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    BunnyVac A New Pasteurella Multocida Vaccine?

    Hi, anything new on this vaccine? Thoughts or experience, opinions?
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    Horn broke - degloved

    Our 3 1/2 year old Zebu lost a horn except for the bone inside. She now has a bloody stump for a horn. A previous owner tried to dehorn her and it didn't go well. Her horns have not looked good since we got her. We have had her since March, about seven months. Reading elsewhere it says that...
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    Any experience with Zebus?

    We have a zebu and she is our first cow. Had her for several months now. She is a little wild and someone botched horning her. We got her cheap. I would shop for behavior and disposition above all else in the future. She is really cute but I like hamburger and wouldn't have any problem with...
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    Goat milk questions - Straining? Taste of heated milk?

    Thanks for the replies. We were milking a brush goat. She was in a two and half acre pasture with a buck. There are at least three possibilities for any off taste. We sold both of those goats and are looking for dairy goats. With everything going on now it might take a while. As chance...
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    Time to make Cheese

    How many goats are you milking for 15 quarts? Have you tested for butterfat content? Is the recipe for the cheese posted?
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    Summer weight gain decrease?

    Yes, less weight gain in the summer heat. One local breeder told me he is more likely to lose rabbits due to digestive issues too. They breed in the summer, I don't. I cut back on feed in the heat. More hay, briars, etc, no watery greens. Commercial breeds are for you if that is what you...
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    My meat rabbits have ear mites!

    WD40 works for ear mites and have known others to use it for joint pain also. I wouldn't use WD40 because of what else it might do to you or your rabbits. People also use DMSO on their joints. It carries other chemicals into your body with it. Like some people might put DMSO and aspirin on a...
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    Where do you feed your LGD?

    I have seen other posts about goats eating dog food. Our goats have never shown any interest in the dog food but we buy food that has meat products as the main ingredients. I suspect that the goats like dog food that has grain products as the main ingredients. Most dog food does. I think I...
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    Where do you feed your LGD?

    Thanks for the reply. She was in a yard with chickens and guineas and they could eat out of her bowl while she was lying with her nose to the bowl and she would just look at them quizzically. She is ok with the rabbits in cages but a rabbit on the ground is fair game. The two goats and the...
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    Goat milk questions - Straining? Taste of heated milk?

    Do you strain your raw goat milk before drinking and with what? Our goat milk tastes great and has a great texture when chilled, but in coffee it has an off flavor. I tried it heated by another means and it had an unpleasant smell and taste. Anyone else? How long do you store raw goat milk...
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    My meat rabbits have ear mites!

    Another follow up. I quit using Ivomec on my rabbits. I felt like the results did not justify using such a potent chemical on rabbits. I am back to using mineral oil and a little ear mite killer. The commercial ear mite killer is a permethrin product and I use as little of it as possible...
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    Where do you feed your LGD?

    Our pyrenees is living in a pasture with two horned goats and a miniature cow. We feed them all at the same time. She gets defensive about her food bowl and barks and snarls at the other animals. They ask for it. They all butt each other and act like general nuisances. She doesn't...
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    My First Set of Rabbits!!!

    Don't build cages with wood under the floor, bad idea. Easy to build but not good for rabbits. I still have a few that I got from other people but they are on their way out as I can manage.
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    New NZW rabbits

    Bacon, PorkChop, Drumstick...
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    Kindling in the cold

    I brought one nest box inside this year because it was a small litter and a new mama on a cold night. I am putting bubble wrap under the cardboard in the bottom of the nest box this year. No terribly cold weather but some in the 20s and some cold, humid and windy. I use mostly wood nest boxes...
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    How much would you pay?

    I only keep about two out of ten rabbits for breeding. If this is what you are getting then it is a good price and is probably worth more. If every rabbit in the litter is that price then you are gambling on a genetic roulette wheel. Could still be a good deal but I am trying to illustrate a...
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    want to buy florida white breading pair

    These folks have been recommended to me by other people too. If anyone brings back Florida Whites anywhere near Mobile, AL, please bring me a couple does.
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    A little peeved with a purchaser

    I know this is and old thread. Too bad you can't work with the kids instead of the dad. It is important enough for kids to learn the skills and responsibilities to keep animals that it would be worth the loss of a couple rabbits if they could learn and go on to be successful. The world if...
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    How to feed Calf Manna

    I have the easiest solution. I don't feed calf manna to my rabbits. Never did and probably never will. Rabbits have the most amazing digestive systems and can live on crap most people would mow down, rake away or burn as trash. You can't make rabbits be healthy you just let them be healthy...
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    want to buy florida white breading pair

    Hi, I want Florida Whites also and am 100 or so miles west of you in Alabama. I talked to one guy 100 or so miles up in Mississippi who said he had some FW he would part with but he never would make a time for me to get them. I know of another guy who seemed more reliable but he is about 400...
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