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I figured Boone has put his time in so he gets his own thread. It’s the least I can do for him. For those who don’t know Boone, he is my ASAD. (Anatolian Shepherd Assistance Dog AKA Service Dog in Training) This is absolutely NOT something I recommend to anyone as LGD’s are not temperamentally...

I have a nice Hasenpfeffer recipe but haven’t prepared lots of rabbit (yet) so I am hoping for tried and true recipes preparing it all different ways.

Wondering when. Before or after babies are all weaned at 8 weeks?

In 2007, we left my home of almost 30 years, along with my training operation (I spent my life as a professional horse trainer) my family and my friends, and took a job on a 250,000 acre cattle ranch in SE Oregon beneath the Steens We are 2 hours from closest town, which has very little to...

Rosemary was bloated this morning. She eats like a piranha, is able to climb into the sheep feeder and fill herself up on all the alfalfa leaf she wants, along with Stewie. They spent yesterday chowing down on whatever they could find out in the big pasture. She's always done this but today her...

It's been a week now since Rosemary's mother died. She is now 1 month old. I started her on straight Jersey milk that night, at 3 weeks. She never lost weight and is definitely still gaining! She's also decided Cletapotamus is her protector and bodyguard.

My ewe that lambed almost a month ago died unexpectedly last nite. I have no idea what from, she was fine when I fed everyone last nite. Her ewe lamb was born Jan 10, and was doing really well. I am having a hard time capturing her to try and get her on a bottle. I have a Jersey cow I am milking...

She is absolutely not letting this lamb nurse. She licks him a lot, but she is bashing him when he tries to go to her udder. I milked the plugs out to make sure she had some. I have had to smash her against the wall to make her let him nurse. He keeps wanting to go back, but she isn't letting...

My ewe looks like she is lambing tonite. She was down 3 or 4 times and acted as though she might push. Since then, she has only had goobers and squats frequently as if to pee, but produces nothing. She doesn't seem in distress, she is eating. I am only concerned because a book said if they...

I have a ewe that I have NO idea when she was bred. She has started bagging up and I thought maybe she would lamb next month, but this morning she had goober strings hanging from her vulva. Does this mean she might go soon, or can she do this for several weeks?? She's pretty wide, and her bag...

How long should I leave the lamb and its mama in the jug? The baby escaped twice and mama tore the thing down to find her. The other sheep were beating up on her pretty badly when I found them. Mom doesn't seem able to protect her. Just wondering when its safe to turn her out with the others...

My ewe lambed this morning, we found the baby up and dry. It LOOKS like she nursed one side, and that teat flows easily, the other is plugged (and the old battle axe keeps knocking me down when I try to clear it). The thing is, this ewe looks just as pregnant as she did last night! Could she...

I have some 2 yr old Dorper x but they were bred when I got them and I have NO idea what month! One is quite wide, her vulva has been 'plating' her udder is swollen and actually waxing. So...she could go anytime between now, and I guess months from now..:barnie DH has not put a roof on the...