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Hello, we live in E TX, and are about to breed our two Nubian does for their, and our first time. We are taking them to a local stud, where they will stay until they come into heat and are bred(we’ve tried watching for their cycles but haven’t had much luck, so we did look into cyders, but...

I have a question about mules, and would love to hear peoples experiences with them. What is the likelihood of us finding a donkey or mule that will not kill our pet dogs, will not kill kids and strangers, will kill predators, will be kind to all sorts of equine, and will be able to be...

Hey there, so we were digging in the dirt in the animal pen a couple days ago when we noticed small(about 1/2 inch) reddish colored worms in the ground...like literally wherever we dug within the pen there were these worms in the ground. There are goats(only been here 2 days, worms were present...

Hello, my 13 yr old daughter is looking to get into showing goats. We have experience with raising goats, but no clue about showing and breeding. She has 2 options which I will explain here in a minute, but let me explain her goals first. She is wanting a lot of milk, and would show if she gets...

We would love any advice you have about female LGDs. We have an 8 month old Great Pyrenee/Anatolian Shepherd cross, she guards our flock of chickens, and does so wonderfully so far. We are trying to decide if we should spay her? Not spay her? Breed her? What will make and keep her the Best LGD...

Our LGD puppy is in or garden, which has a 6 ft chainlink fence around it, and nothing growing in it, and it has a nice size shed in it for Sheera(the lgd). The chickens pen runs all the way around the garden, and the have their barn too...we let Sheera out to mingle with the chickens while we...

Hey everyone! We weren’t sure which forum to post this in, so we just put it here. My daughter is wanting to get Nubian goats, but isn’t sure if they will be profitable. She really just loves goats(she used to rescue Nubians kids), but she is so busy, and is wanting to choose hobbies that are...

We got a wonderful LGD puppy, she is about 4 months old now, and we have her in a huge chainlink pen(that used to be our garden) with the chickens surrounding her pen in their chainlink pen...so she is in a pen, and the chickens are in a surrounding pen. She does great, and we let her out with...

My kids (13 & 14) are looking to buy and raise a couple cows for meet, and to show in 4-H. We don’t have the land for it, but our neighbor does, and welcomed them to it. Its a pipe fence, with hay rings, a shelter, different pastures, a bid barn, etc. But the kids only problem is that they are...

We are having predator problems...hawks and foxes are getting our chickens. Barn and fencing isn't the problem. We are wandering what animal(s) we should get to protect them? LGD isn't an option. Thanks!

Hello, Our chickens keep getting attacked, we haven't been able to trap/kill the unknown predators, and have been coming and getting more and more chickens recently. We only have about 7 acres with no fence, so people say we shouldn't get a LGD, we thought about maybe a GS pup? I grew up with...

We have a 7 month old male mini Donkey, we'd love to keep him, but he is getting meaner and meaner everyday. Would castrating help? We aren't in the best financial position, so we wouldn't want to get him castrated if it wouldn't help, because it would just be a waste of money. My kids are...

My daughter Would Really love to either show her chickens, or get into showing rabbits or goats, but she doesn't want them to have to be meat pen, she wants them to just be fancy breeds or what not. We don't want to have to drive to Louisiana or Dallas for a show though. Our local 4-H and FFA...

Our 2 sweet little male minis are chewing on everything, and they're chewing the walls of their barn. Is there anything we can/should do about it/for them? We don't really appreciate them chewing on everything, but it's there house soo..? Do they need a chew toy or chew post or something? Mini...

Rules: 1. Follow all BYH rules! 2. Be nice 3. NO cussing or censoring letters 4. No more then 3 pets...but post as many pictures of those 3 as you want! 5. Make an individual post for each pet 6. Have fun!!! Answer these questions in your post(s): Category (Mini Donkey/Mini Mule/Mini Horse)...

We need some help/advice! First, Here is a little bit about us: We live in East Texas, I have 2 children, My daughter is almost 12, and my son just turned 13. We got a 7 day old male miniature donkey on July 31st. He is now around 15 weeks old and his name is "Donkee or donkey or Donquavius". My...

We live in Longview Texas, we have a 13 week old bottle fed, male mini donkey. He is very sweet and loves to run with my kids. When they are doing school,d at night, he gets lonely, so we would like to find him a friend! We have looked, and can't seem to find anyone within about 2-3 hours from...

First- Let me introduce "Donkee", he is our 13 week old Male Mini Donkey. He loves his bottle, getting brushed, eating weeds, and coming inside to break stuff. We originally were going to get him a female baby Mini donkey friend, but can't seem to find one for sale in East Texas. We were...

Hello- We live in Texas, I have 2 children, My daughter is almost 12, and my son just turned 13. We got a 7 day old male miniature donkey on July 31st. He is now around 13 weeks old and his name is "Donkee". My children also have around 60 chickens, 10 ducks, 1 turkey, and the chickens "guard"...