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I finally got my first two pigs and they are about 15-20 lbs. They seem to be pretty healthy. The guy I got them from said they'd be ready to worm in about three weeks (2 weeks now). I am not necessarily raising them in a strictly organic way, but I do want to practice organic medical procedures...

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I'm not sure how much the donkeys weigh, maybe 500-600 lbs, though I just don't know. So maybe 1/3 to 1/2 bale per day for the donkeys, and 1/5 to 1/6 for the sheep and goats? 120 days 3 donkeys x .5 bales x 120 days = 180 bales 20 sheep / goats x .2 bales x 120 days = 480 bales total = 660...

We're talking east coast square bales (50 lbs.), medium size donkeys, boer goats, small to medium size sheep, and round numbers, because I'm going to get more hay than I need. We bale it ourselves-- I just need to know how much of our hay to sell. Yes, some of these animals (maybe half or more)...

Just to clarify what somebody said-- "Heritage Breeds" are actually not the common ones like Yorkshire, Duroc and Hampshire. Heritage breeds are the more rare ones that are rarely if ever raised commercially anymore, such as Tamworth, Large Black, and Mulefoot. Either are fine to raise, or more...

Hi, I'm trying to figure out approximate hay requirements for the winter. I think I should figure on needing to feed hay November through March, four months. I need to know how much decent quality hay the following species will need for average-sized adults, per day. In terms of either pounds or...

you win an inflatable cow. It might not be good for much, but if you put it in the passenger's seat, at least you might be able to drive in the cow-pool lane without arousing suspicion!

Seems like the cost of the calf manna would negate your feed savings.

If you slaughter the pigs at a younger age than is typically done by most people in the USA, you don't absolutely have to do it. I've heard that around 180 lbs. is the weight for slaughter in that case, before the meat starts tasting bad. If you are doing your own slaughtering, this will work...

all my relatives.

Also, I have a cousin in Albion, ME, who has goats and knows quite a bit about them if you are close to there.

Welcome, Mainegirl! Do you mind telling what part of Maine you are from? I grew up in Clinton, but live in SC now. You don't have to say your town if you want to keep that private. Jim

coffee break I want to start one! With more words!

Well there, see, we don't disagree that much at least in principle! Here is a picture of regions of KY: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KYphysiography.jpg

I know a lot of people raise hogs on pasture, and maybe that means different things to different people-- when I think of "pasture" I am thinking of a wide open grass field that is carefully managed and the animals are only kept in there until the grass is chomped down and then moved out. My...

292 bottles of root beer on the wall!

From what I understand the Jackson Purchase (or just "the Purchase") is the name for the eight western-most counties in Kentucky, purchased, I'm told, from a native American tribe by Andrew Jackson many years before you or I were born. ;-)

We have a lot of wild boar that run free around our area. Two were shot within a quarter mile of my house two years ago and my neighbor and I were given the carcasses to butcher (we field dressed them and took them to a butcher). We had some pretty good pork sausage from those puppies for a year...

We live very near you. We have chickens, sheep, and guineas.

I'm hoping to get some one day-- haven't had any yet. Looked at a herd that was basically (though not officially) for sale in Alaska when we visited 4 years ago-- the owners, in their 70's, had been raising them for many years, and said that even when it was 40 below outside, the Highlands...