How many animals do you have?

2goats4us

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We have :
2 goats - 1 pygmy & 1 fainting (handicapped & uses a goat-cart to get around)
1 horse
2 chickens
1 cat
2 dogs - cane corso mastiff & lab/pit mix
 

MrsDieselEngineer

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Ossipee NH
1 Australian Cattle Dog
1 House Cat
9 Boer Does
1 Boer Buck
3 Pygmy Does
1 POA Pony
Around 40 chickens... I haven't counted in a while.
5 Heritage Turkeys
1 White Commercial Turkey
5 Muscovy Ducks
1 Blue Swedish mix Duck
:cool:
 

Hillsvale

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Hillsvale said:
4 dogs
1 cat
1 parakeet
3 heritage pigs (breeders)
6 heritage piglets
12 heritage turkeys (breeders)
14 heritage poults
19 meaty turkeys
2 heritage roos
8 heritage laying hens
21 heritage chicks
50 meaty chickens
3 muscovy (breeders)
11 muscovy ducklings
9 sheep (mostly breeders)
4 goats (3 breeders)

174.... total though the herd will thin out over the next few months.... freezer camp time :clap
well I am down the last of the meat chickens being sent off to freezer camp, we lost 2 meaty turkeys to a randy blue slate tom, 2 of the piglets have been sold, we have 16 ducklings now.... and we had to rehome a rescue shepherd who took a liking to livestock.
 

BJnMe

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West Michigan
2 Nubian Goats
2 Flemish Giant rabbits
3 house cats
1 barn cat
1 Llama
2 Turtles
1 Hamster
30 ish chickens(Assorted)
5 Ducks
 

SheepGirl

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Currently:
2 dogs (cockapoos)
2 cats (would have 3, but we just put our kitten down yesterday :()
1 holland lop buck
1 carnival goldfish that is 5 years old
4 sheep (babydoll southdown/montadale crosses)

hopefully i will get myself a LGD and some katahdin sheep in the near future :D
(also on my list are white leghorn and red sex link chickens :))

eta: forgot about our outdoor/barn cats! we have 14 right now.
 

SmallFarmGirl

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I got :

6 chickens
2 goats (coming)
2 dogs
and maybe a turkey or two in the future !! :weee
 

redtailgal

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40 Polled Hereford Cows and heifers
18 polled herford, black baldies and black mott face calves
the animals in bold are not mine persay, but part of the family farm and legaly owned by FIL
The following are mine:

2 boer does (Fern and Daisy)
2 mutt got wethers (Socrates and Plato)
1 mastiff (Bella)
1 jack russel (Hector)
1 blue point himalayan cat (Echo and she is OLD)
1 domestic short hair tortoise shell cat (Turtle)
1 Dwarf Daschund (Vixen who is 6 pounds FAT)
1 Iguana (Elroy)
1 Hubby
2 sons
I also care for my neighbors 3 horses
 

larryj57

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North Georgia Mountains
I have :
14 Boer % goats
60 Dominique Chickens
3 Guineas
3 Duroc/Yorkshire pigs

and the dream of getting a couple of calves as soon as I find some I can afford.
 

Chickie2378

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WAS: 400 chickens for egg sales
120 Boer goats for meat sales (and used milk for soaps)
30 black angus (sales and meat)
125 hogs in rotation for weekly whole hog sausage sales for markets

NOW
12 chickens for eggs/meat
2 angus left for breeding meat
5 goats (retired and pets) and I buy my milk from a young up and coming couple for a goat dairy for soap biz)
hogs (one left in freezer and will get one soon to raise for meat)



yea we farmed and had income for over 15 years. Tired. So now it is self suffiency on a personal use.
 

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