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Jersey cow: chosen breed for smaller size and high cream content. Yum! Katahdin sheep: shear-free meat. Help graze down areas cows can't access. American Guinea Hog pigs: small size, easy to butcher and keep, lots of lard, and they till out garden spaces. Lots of chickens of various breeds...

Other ideas: T-bone Cornmeal Pickles Big Bacon I also have a steer named Brisket.

Mine are named Porkie, Poomba, Escargo, and BB'q. Food names work great.

I will be using metal roofing panels for mine. Same concept but better material.

I toss my cow's day-old manure into the pig pen. They work it into the soil while rooting which really increases the amount of organic matter. The area later becomes a garden.

I live in Middle TN, about an hour out of Nashville. I have a Jersey milk cow and her calf. He's 7 months old. I feed all pasture all the time. We have grass growing from late March through Thanksgiving, so I only feed hay for about 3 - 3.5 months. She gets a small bucket of oats to keep her...

I'll look into that. I do have some plastic zip ties and baling twine handy. I also have some 17 gauge wire. I'm guessing these arent' used for a reason....?

Just got my Jersey pair this weekend and I absolutely love them. They are perfect for our family's personality. Plus we're not really milk drinkers but we definitely do a lot with cream!

My bander didn't have an age range but it said no more than 250 lbs. not sure what he really is but based on his, er, bullhood, I'd guess at least 350. Oh well. Any other suggestions out there?

I tried to band my calf this afternoon but the band was too small. I got the fancy tool from TS to stretch it but both testes simple would not go through. Calf is 5 months. Any ideas on stretching it better? Or do I just need to cut? I need to do this ASAP. Thanks.

Thanks. That's what I thougjt too. Just wanted to confirm. :)

Hi all. Got a 2yo Jersey with a ~350 lb, 5 month bull calf. I'm planning a trip out of town for a few days, and have someone to take hay and water daily. I was anticipating being able to leave them penned together during this time, figuring the calf would consume all the milk. She's been on once...

Good info. One more thing tho: Does anyone know how much grass and hay a milking Dexter eats in comparison to a Jersey? Thanks.

Thanks. What if one sheep were kept adjacent (sharing a fence line) to hogs? Would that be an OK for companionship?

Is there a ruminant animal (mini goat, pony) that could do well in a 16x32 pen, reset onto fresh graze each week? This amounts to about 0.6 acres a year through a 52-week intensive grazing environment. Thanks.

They're clearing it out each day. The leftover straw mixed in settles to the bottom and i scoop it for the compost bin. So fAr so good. And the rain doesn't faze them one bit.

Thanks. I checked on them this morning as it has been raining for about 18 hours straight. They ate almost everything i left out. I scooped up the wet remains and replaced with a full feeder of dry. They stood in the rain and chowed down. :plbb

I realize that, which is why I store it dry. But will it ferment and/or become otherwise inedible or spoiled within 24 hours of being out? Seems to me it would be fine but i wanted to cross check my instincts.

I have a new hay feeder set up and I just noticed that it is out in the open and presently being rained on. The hay is stored in a dry area and set out in the feeder daily. Will it be a problem for my sheep if the daily hay gets wet?

I had some success using high amounts of diatomaceous earth (DE) in feed and a lot of apple cider vinegar (ACV) in the water. I would pick up te droopy birds and quarantine then in a very small, dry, warm plastic tub with a wire top. It was probably 10% DE to feed and maybe 2tbs ACV per cup...