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He will likely make his way back home...I had a runner who would take off and he would make his way back home eventually...not before I was worried sick though. Does he have a tag with your number on his collar? If not get one, that would have saved me a lot of grief and worry...most of the time...

:welcome ...ahh yes fences, the most boring but all too essentially part of farming...not so boring if you have lousy fences...;)

so sorry to hear that. Poor thing! :(

thanks....I wasn't sure what to do exactly so I used straw bales but I have had a couple stinkers squeak through the bales so have stuffed the joints with small logs and now have graduated to a 2x6 blocking the entrance as they were squirming there way over the 4" fence post I had laying across...

I hope it works out for him soon...I hate seeing them get picked on too. He's a real looker...love that vibrant red against the sharp white markings.

I finally got some pics...although not great ones...lost my camera and had to take it with my phone.

Definitely LGD...you'll never regret it, well maybe when they are 6-9 months old, but then you'll love and appreciate them for life! :love There's a reason beyond the big eyes and belly rubs we love those dogs...without them, the farming life would be filled with heartbreak in losing animals we...

I'd love to know what you find out...I have lots of grass (6' swath) along the fence line I'd love to attempt to get her to mow down but no shade. I can't see umbrella really working though...cows like to rub on things too and would probably knock the stand over or wreck it. Sorry. Keep trying...

you can give her a syringed pack of gelatin/jello (just add enough water to get into liquid enough to syringe) and give orally. Should slow down the scours, if it is really bad and she is dehydrated you might want to give her some electrolites too. Keep us posted!

I was instructed to give 2 shots with the vaccine dosage split in order to prevent knots. It seems like the dosage is a LOT for a lamb/kid to handle all at once and apparently it is easily prevented by giving two shots, one on each side, instead of one big one as it is more easily absorbed.

Well Winnie delivered 10 white Pyr pups yesterday! :weee Definitely no surprise genetics as they are all pure white and nearly identical. Unfortunately one didn't make it through the night, not sure what happened, a big darling female. :hit I know its all part of being on a farm and we don't...

I used a lunge line (I am not a horse person, but I think that is what they are called)....basically a long fabric leash. It was definitely too long, but even with me tying it to a tree on a high up branch she managed to tangle herself all up. I guess if you kept it short enough so it couldn't...

I started with unregistered but am switching over to registered. If you are just keeping a couple goats, it probably isn't a big deal as you don't have lots of babies to sell. Keep checking craigslist or your local classifieds and see the prices and how fast animals are moving off...in my area...

In my opinion that is a very small pen but I know people that do use small pens for their goats, I just couldn't do it. Something else to consider is the noise...many people keeping goats in the backyard are not prepared for the noise the goats can dish out. You can get quieter goats, but...

um ya...that was my thought too...I would tether her for the day to eat the places that needed mowing and put her in the fenced pasture for night....well let's say it took 30 seconds for the old girl to have herself tied up in knots, twisted and laying on the ground with eyes bulging as if to...

DE is diatomaceous earth. I believe it is made of a volcanic rock and super sharp to bugs, both internal and external pests. Usually it is easy to find at farms stores.

beautiful! :D

looks like you got some happy pigs there! :thumbsup

Just thought this might pic might help with comparison. The ram in the background is a full-size Katahdin ram and the lambs in front of him are just over 3 months old Dorper/St Croix crosses that I would say are a smaller breed than the Katahdin...at least my Katahdin crosses (out of that ram...

So here are a few more pics just because he is soooo darn cute! He is the smartest, bestest puppy in the whole wide world! He's absolutely perfect and I think is going to be a fantastic farm dog. So far he has been very good about staying in the yard and returning to the house and he has a...