...

I will be placing my first order for chicks and I need some help. The breeder asked if I wanted to order all hens or straight run. At a day old, how does he tell if the chicks are male or female? The breeds I have chosen are: Golden and Silver laced Wyandottes, Buff Chantelacer(sp?), Speckled...

I just brought home 7 new Shaver RSLs. They are approx. 45 weeks old. They looked healthy and happy and were very well handled so I brought them home. They couldn't get up on my roosts and they were going to just sleep on the floor on the coop! I picked each one up and placed them on the...

I don't know what to do... Three year old EE hen with a large wound on her back ( wound is one inch in diameter at the base of her tail, the skin in pulled back and flesh has been exposed. There is also a few small punctures along the back). She is in a rubbermaid container (with the lid...