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More ammo. We're overrun with coyotes here. Nothing discourages them but a well placed round. They charged right at us one night when we were out with our chickens. A few rounds out of my boyfriend's .22 mag got them to scatter, but they come back. If you're going through a predator food...

Baaaaaaaah! I'm so confused. =) Here's the conclusion I'm drawing. We need to prioritize, for our family, what our goals are. This is what we came up with. 1. Stocking the freezer 2. Having milk, suitable for drinking, cheese, yogurt and soap. 2a. Milk suitable for butter. This is kind of a...

Oh thank you. I've had many goat people tell me they'll "adapt." I didn't really believe it. I had an inkling that tall grass prairie wasn't something the goats would enjoy. There goes all that money on goat books! :P OKOK, better to waste $50 on books than $600 on goats that would be unhappy...

We've done our own chickens and ducks this year. I do the raising, my boyfriend does the killing. The duck was hard. We got attached to those big, intelligent, curious eyes. My oldest daughter and I made a pact to be strong and do the cleaning together. At the very least, she said she was...

We plan on getting dairy goats either this fall or next spring. The hold up, aside from researching, learning and getting hands on experience, is building a sturdy fence. Those are expensive! Our backyard farm is on a 4.5 acre property. I'm planning on giving the goats 1 to 1.5 acres...

I'm building an indoor...well...building for my rabbit colony. The bottom of it will be filled with kitty litter for digging, with two levels constructed from 1/2x1 mesh for the floors. I don't want to line the whole thing with lumber, but if I put the 2x2 wire cloth, I'll have litter all over...

I'm looking into doing something similar, although I couldn't have my rabbits outdoors without being 100% enclosed. We're overrun with predators and neighbors are reporting massive chicken killings despite upped security. I'm in the planning phase of an indoor colony. The rabbits are currently...