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    Bottle feeding baby goats

    I have two 11 day old kids who have been rejected by their mother. I started milk replacer today. Could I switch them over to whole milk or mix half and half? Plus do I need to warm up the the milk or give cold????
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    I need help getting my chickens to find their nesting boxes!

    Shavings should not be a problem at all. If they are scared of the tin try to use the big family pack plastic meat trays that you get at the grocery store. I use those in my nest boxes and it works great. I just washed and rinsed them really well before placing them out there.
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    18 week old duck hen

    She is a Mallard Hen!
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    Getting ducks to adopt their new home

    Hi I am new to ducks as well! But my ducks have had 3 new homes and this is what I did. I kept them closed in their new home area for 3 days and they adjusted to knowing it was their new home! Good Luck!
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    18 week old duck hen

    We are new to owning Ducks and we do not know what their nature is. we picked up 2 ducklings 18 weeks ago and we are now missing the hen. she was raised here on our farm along with a drake and they started mating a couple of weeks back. She always stays with the drake. The drake also...
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    Angora Goats/Nubian Dairy goats

    I would love to do that, but I have been on there twice around December and got a computer virus both times and I am afraid of going back on the sister site.
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    Goats

    For now I have been keeping the younger one in a kennel until I go out to give her a bottle and supervise social time and then I put her back in the kennel, so that i can get stuff done. For the two week old - at what age should I not worry any more 1 month or 2 months. the 3 mo. Angora has...
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    Goats

    I need a little help! I went and got a 3 month old Angora doe and then a week later I picked up a 2 week old Nubian doe. The Angora seems put out with the younger one and keeps butting the young one. I put the younger one in a kennel to keep her safe for injury for now, but it seems unfair...
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    Angora Goats/Nubian Dairy goats

    does anyone have experience with either of these goats? Angora I have a 3 month old Angora Should I shear her in November or Sooner? i would really like to get on a May-November Schedule. Nubian Diary I am going to be getting a 1 1/2 week old Nubian kid. I know it will be a while until...
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    Pictures of your Quilts please. UPDATE I FOUND THE PATTERN

    Quote: Acre's and I was just talking about that and she ask me if I would take over for her. I said H#^& no. lol But if we can get enougth people I think we could do one. Let me see how many I can get is that any blocks you were looking at? i am up for any blocks. I just don't have...
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    Green thumb is itching, anyone else?

    Thank you for the helpful suggestions! I am going to order some seeds here in another week
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    Green thumb is itching, anyone else?

    Thank you all for the helpful tips! I will look for some heirloom seed companies.
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    Green thumb is itching, anyone else?

    Quote: I am just getting into the canning part of my gardening, but i do have a question: How do you save the seeds from your plants? I have tried but they do not seem to work out when I plant them. Is there a process to do it?
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    Pictures of your Quilts please. UPDATE I FOUND THE PATTERN

    Last spring there was a quilt square swap. I was unable to do the swap, becasue spring time is too busy for me. Does anyone know of a quilt square swap going on?
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    Planting a garden in chicken land.

    I do lasagna gardening (layered beds). Every bed that I got finished making they would destroy......so i fenced off my garden from them. ocasionally I would let them in to take care of pests with my guidance and supervision. if they got cared away with scratching beds apart I would herd them...
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    Backyardherds

    has anyone used this sister site? has it worked out well. i found this site just before christmas and then my computer got a virus.
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    show quality speckled sussex ??

    Math Ace, I have not been on BYC in a while (computer problems). i was catching up on the reading and saw a few things posted.....I just wanted to say I have enjoyed reading this thread since I joined it this summer and I have learned a lot from your thread. I wouldn't have dreamed that I had...
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    Names Beginning with D for Rooster Chicks?

    Staying with the "D" Dante' - as in Dante's Peak the movie. Dilly Dorkus Ducky Capt' Danger
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    Chicken Names- whats your chickens name?

    Naming chickens is fun because you can go crazy or be ordinary and what ever name you choose it fits them. SS Sussex rooster - Ducky SS Hen - Curious RIR Hen - B Hilda RIR Hen - Ruby SL wyndotte - Midge SL Wyndotte - Penquin
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    show quality speckled sussex ??

    Certainly, and thank you for commenting. I was thinking that the size was pretty decent on the cockerel for his age, in part because he was a small chick compared to the others. (ETA: Meaning that if I had a larger selection of normal sized chicks from the same source, I would likely be able...
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