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    Farrier hitting horse?!?!?

    Thank you all for your replies! I want to clarify a few things that I did not say in the orginal post. Mooshine is an amazing younger horse (5 yrs old) I told the guy on the phone that she could be a little touchy around men but after that man is around her for a little bit and pets her and...
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    Farrier hitting horse?!?!?

    I had a farrier come out to trim our horses hooves and he seems kinda cocky when he got out of the truck which I didn't like so much but just ignored it, my sisters horse went first becuase she is the most calm and she picks up her hooves very easily, well the first thing this guy did was walk...
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    Pygmy trying to breed my chickens!

    Its nice to know that I am not the only one with this problem!!! I even have his brother for his herd mate but he still tries to mate our rooster from time to time! For the longest time we housed our 2 male goats with our female dogs and they would always try to breed them. We had to take our...
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    Fencing Pygmys

    We put up cattle panels that are 16 ft long and 4 ft tall and then ran an electric wire around bottom in our buck pen to keep them from headbutting it and scratching against it. For our doe pen/chicken pen we used 6ft chicken wire and buried it like 6 inches in the ground. I would recommend the...
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    Getting Close?

    I checked her this morning and no change but hopefully when hubby goes home at lunch we'll have a change! I did feel of her udder last night and a little milk came out so now its just a waiting game! This is driving us crazy since we didn't have a date and this is her first birth. I think we are...
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    Getting Close?

    We bought this doe and we are pretty sure she was pregnant when we got her. She has dramtically developed an udder the last couple of days. Anyone have any clue about when she will deliver?
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    Doe bleeding?

    Our newest young doe is bleeding from her vulva. Can someone give me a clue as to what's going on? Thank you!
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    Sore Mouth

    We bought a 7 month old pygmy doe about a week ago and I didnt notice when we got her that she had a scab on her mouth. Its the only place I have seen it. I was wondering if what I could do to keep her comfortable/ help it heal faster? I feel so bad for the little girl. She is so scared of...
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    Goat Barn

    We are redoing our barn and I would like to put a couple stalls inside to feed our pygmy does in and also for when they kid. We are also looking at putting a small feed room inside also. Can anyone post some pictures of their barns so I can kind of get an idea of what i want. Also my pygmys seem...
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    Weight Problem

    I'm sorry I meant to put that in the first part! They do have free choice hay all the time and there is a goat mineral block also. I will try to find that shot and give that a try! She is around 4 or 5 years old from what the couple told me but thats really about all I know about her! Thank you...
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    Questions About Livestock Guardian Dogs

    I am sorry about your problems.. We have always had great pyrenees. They are awesome dogs and great guards! I seen one of our take down a mastiff that was trying to get one of our animals. It was amazing to see this huge calm sometimes lazy dog of ours get up and move like that!:ep All he did...
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    Weight Problem

    So we have a pygmy doe that we have had about 2 months now. She seems to be very picky about food. When we got her from another couple they were feeding her horse feed and we were feeding ours goat pellets from Atwoods. She would not eat it for anything! So then we were sugguested by another...
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