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That helps a lot. We were given ivermectin with our sheep because he was due, we are waiting to hear back on if our doe has been worked or not, it also just occurred to me that he said his does were due in January so now I'm concerned if our doe pregnant or not. We're not even for sure how old...

My husband went out this morning to feed them and said there are worms in our goats poop and he thinks they're somehow in her nose too and that's why she's having such a hard time, our lamb came with dewormer but she didn't, do they make a dewormer that can be syringed in to their mouth and not...

I am not sure at all what his condition was, and because he was the companion of the lamb we bought, we ended up not getting the sick one but we were going to keep him long enough until we could get a Nubian companion for our lamb. They ended up taking him to butcher themselves and we found a...

I might be getting 2 lambs this weekend if one of them makes it long enough. I was told he has a broken esophagus and I was wondering if that's something that is fixable or if his days are numbered....?

I have another weird question and please nobody get mad at me but what do people to with the hides of meat goats? Can they be used for things such as blankets or clothes or do you just toss them? I'm trying to find ways to not waste ANYTHING....

The problem with keeping track of how much meat we eat is that right now my fiancé and I barely eat anything. It's not that we don't have food we simply don't have the time, we snack here and there on family leftovers when we get the chance but other than that the only one that actually eats is...

Beer grain? I've never heard of it lol I will definitely ask around though! :D

If that is the case then I might try to find an already bred dutch belted, I don't personally know any of the farmers around us but from what I've seen almost all of the farmers around have all jerseys, and for a while I wanted one of those and I still do want one but I'm just looking at all of...

So Boer isn't really a big thing to add into the mix... what age would you cull your goats for meat? And does it have to be only males or can females be culled for meat too? I know females are usually milked but if we were at a shortage with meat and the female was at the right age could she be...

Would I be able to supplement pig feed with fruits and veggies? Or is pig feed a must? Or is there ingredients I could use to easily make my own pig feed?

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this but would a nubian/boer cross be good for meat? It was just recently brought to my attention that goats are a source of meat and although I've never tried it I am curious about it. I've already got my heart set on Nubians for their adorable...

Okay so shared parenting won't likely work... would it be better then to just stick with one cow? Also if I bred her to a bull of her breed for her first calf could I breed her to a hereford with the next with minimal complications? And would a dutch belted be enough meat to last a family of...

Okay, thank you guys! So here's what I was thinking and I'd like some opinions on this, we were thinking of getting two dutch belted female calves possibly in the winter when they're cheaper, we want to get calves first so we can raise them with our family. Once they're grown we've been talking...

Thank you! and one more actually, should veggies and extra stuff be given only as a treat or can I give it as feed or mixed in with feed? Right now we give most of our fruit and veggie scraps to the chickens but I read a post that one lady fed her pigs veggies and milk, and another post about a...

I don't have a cow yet but one day we might. My question is do I have to get a dairy cow for milk or can I get a meat cow and get milk from her and raise her calf for meat? I would like to get one of each some day but at first I'm trying to think of what will support my small family at low cost...