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I am getting 5 piglets in a couple months. These are my first. I don't want to feed pellets. Is there any body out there that has feed custom made? If so would you share the recipie? Also, if getting pigs as piglets around 25 - 30lbs I am guessing raising them for about 5 months...

I am wondering if there are any dairy farmers on this site from Ozaukee County, WI? I was getting milk from a local farmer until someone ratted on him. I am trying to find another farmer to do this with or possibly say pay for the cow and come weekly to collect 4 - 6 gal of milk for cheese...

I haven been reading many books on animals for raising. And in most I am getting some good ideas or estimates for wintering the animals with and estimated amount of hay or feed needed. Example: Wintering a beef cow would need approximately 35lbs of hay per day. Just shy of one bail. So...

I am have been looking around for katahdin sheep. I am looking for some that are weaned to raise for meat. I can't seem to find anything on cost of purchasing a weaned lamb. Can anyone out there tell me a range or find out the market price for just weaned lambs? Also, what is the pricing...

I am interested in purchasing a few sheep to see how it they are to raise for meat. I would like to keep them with a few beef cows in 1/4 acre paddocks and move them through the paddocks about every 3 to 4 days. Can anyone tell me who or where in WI I may find some or a farm that raises them...

I work for a small family farm (petting zoo type farm) and next year I will be raising chickens for meat and eggs, turkeys, rabbits and quail at the farm to sell out of the admission barn. The have pigs every year. At least 2. The pen is easily 16 x 16. This year they took them when the farm...

I am looking to move my rabbits yet again. I hate cleaning up after them and all the poo. I much prefer them hanging. Before I was so worried about them I had the cages screwed into 2x4's plus chain supporting from the beams and more. Needless to say I am guessing over kill. I have 12 30 x...

I am trying to find a jersey milking cow with a calf. How would someone go about finding them? Also, what is the cost like to purchase a cow with a calf? Thanks

Hi all, I am new to this forum Sheep. I have been looking around for info on goats and sheep. I am in Eastern WI between Milwaukee and Green Bay. I have access to currently 5 acres of pasture that a farmer is letting me raise meat chickens on. Also, they are letting me store all my hens for...

I am currently running poultry on 5 acres of pasture. My ideal thing would be to have a couple of sheep run about a 1/4 acre in front of the chickens in a hoop house and electric netting. But the owner of the land for some reason said he would prefer goats. I have done no research on goats...

So this is my second time breeding a doe that I have. First time she ate her kits. This time she made her nest kept it for 3 days perfect. Last night she commenced to eating her nest. This AM I came out and there were 10 kits in the bottom. So I got some hay and nest filler mixed it...

So this is my second time breeding a doe that I have. First time she ate her kits. This time she made her nest kept it for 3 days perfect. Last night she commenced to eating her nest. This AM I came out and there were 10 kits in the bottom. So I got some hay and nest filler mixed it...

Does anyone out there have a good method of separating pee from poo. I moved my rabbits indoors because my chickens started getting unruly and pecking at their feet. They would just to the bottom of the cage which was 3ft off the ground. So I moved my rabbit flock into my detached garage...

So I have a total of 7 does. One kindled a little over 1 week ago. Another had babies on the wire and then ate part. 3 others are gathering all the hay I give them and stuff in their mouth and wander the cage then dig in the nest boxes which is filled with pine shavings and straw. I come out...

So I had a rabbit that was due today. Nest box was in her cage since Sunday. She ate out all the straw and treated the box like a lounge. Today when I came home I went in to check and she pulled no fur and all the kits were on the wire and partially eaten. She is only 7 months old. I...

1st Question: How long do the nest boxes stay in the cage after the kits are born? 2nd Question: I was looking at software for tracking my rabbits but no one makes anything for a MAC. Can anyone there tell me what you should track or if they have a spreadsheet something I can mock over to my...

I am trying to take my rabbits 4 New Zealand Does, 2 California Does, 1 White Satin Doe and 1 Broken Satin Buck and would like to do line breeding so that I can feed my rabbits in a portable pen and have them feed from grass as well as their pellets. I would like to keep a rabbit as it should...

Can anyone tell me if this is correct: If I were to breed a rabbit tomorrow Saturday Feb. 20th it in theory would be ready to have the kits March 20th - 24th time frame. Babies would be weened from mother around April 23rd. When would she be ready to be bred again? Is it best to wait a full...

I don't know much about pigs. Not sure what I am looking for. Pig would be pastured raised. It would follow the chickens on the pasture. Rotation would be cows, chickens, pigs. What is the cost like to feed a pig? What is the time to raise a pig? 1/2 year, 1 year or longer? Recommended...

I am in Wisconsin between Sheboygan and Milwaukee in a town called Port Washington. I have been trying to find rabbits to breed for meat. I have been searching for almost 3 months now and just found 2 Californian does. Drove a total of 4 hours to get them round trip. Basically was a steal...