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I doubt there's enough to cause an overload. Calf starter is made to be fed along with milk replacer, because most people start them on feed before they're weaned.

Thanks Hillsvale, that's awesome!!

For some reason my links to a youtube video will not directly link when you click on it (in my pig post). If I copy and paste the link, it will open in a new browser but it won't open directly from here. What's up with that? And can we embed videos? It would be great if we could.

Here's a video of my bigger pig sitting for her food. Can anyone give an estimate on how much she might weigh? http://www.youtube.com/embed/_XTh9dosKAg And here's a video of when I introduced her to the little pigs (for the second time). They all live together now. She made a lot of noise...

Surprised the AI guy told you that. Sounds like she may be bred. I think I'd probably have her palpated too, so you can skip the hassle of loading her and taking her to the bull.

Those pics were great! Lovely house and flowers. I love the peony. The beds are looking great! And I love how neat your barn area is. Geesh, ours looks like a wreck compared to yours. :P Those kids are getting big! And that was a great card!

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I wean cold turkey for the dams. For babies, if they're bottled I'll decrease them slightly, but if they're dam raised the babies get weaned cold turkey too. It's less stressful on the baby if they stay in the same pen and you move mom to a new location, but many times that doesn't work, so...

Coinstar! :lol: It could be that they're just slowing down production. Is their water intake the same? If you could get them to drink more water it may increase. Is it hot where you are? Perhaps the water is getting hot during the day and they're not wanting to drink as much? Is this...

They're adorable! Sounds like they're not in the US though...

It sounds to me like the comb/cutter set is dull. You can only do a couple sheep max before having to switch them out, unless you're very quick at it like a professional shearer. You can send them to Premier to be sharpened. They do a great job!

I'm not on a high horse, and I'm sorry you feel that way. You got very lucky with your trio. I've seen many threads on here by new livestock owners who got screwed over because they didn't know they were supposed to put their hands on an animal before they bought it. I'm not saying you're...

It isn't a risk while shearing, because shearing takes a relatively short amount of time. Our ewe was down for a while I'd guess...could have been a couple of hours. She was a Suffolk.

His penis should be under his belly, and his teats (yes, males have teats, just like male humans have nipples) should be up under his back legs, near his testicles.

Good luck finding a buyer.

You're not going to let them touch the lambs? It's good for buyers to be able to put their hands on the animal to see things like teats, testicles, teeth, loin length/width, etc. You may want to supply hand sanitizer, but they may want to actually put their hands on them.

Bunny is still available. :)

I've always wanted to get one of those sheep chairs! They look so cool! Three weeks left! That's hardly anything! :D

I was wondering also.