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Hey, Folks I'm fairly new to rabbits. We had them as pets when I was a kid. Not the kind of pets you have in your bedroom... they had hutches outside and liked running around in the lush Florida grass (or sometimes the living room, but I digress). Now I live in South Dakota, USA--not exactly...

Too funny! I love it--now that I can understand!

New Zealand! We've been praying for you all. ❤️ The iodine you're using is what I've been taking for hypo-thyroid. It's probably better for wounds than betadyne would be. At least better for humans. I hope you can get him all healed up.

Thanks! I was wandering about that. What did you do to get your point across?

Thanks so much! I'll definitely keep this list. 💕 As for fermenting milk (or most anything else), it's super easy but you have to enjoy that tangy taste.😉 I did make some farmers cheese once. Soooo good, even made from store-bought milk.

So you're using povodone iodine or betadine? I saw "iodine" and went straight to "tincture". 😁 Poor baby! Does the ivermectin pour-on not work on them very well? I probably slightly overdosed my Highlands with it, but you're just pouring it over their hair and it's a super benign medication and...

So that's a little over two cups (approximately) per mama goat. Maybe not as much for sheep, or maybe similar. Not bad. I'm the only one here who will drink milk anyway, and I only drink it fermented. I don't have anything against fresh milk, but I can't get raw milk, so I figure it needs a...

Thanks for the reassurance. ❤️ I figured it was probably like that, but you know, unless you've actually experienced it, it's hard to know what to believe. I also pull up toxic plants as I find them, and I don't even have anything but poultry (and doggies) at the moment. I'm sure they're...

Stubborn ewe... :idunno Yes, that's exactly what I'm eager to avoid with the bottle baby theory. I want them all in halters and willing to be led. No way can I leave them out at night with our coyote population. We haven't actually had any on our property (that I know of) since we put 4' high...

Yes, I was actually thinking about getting two or three bottle babies (maybe one little ram), so they'll learn not to be afraid of me. I read somewhere that you needed at least five sheep to make them feel comfortable, but that might be more than I can handle, "nursing". Plus, once the babies...

Thanks so much! What do you use the iodine for? I do have some, but it's for me. 😁 I'll have to get to the medical chapters in my "howtoraisesheepies" books. Reading those kinds of chapters caused me to put off getting chickens/ducks/turkeys/geese for a whole year, so I've been avoiding reading...

Excellent point. Thanks!

I've found this to be mostly true. I'm super excited to hear that your sheep love Canada thistles! :weee:weee:weeeVery reassuring. Thanks! We only have twelve acres and I have an interest in flora, so I know fairly well what's growing here. I was a bit disappointed, reading that looooong list...

I can handle the worming (at least I think I can), and we don't have yew here. We did have some chokecherries, but they died out several years ago and didn't come back. There are a few scraggly Juneberries (listed as toxic for sheep) that I could cut out. Only a few berries and the birds eat...

I've been looking into getting a few sheep, but today I perused a list of plants that will kill them (allegedly) and I'm wondering how there are still sheep on the earth. It logically cannot be as bad as the internet lists make it out to be. 😳 Apparently even Ponderosa Pine will kill them (of...

I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but slaughter of horses for food would do more to guarantee survival of the species than all the rescue operations in existence. Chickens aren’t in danger of extinction, yet like horses, many of the heritage breeds *were* in danger of extinction until private...

Thanks, Secuono and Greybeard. :) That’s just what I wanted to know! Great info—I really appreciate your help.

We have 12.5 acres already fenced all round with barbed wire... some 3 strand, and mostly 4 strand. I would like to use electric fencing to create and modify temporary paddocks for management-intensive grazing (ie: moving my three heifers daily. I realize this is a ridiculously small “mob,” but...

Wow! Thanks for that great explanation. We live way out in the sticks and have a 3/4 ton pickup and a single axle flatbed trailer... If they gave us the lime (if we need it) it’d cost big time just to get it delivered. I’ll have to get with the extension office and ask about testing soils, I...

LOL I was going to collect the pine needles by raking the grass. There are lots there, though you have to look in the thatch to notice them. Raking the wooded areas for bedding is too hard, with buck brush, branches, etc. Good point about the cause and effect, Greybeard. But if lime would help...