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I am waiting for my vet to call back. He was in surgery so it might be awhile. Pumpkin has mastitis. It is a little strange though. She kidded back in October, we sold one kid on a bottle and retained the other so we bottle fed her too and milked Pumpkin for awhile but decided to dry her off...

What a night. I came down with some stomach bug halfway through work today and was just holding it together until I could get home. I crawled into my car and the phone rang--mom could see on her barn cam that one of her does had blood on her side and she was going to be a little bit before she...

:lol: And THIS is why one needs to be wary of information on the internet, wikis and Wikipedia included. www.wikihow.com/Detect-Pregnancy-in-Your-Female-Dog Part 4 of 4: Testing for Pregnancy at the Veterinarian's Have an abdominal palpation to look for initial signs. During the abdominal...

Oh boy, what a month of pooches! It was time for our doggies vet visit and I can't take more than one at a time. The vet does do farm calls but we needed some work done that couldn't be on site so 4 separate appointments were needed. Louie was first, our big 3/4 Anatolian and 1/4 Pyr. He...

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Our new bucks are fragrantly wooing their ladies. We sat and did some thinking through who would be best paired with whom and this is the week! Brunello is with our Luna and Yonnie (and he will not hold still for a pic---I need a helper ) Benedetto is with Bluebell and Nova Amontillado is...

Heyall! We are still unpacking and have little things to do yet but we are in the new home. Yay! Figured some updated farm pics were in order, starting with our beautiful young bucks. Monty, Benny, Sammy, and Bruno say HI!

We have turned over our sires for fresh ones and I a joyfully anticipating our next breeding line up. The family and I took a weekend vacation to Toledo, Ohio for some much needed fun and a break from all life's business. One Fine Acre generously arranged for the three stud muffins we got from...

Well, a few months ago, we had our little Geronimo born here and decided to let his mom raise him. We normally do bottles but decided with all of the chaos of building a home, we would just let her take care of him. Yesterday, I busted him! At just over 6 weeks old, he managed to get yearling...

I am ordering several new blades for my Andis clipper and am looking into having my others sharpened. Anyone do this themselves? I have a grinding wheel with a brush to get it clean and have no qualms about taking them apart/putting them together---just not sure what time of stone to use to...

Hi all, Does can go into heat pretty quickly after they kid but have you ever had one in heat while kidding? I swear, I think my doe is/was! Is that even possible? She was waving her tail around at our buck through the fence while we had her in the kidding pen, jumping up to see him in...

Our first kids have arrived and Nova gave exactly what we were wanting (which NEVER happens). We wanted a buck out of her and had requests for another buck and doe. TADA! She did really well for the most part. The first buck was a bit tangled and came out backwards, one leg forward and the...

There is a lot of back story here but I need help and am hoping that anyone who has had these dogs will pipe in. Even better, owners who have had these AND other LGD breeds (Great Pyrenees, Anatolian, Polish Tatra, specifically). How do they rate for you? Temperament? Maintenance...

After last night, I thought it probably isn't just me. Have you busted your goats being ridiculous? Here is one of our doe's, stuck in a tree and inside a fence meant to keep her away from said tree. Getting her out was a royal pain.

Well this is a new one and is all my fault. We are still in the midst of moving and my milk stand is outside somewhere. Rather than getting in inside to do goat chores, I just decided to pin goats with my legs and do hooves and shots. So Nova (very pregnant right now) clearly has some external...

Just sharing something that I found fascinating from today's reading. It seems that bucks sometimes lactate! No, not because they are hermaphrodites but rather completely normally karyotyped males can develop udders and milk. They are fertile, healthy, and tend to come from strong milking lines.

Hi all, DH is the rabbit person here so I don't know much and he is not available. Here is what I know: He is a male Flemish Giant, about 12 weeks old. He was eating and drinking two days ago because I fed him and was playing with him. He was lying on his side this morning and we thought he...