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Oh my, that sounds like quite a predicament! Unfortunately, here in Florida, I don't think even just a few goats could live on our small 5 acres without supplements. Ideally when we move (either back to Oregon/Washington border where I went to college or to the Indiana area of the midwest) and...

I haven't posted much on BYH except in the goat section, but I was just researching a bit more about pig "housing" and was curious about a few things. First, I guess I should mention that we're getting 5 gilts in May, and we should have established pastures by then. We'll be culling a couple...

I'm with everyone else! Puppy pictures? :pop January 5-6 is not going to come soon enough!

That is a great resource! Thank you. :) I don't blame you for not having time for this, you have a lot of creatures to care for. I'm just starting out, so I wanted to get into a good routine while we're small so that it's habit by the time we get a bit bigger. Her last recipe is similar to the...

I didn't know that molasses interfered with mineral utilization. Is it capable of doing that, even in small amounts? 1/20th of the grain mix, and the grain mix is only 12/20 of the total mix. I believe they were just using it as a binder, and my local breeder uses peanut oil instead. Might that...

So far, the best suggestion I've gotten at Homesteading Today (among all the "corn and soy are best, you're stupid!" insults) is a grain mix of 10 parts crimped oats, 9 parts crimped barley, and 1 part molasses. It was given to me by someone who picks up this mix from a supposed national...

After reading on here and on Homesteading Today that Countryside Organics (the only available organic feed in my area of Florida) isn't a great feed, I was considering creating my own feed by buying grains and mixing them myself. However, I haven't seen any organic recipes on here. I'd prefer to...

I know this is a bit of an older thread, but I just joined a few weeks ago and thought I'd let you guys know about the whole allergy thing as it was taught when I was in a college class last year. The reason why people are allergic to animals fur is because of a protein found in their saliva...

Southern By Choice: I will check out Delawares, they're pretty birds in my opinion but I don't know how they'd fair in the heat. The summers here are killer 90-100 degrees with 60-80% humidity most days from June until the end of August. :th Even now, in December, we are still getting up to 80...

Thank you, everyone! Southern By Choice: I don't tend to do things half way... :lol: We weren't really concerned with disease because none of them will be housed together or free range (too many racoons and coyotes in the area, unfortunately). I'm not sure what diseases you're talking about...

Hi! I just joined the BYC community, and the suggested we join here as well since we will be raising more than just poultry. :) I'm Meaghan, a graduate student and prospective veterinary student and my SO Nathan is a nurse at a local hospital. We just purchased our first house on 5 acres and...