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Because my town STINKS! (wanted to use a much worse word :P) we decided to move. I'm still stuck in Plattsburgh :hit but all of my animals are now living at my husband's aunts until we can purchase a property around Erie, PA (where my husband is now working). Luckily our aunt's neighbors have...

Thank You! I know there is a ton of shearers in VT but most of them won't travel to NY just to do 2 sheep.

No, we are going from north-eastern NY to Western NY. You don't realize how big a state NY is until you dive from one corner to the other.

Nope, can't find any livestock trailers for a decent price and the only people we know with horse trailers live where we are bringing the pigs, so with the price of gas its not really feasable to go 16 hours just to get the trailer. The boxes are made of ash so they are super strong and we...

That's why I figured I would use scissors, it may take FOREVER but I would be less likely to cut them then with hand shears. While I would love to by a nice pair of sheers like those it just isn't in my budget right now. I had 2 people email me in responce to a craigslist ad I posted saying...

Ok I need to get my shetlands sheered but I am having no luck finding anyone to do it. I don't care about keeping the wool, so could I just start hacking away at them with a pair of scissors? I just need to get the stuff off them before they get fly strike or something.

Painted Shetland? I seperated my Shetland ram from the females in October but apparently that was too late and look what showed up at my house on March 8th! Her name is Sheena, and I think she is going to have wool like her dad but I'm not sure. Has anyone else ever breed together a...

My town is a horrible place to try and start a farm so we have to move all of our animals. The first to go is our 2 pigs. The sow is around 500lbs and the boar is probably about 200lbs. My hubby is building wooden boxes that will double as movable pig hutches at their new home. He is bolting...

My friend who is a veterinarian and has loads of info on everything animal related says there are stories of pigs eating the dead off battle fields during the civil war. I have 2 pigs, one who is over 500lbs, she can get pushing and mouthy at times when I go to feed her but she has never taken a...

It took a while but my ram is part of the herd now. He seems perfectly content now it just took awhile.

I love my shetland sheep, but I can't stand their wool! I have one mystery hair sheep and I love her to bits, but because of her unknown origins and a few personality quirks I don't want to breed her. My husband wants to get meat goats, but I like sheep a lot better, so I am looking for some...

I have a 6 mth old Shetland Ram living with my Pygmy goat buck and Alpine buck. I just recently separated the boys from girls because they where getting to the age I was concerned about them breeding. My ram was raised with a ewe of the same age and when they were together they where...

We used Cattle Panels I think they are 4x16, I have 3 Alpines a pygmy and 3 sheep. One of the alpines has horns and so does the pygmy and the ram. They are pretty good about figuring out how to get their heads unstuck. I have not had to help one of them yet. I don't know what I will do come...

Plattsburgh on the beautiful Lake Champlain, 25min from the Canadian border.

Thanks for the info! :bow I will definetly not be purchasing any russian boars now! I looked all over the web for info but could find very little on raising them for meat.

There is a breeder of Russian Boars locally and he has some of his piglets for sale. I was just wondering if anyone had any experience with these animals. I know they are primarily raised for hunting, but how is their meat? When they get older are they aggressive? Could I breed them with my...

Thanks everyone for your knowledge and advice! I feel so much better now! :woot I was worried that there was something seriously wrong with her. I am soooo relieved!

:he My hair sheep looks like she is throwing up or choking or something when I feed her sheep feed. She will start eating and then (sometimes) back up from the trough throw her head back and start foaming and drooling, she shakes her head and slimes the other sheep (and me) and then after a...

It is a pelleted food so that won't be an issue.

That is a HUGE help! I was really stressing over everyone getting what they need! It shouldnt be to bad to separate everyone during feeding right now. The Pygmy already gets separated out because he won't let anyone else eat! We have to take a trip to tractor supply today so I will look into...