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One of my Nigerian bucks was surgically dehorned at 4 months old after an unsuccessful disbudding (all done my the same vet, and the reason I do all disbudding myself now!). Despite surgical dehorning he has scurs growing. They’re small enough that they aren’t a problem except in fall when he...

How long do you leave them to cool? If I process a lot at once I’d probably have to leave them in a big tub of ice water. I just have a little mini fridge.

Hello, fellow rabbit folk! I started raising rabbits last year and so far have only butchered one at a time. Someone is giving me a chest freezer so I’ll be butchering 30 rabbits over the next month or two. The butchering process I’m comfortable with (kill, skin, gut), but not sure what to do...

The photos that I took with my phone upright come out sideway? Samson the llama, Goldie the doe, and her daughters Pandora and Pegasus Boris the Crumpled (my frizzle rooster, he's even smaller than my silkie hens) My angora buck before getting sheared (he's small too, about 50lbs) From left...

I've been reading posts on here for a few years, so I figured I better join! I moved to California from the east coast two years ago with three dogs and a cat and my landlord happened to have a little barn and pasture that were empty. You can probably guess what happened after that! I now have...