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Well the time is finally come, our old girl has cancer and it's affecting her fast. We have a 10:00 or 11 month old puppy who has been showing promise but also some negative traits. She chases but does not hurt the chickens, it's also very random like when we let them out of the coop. She listen...

How do you make a young bull friendly? Friendly as in they'll let you walk up and touch them without fuss but not so friendly they see you as a target and want to plow you into the ground. Any bull is dangerous I get that, but I want to make this little guy as docile as possible. 20 months old-...

So, we are getting two Zebu. Both are under 30 inches tall so they're little buggers. One is a year and a half old bull, the other is a 4-year-old heifer. The people who had them fell on hard times and so they're coming to us in rough shape. We feed our goats Alfalfa pellets, sunflower seeds...

Ok! So quick background, we have two 2 year old LGD's Mara and Trinity. Mara has always been my lovable problem child and Trinity has always been perfect. Well, today I am looking for some more advice on my escaping, squeaking, goose stealing problem child, the squishy girl Mara...*she stole our...

So last year something happened that I never thought to post here. The more I've been thinking about it and sharing this story the more I feel compelled to type everything up as I did with Anne and her mastitis issue. If the info helps someone then awesome! So here it is. Last spring I had two...

Long story short our buck bred everyone the first week of September after he kept breaking the cattle panels to be in with them. We had everyone's dates down except for one. And this morning that one Ginger had her babies outside in the snow, and then at some point abandoned them. We know that...

Ok, long story short my ram Dominic is fine with his buddies again, however he has begun testing us. He gave me a gentle but in the butt, and I grabbed him threw him on his back and shoved the ram shield back on him. With the ram shield on he attempted to do the same thing to my husband. He got...

So, long story short a lamb kicked into the shears and sliced one of her tendons in her back leg. The vet was unable to stitch it back and so she is now in the waiting period of her recovery to see what direction she heads. She can use it still, has function of it, however she is not putting...

So, my two year old Nubian doeling Sage appears to have lost her baby. She was bred the beginning of September when the buck climbed the fence's and busted his way into the does pen. He got her and Ginger before we could drag him out and put him back in his pen... :barnie This is the first...

Long story short Dominic the Shetland went after Crackers the four horned Jacobs. They fought, they drank and made their ancestress proud, but Dominic ended up winning and Crackers submitted. When we were FINALLY able to get out hands on the two rams I realized that Crackers was bleeding. I was...

I have two rams, one Shetland and one Jacobs. Neither are aggressive to us yet, they are both a year and a half old and have never had a problem before. This is Crackers first breeding season, Dominic's second. The two of them were reintroduced to each other today and I made the mistake of not...

As the title says, we have a flock of six sheep. We've always shorn everyone down in spring and let them grow out through winter. However the person who we brought the wool to for processing said that some of our wool was getting to long. So, the question is should we shear once a year or...

I have a 12 week old buckling who was supposed to leave this week. I held him and the other kid back due to Franky having some Diarrhea for the past month. I wormed him with Valbizen. It didnt go away. I treated him for coccidia. Didnt go away. I hit him a second time with Valbizen and then a...

My goat Annie, is on the verge of being down. I can get her to stand but its difficult. Shes hot to the touch, has liquid diarrhea and she keeps yawning. No blood in stool. This all happened within 24 hours. No sign of worms, nothing toxic that we can find in the goat pen, and he food has not...

Alright, so my first time New Zealand doe had a litter of 8, only one was born alive yesterday. She never plucked her hair, did not make a nest, and has not shown any interest in the little one. I made a nest out of sawdust and straw and its been staying pretty warm. However I cant tell if its...

Ok, so we have a week old bottle baby, smallest of triplets, who decided to not take her bottle for tonight. She ate breakfast, and lunch just fine just not dinner. I de-wormed her, and syringe fed her 40 ccs of milk just so she has something in her stomach. Every now and then she tries to drink...

Sorry i cant seem to be able to change the title! *Fixed it :D* My goats name is Seven. Shes not having Seven babies *i hope anyway* but she is really big. Seven, my poor miserable big girl is due on the 24th :) She is already having tiny contractions to move the babies into place. Shes...

A quick response would be very much appreciated as I need to come to a conclusion like...now... I am being told different things so I just need some advice. One person says that Shetland lambs should be fine outside right now with the temps going down to about 35 degrees tonight and then 39-40...

Rosie I think is due soon. She is Violets mom :) Violet I think is due sometime next month, she has a bit of a bag going but then again this is her first pregnancy so I don't if shes just growing it slowly, or waiting to fill it up until the last second... Kora is also a first time mom...

Remember Anne? My little Lamancha who faked labor signs for two months before she finally had her baby Boomer? http://www.backyardherds.com/threads/beginnings-of-labor.24464/ Well shes fat and due on the week of the 14th. Shes been pawing, grunting, passing mucus and losing her ligs on and off...