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Usually I love TSC. Their prices are good, they usually have everything I need, and the staff are friendly and helpful. I had my first bad experience with them this weekend and it just left me speechless. I was looking at their chicks and ducklings, not because I wanted to buy any but trying...

One of my does came down with mastitis last night. Just my luck, I was in town all day yesterday and could have got her any medicine she needed. One side is hard and hot with clumps and some blood in the milk, the other side is normal. I've been giving her Pen G Procaine IM, milking that side...

I have 6 eggs from my Lavender Silkies. They've just started laying this year. I'll include extras if any are laid. I ship Priority within 24 hours of receiving payment.

I know this sounds crazy, i've never had this happen before but a rooster I recently purchased will not mate with my hens. He was not cheap I don't think that he's infertile, he literally doesn't try to. He has been penned with them for about 6 weeks now and I haven't had a single fertile...

Could anyone who uses a Surge milker tell me how easy it is to clean? Finally I can afford one, but i'm wondering whether the clean-up takes longer than just milking by hand. I currently have two does in milk, but have three other doelings. I'm trying to weigh up whether to stick to two or...

DH has been diagnosed with high blood pressure We could also both do with losing a few pounds. Luckily with it being the end of the month our cupboards are bare, and i'm determined that they won't be restocked with anything processed or unhealthy. However it doesn't make sense for us to make...

We have an old trash pit in the pasture in front of our house. For the most part it is buried but when it rains here the dirt moves and sometimes we find old glass bottles sticking out. Mostly they are just plain brown or clear glass, occasionally we find a 50s-60s one with print on it but...

Surely a chicken's butt isn't exactly sterile? http://cgi.ebay.com/12-PUREBRED-LARGE-GOLD-BUFF-ORPINGTON-HATCHING-EGGS_W0QQitemZ280482500770QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item414e0f50a2

My husband and I have been reading up on sprouting today, and want to give it a try. We're a long way from town so the more self-sufficient we can be the better. The livestock side is easy, gardening in the desert is the hard part! Do you sprout, and if so, what? Any tips?

Agghhhhhh. I have a new pet peeve. It is posts that begin "I haven't read the rest of this thread but...." and then either say something completely off the mark or that has been re-hashed six times already, usually by at least one other person starting with "I haven't read....". If you're...

Is cribbing a big issue if you do not stall your horses? I understand it could make it more difficult to resell said horse, but other than that is it a significant problem? We don't have wood fences or barns and keep our horses in a thousand acre trap.

Last year i didn't disbud any kids, this year I planned to. Today was the day, and it didn't go well. My husband knows how to dehorn a calf, I know nothing about dehorning anything. We only did one and it did not go smoothly, I think we didn't do it for long enough but it was just awful. The...

I have a batch of eggs from my EE flock. They are well wrapped and ready to go, I think there may even be 11 or 12 eggs total. The box was accidentally left in the truck for a couple of hours this morning (weather was about 60F). If anyone wants them they can have them for the cost of...

Yesterday I did something completely dumb, one of those things where you have the voice in your head telling you it's not smart and you do it anyway only to have the sense knocked into you pretty quick. I was riding my 2 yr old filly who has never put a foot wrong, and I got too hot and decided...

I have a couple of misfits and am considering pairing them up. Does anyone know what the result of a blue gander and an Embden goose would be?

One of my does stopped eating yesterday. She is heavily pregnant, due on 3/15. She was laying down when I went to let them out for the day, and I had to get her up which isn't normal. She didn't want her grain and didn't eat hay all day. She was grinding her teeth and stargazing a lot, and...

I'm completely bewildered. I always mail with USPS Priority, and in the past packages were scanned when they were collected (or dropped off), and at each hub en route. A couple of weeks ago I mailed an expensive item Priority with insurance. Three days went by and the same message still...

Maybe I should have learnt the first or second time. It seemed like a good idea to put the chicks on the mantelpiece to photograph them. When the first one pooped on my mantelpiece I thought it was bad luck. Then the second one pooped as soon as I set it down. I wasn't prepared for #3...

This little one showed up in my chick order today. He's quite the odd one out and I nearly lost him, but thankfully the heating in the truck revived him! He's colored like a wolf/husky and is a standard. He doesn't appear to have a comb! I've tried searching through his fluff but I can't...

I'm trying to get my head around chicken genetics, well genetics in general Does anyone know whether White Orpingtons are dominant or recessive white? Are they always solid white or do they have 'mildew' on their tail feathers like some Buffs?