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Heh heh I know what you mean @animalmom. I too have rabbits and while they are in temporary quarters at the moment, when I build the permanent cages this spring they will be 24 x 36 for my hollands and other dwarf breeds and 24 x 48 for my NZs that will be coming. Which is larger than most...

@animalmom @Mini Horses Maybe I should give a bit more information. The goats are for dairy. I will have two separate areas. For the does I'm not worried, because the front area will have plenty of room for two does. The enclosure I am trying to finagle into the back area is for a buck and a...

@frustratedearthmother OK but what would be your recommendations for space then? I am getting a lot of "that's not enough" and "that's too much" advice on the various places I've posted but very little "x is the minimum to keep a goat in good health". ^^ I need to make firm plans for building...

My question is because I have little space, so I need to calculate minimum requirements to keep the goats happy and healthy. I have seen "large dog house" suggested many times as a good "shed" option for miniature goats, which would of course be much smaller than 30 sq feet. So I am confused...

Hi everyone, I keep reading that a Nigerian Dwarf goat needs at least 130 sq feet of room outdoors. But, I am not finding anything that says how you calculate the space needed if you have more than one. If I have two goats in one pen, do I double the pen size and make it 260 square feet? Or...

@Southern by choice Yes they are getting 3x daily feeding now that they are here. I don't know their height and weight as I don't have any way to weigh them. We want to let them settle a bit before the trauma of a vet visit, as they are completely unsocialized and fear everyone except me at...

I will be doing rabbit colonies too, but for show rabbits not meat rabbits (though any with nasty temperaments will be dinner). I generally only do colony with does, as I find bucks can get along very well for a long time and then one can turn on another in a split second and kill. I'll...

So, I ordered two Maremma puppies from a working ranch and a guy who had been raising them for decades. Figuring that he was the expert I asked him to choose two pups that would best suit my needs. One of the pups seems to me to have good potential as a LGD, but her sister is extremely small...

I don't have livestock yet. I was supposed to be bringing a trio of goats with me on our move across country but that went sideways, so I'm now minus a $200 deposit and will not be bringing goats with me. I will, however, be bringing 18 chicks - I do not have them yet though, we'll be picking...

Well the pups have arrived home to me safe and sound. They get very very car-sick which I will have to consult the vet about since we have a long trip ahead of us. They are under-socialized but for whatever reason they bonded to me pretty much instantly (though they are still terrified of...

Hmm... I had pet rabbits as a kid and loved them. I don't think I'd make a blanket statement like "rabbits are not suitable pets for children". Rather that people need to be MUCH more well educated in what to expect when they get a rabbit or rabbits so they do not have misplaced expectations...

Two components of rock-hard cob are straw and manure so... I can imagine what kind of chore you have on hand! I agree with beekissed. If you google "Salatin pigaerator" you will find a number of youtube videos on using this method. I am going to try the bare ground with stall dry method...

Poor little girl, she seems very subdued, sad and frightened. She is very wary of humans so I am really glad I did not wait and sent my friend to get her! In another month I think she would have been a little wild creature. I will have to get my brother to pick up the sister on his way back...

OMG a kitty thread, awesome! I have two kitties, Tomas and Sunshine. They are both extremely spoiled indoor cats though once we get moved and absurdly high fences erected *cough*, they will be allowed to go outside... with their own LGD :P Sunshine has extreme hunting instinct and I'm sure...

My friend said there were whole herds of barn cats in the area the pups were in, so seems like she actually grew up with them :P

I want every one of those kittens... if only you were in Canada, ha ha

So as it all worked out... I decided on two maremma LGD puppies. The goats will be out in rotating paddocks and I want one dog with the goats, but I also need a dog to protect the house area/my Frenchton/my cats/ etc. A friend of mine in Calgary went to fetch the first pup, since I can't pick...

These look like amazing dogs. I wish they existed here but I have never seen any breeders in Canada

Would there not perhaps be someone in Europe then, who would know more about whether goats who are positive but asymptomatic pass this strong immunity on to their kids? Since it sounds like that's what breeders there are going for, more than immediate culling on positive diagnosis. It sounds...

Maybe I should forget about ponies and get myself a couple of nice, dual-purpose riding cows...