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I thought I read somewhere that 2 lbs a day was a good average. Depending on the size you get, you can start from there and adjust accordingly. They can become overweight pretty easily on feed but it's that ease of putting on weight that makes them such a great breed.

We've been pleased with our Guinea Hogs. I had three boars in a 16'x16' pen this summer and moved it everyday through grass. They did great and rarely rooted. If they rooted it was my own fault for not moving them fast enough (I tried different scenarios of adding more panels and waiting to move...

As long as she's been using the same practices for 3 years or more, I'm guessing they'll be fine. I was just talking about the vaccines. They still need food, water, and depending on a number of factors they probably need some sort of shelter and probably need supplemental vitamins/minerals...

I'd leave them alone. I don't have goats but I specifically sought out a hair sheep flock that had not been wormed or given any other shots or meds. Meaning that multiple generations had gone without them and the result is a healthier, more resistant animal. It's easier, it's cheaper and I don't...

We just bought a small herd of Milking Shorthorns/Devons a year ago. I don't have any real experience with cattle so I don't have anything to compare them with but they seem like good animals. We didn't milk them last year because we had too much going on but we're going to milk a few this year...