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I've just had one of my odd 🤔 "What would happen if" questions occur. Everyone agrees that you can't keep Cornish cross from season to season and let them breed. Not breeding true. Health issues as they age. Etc. So my question is; Could you keep a young rooster Cornish cross with a flock...

What in the world will 2024 become. Starting off with a bit of a bang. Mid-Jan we had a once in 20yr (or longer, I hope) storm. 3-5" of rain in only a few hours. Flooding everywhere. Flooding at work. Tanks floated from behind the shop to the gate. Neighbor business' dumpster is just gone...

I'm starting this thread to help out a friend. I'll post info as I get it & will either pass questions & answers back & forth or will put you in touch. Located between Petersburg & Blackstone VA. 1 registered Boer billy 2 bucklings 4 year old billy 6 pregnant does This is the boer 4 yr old...

I was on a SUPER-TIGHT budget when I first started out, and so my only fencing option was electric wire. While I'm in a much better situation now, re-fencing with a nice woven wire livestock fence is still out of the question. The past couple of summers I've put a good bit of effort & time into...

I JUST realized (unless my calender is wrong?) that the big farm swap at Gilman Farm is this weekend!!!! Anybody planning to attend???? I might have to work. If so, I'll be WAY too late to see/get anything good.

Does anyone have any experience teaching an adult animal to drive? I have ZERO experience with driving any sort of animal other than playing around with a pony & long lines many, many, many years ago. So I know that I've got a lot to learn before I even think about teaching Eva to drive...

Flies aren't a problem yet, but I'm picking ticks off the cows like crazy. Daily spray-on isn't practical since I leave the house before the sun is up & the cows are usually still asleep in the woods. I've tried Ulta Boss pour-on, but haven't seen much of a change in the number of ticks. I'm...

Quick question for anyone who wants to chime in between now (4:15) and 6:30ish when I get home and do one or the other I've waited as long as I can - the bale in the ring out in the pasture is down to the last bits & pieces. I've got no choice but to un-tarp the bale on the wagon and give it...

https://www.facebook.com/reel/457571136475329?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz This is cool. And they seem to all enjoy it.

Saw this today & thought some might enjoy it Goats for fire prevention https://www.facebook.com/reel/1124055511624514?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz

Like everyone else, I'm struggling sometimes to find the feeds I prefer on the shelves of my local store. If I wanted to add BOSS to Eva's heavily beet pulp diet as a boost of protein when my preferred pellets are out, would I just grab a big bag from the bird feed section?? Anything special I...

Just kind of 'thinking out loud' and wondering if my girl is just being a spoiled brat, if this is 'normal', or if maybe something is up? My Eva is a lone cow. She seems to do very well without a permanent herd, really doesn't seem to care. Every other year she has a calf that I raise up to...

Has anyone seen anything about T.S. feed causing chickens to stop laying? I don't watch the news at all.. ever, so if this has been a thing, I'm just hearing about it. A friend texted me with a big scary warning. When I asked for more info I got nothing back. I did a google search and it...

I have neglected my farm. There. I said it. In front of other farmers. :hide I've let messy become Oppressive. I mean hoarder kind of "messy". It's embarrassing & is sucking any pleasure and joy out of doing the things that the farm is FOR. I can try to blame it on the dire straits that I...

I was grousing with a friend about how neither of us ever seem to do anything anymore just for the fun of it. So we made a pact to do some creative thing every day. Mine is a bunch of little bitty paintings on a desk calendar. I saw this on facebook somewhere. You just put drops of paint...

I'm just tossing out a 'hail mary' on the off chance anyone has successfully dealt with this. I have a tom cat that visits my place regularly. I don't mind him being there. I feed him and even provide a heated bed on the porch for him. He's old and appears to have a hard life. I appreciate...

First, I should explain my hay feeder. It's a wagon that has been modified to have a ramp at both ends. The original one lays on several tires that are covered with rubber matting & is inside of half a hay ring that is secured to the trailer. All of this pokes inside the pasture at the fence...

.. and so I've learned NOTHING about them :( But, my cow freshened this past Tuesday. She had A LOT of edema and that's making her small teats even harder to manage. On top of that, my arthritis is kicking-up BAD. I was ordering some basic supplies this morning and stumbled across this: Is...

Ok yall, this may be a CRAZY idea.. but until I can get some actual info from folks who have actual goat experience, it just won't get out of my head. Every year my pasture fence lines are smothered by blackberry canes, honeysuckle, grass and other green monsters. It is a never ending battle...

Hi All! I've been lurking on here a while but since I lost my last (ancient) horse a year ago, I didn't have much to add to the heard discussions. Conversations with some friends over the weekend have got me thinking about getting some tenants in my empty barn again. I know NOTHING about...