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Pigs will eat anything that doesn't eat them first ;) DH grew up on a large commercial farm that (among other things) has a farrow-finish hog operation. He has seen pigs grab and eat unwary sparrows that were feeding in the feed bunk too close to them. Not an uncommon occurrence at all.When...

You can't leave a dog with herding instinct (or a really good cow horse) out alone with livestock. They'll pester them to death. Sometimes literally. Hindsight is 20/20 of course. Glad the little guy is coming around.

Thanks everyone! I just thought it was a little odd that most books/websites/whatever will talk about hay and grain and mention that if goats get into certain plants it will flavor the milk...but when it comes to grazing, for dairy goats, mostly all they say is "goats are browsers rather than...

I am still in the 'goat investigation' stage. There is one specific topic I don't see addressed directly...and that is "if you specifically want the milk to be good for *drinking* (not cheese, soap, lotion, etc), what do you need to know/do about browse and milk flavor?" I know that strongly...

You might try going to the state fair during the days the dairy cattle are competing. For Youth (4H) that's Oct 27-30 and for Open that's Nov 3-6. Even if no one there has anything for (future) sale, the 4H families should be able to tell you where they got theirs. Maybe not minis but Jerseys...