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Banner, Picture Posting, Member Search Issues?
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BackYardHerds - Frequently Asked Questions

Official BYH Contests, Polls, Etc.

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Herds General - Applicable to Most Herd Animals

Emergencies, Injuries, Diseases, and Cures

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H-Brace Wiring Question
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Baymule’s Pasture Management (or MISmanagement)

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Best LGD breed/mix

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Ridgetop
How do you manage predator safety for your livestock or pets?

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Recommendations for Goat Supplies

Natural and Organic Husbandry

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When to start milking?

Showing Your Herd

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Please Tell Me I'm Not the Only One

BYH Online Herd Show

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Horse contest! Show your horses! Ends, Oct 6th!

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Oldest a buck can be used for breeding

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DIY Alternative to Timothy Hay?

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Teach a noob how to pick which meat rabbit to buy for breeding

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Dinner rabbits, Journal

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2024, Waiting on Lambs! 🤞 *Happy Thoughts* They're Here!😍

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Watering nipples...anyone have them for sheep?

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Young Lamb Feed Consumption

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Space

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Sale barn bottle calves ... Banamine?

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underweight heavy bred cow

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Prep: Beekeeping Tools, Equipment, Supplies, etc.

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I like to start keeping bees in spring 2022…

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31 Atmospheric rivers, 73 ft. of snow, massive wild flower blooms in California...can it get any better for the bees?

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I have lost one of my bee-hives! 🐝

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Wow, 2023 and still catching the swarms! How about you?

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Planting a Bee Garden for Better Honey

Honey Harvest

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Another lessons learned! (Ouch #2)

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Beekeeping in general?

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Is My Mini Pregnant?

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Donkey Delights: Top 10 Treats Your Donkey Will Love

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Examples?

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Mini donkeys 11 months

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Alpaca first time no milk

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Llama Down. Likely Meningeal Worm.

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What should I do when my braces fall off in the epidemic situation?

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General Guard Llama questions

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What is this crochet stitch????

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ISO pulsating milking machine

Processing For Meat

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Coffee anyone ?

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Anyone know where I can get this

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