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    Do You Vaccinate?

    Here in Idaho our soil is lacking in Selenium and it's important to vaccinate with Bo-Se and I also do CD&T.
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    Fly Eliminators

    I ordered them from www.arbico-organics.com I sure hope they work, I dislike the traps, they smell so bad. According to the Arbico literature/catalog Churchill Downs thinks they are wonderful and have been using them since 1983. I have horses, goats, chickens and a llama and usually, lots of...
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    Fly Eliminators

    Just wondering if anyone has tried those fly eliminators? I haven't yet but just received my first order of them.
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    Triplets and Quads

    My Pygmy doe gave birth to quads a week ago. One didn't make it and one is now a house bummer. Yesterday my Nubian gave me triplets. They are all doing well. They've never had more than twins. Both were bred by my LaMancha buck, it's obvious from the ears! Real cuties. What are the odds...
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    Oh boy, need llama care instructions FAST PLEASE!

    I was given a free female llama about 6 years ago now. She's not so much a guard but she's a good watcher. We're rural, 30 acres timber, perimeter fenced with barbwire. Our 'yard' area is about 2 acres in the center, fenced with woven wire topped with barbwire and a buried barbwire. My goat...
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    Disbudding anxiety

    I gave some thought to using the paste but watching my goat kids bumping hard at the teats to feed I didn't think it would be a good idea after all. Didn't want to burn holes in Mom or mouths. Maybe if you can keep a covering on but reading the label it's kinda nasty stuff.
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