The MDR1 gene is what you are refering too. All collies and Shepherds have it but one can now test for it. Almost every breeder in Es does as it is not an expensive test.. The English Shepherd Club/ Registery will not apply for AKC. They are reconized by the UKC which are members that broke...
Nope not like Australian shepherds. These are the foundation breed for border collies and regular collies. They herd, hunt and guard/nuture. Some do have bob tail like Aussies but the merle color is a DQ in this breed. It is not an AKC breed. It has its own club and registery to keep the...
A bit off topic. Do we have any members here with milk goats? I am in need of some goat milk for our new puppy. If you have any for sale please PM me. Thank you.
Hello everyone and welcome all the new ones to the group. I have not been on BYC in a bit. OMG this group has been very busy. It has been a tough few months for us for we lost our farm dog. But good news is we have another coming in 14 days to replace her. We had to put Noel down do to...
I would love to see some kingsnakes here. But alas it is just corns and black rats. Wish I got a video of our dog chasing a black rat the other week. It was so funny. Looked like they were dancing.
Good for you. Too many kill snakes outright when they should not. The non poision types keep the poision types away. For that alone they are worth having around not too mentio rodent control.
Congrats on the pond being dug. We have that on the todolist. We want somw geese here.
Major announcement.
We made a trip up to PA. Drove up and back in one day. Result we now have Butchering equipment. Now we have to unload it today. What this means to all is that once hubby has it all set up he will be able to do private butchering for people on a small scale like...
Wow that is looking good. We need to expand our coop too but it will wait till we have BIL stuff moved. At this point I am looking into pro incubator and brooders. I am tried of dealing with boxes and styrofoam.
Hi all,
I am in need of some help. We are being given a large tractor. Problem is we need a trailer to haul it down here from PA. It must be at least 8 feet wide, this is the problem. We checked local rentals but no one carries one in that width. Tractor weighs just under 8000 lbs. This...
Is it even worth it. When I now they are cockerals I off them and they go to the dog. Right now I have teo people that want a cockeral with thier pullets so they can have a small flock.
Speaking of which anyone know if Knox or JC is allowing chickens in town? I know they were on the agenda...
Love the ducks. Want some but hubby is like" not till we have a pond". In other words never, at the rate things are going. Dang tool shed took alot of the tax money we got back. Grrr.
If it is urine calculi switching to bottle spring water will do the trick. I had a cat years ago that almost went into surgery for this. Got him home and read an artical in Cat Fancy about it being the water. Since we already were getting North Caronlina bottled water we switch all the...
ADM also has dealers here in TN. I go to Lakeshore Store in Bean Station to buy their Egg balancer in pellet form.I could pick up for others and delivery as long as it is not too far. Knoxville would be too far.
I will be incubating this comming month. If any one wants chicks or even eggs...
Welcome new chicks. Not much happening here but all my gals are now laying finally. Next month I will be starting up my incubator. Hubby wants me to increase flock to over 30 due to bear attacking this past year. Hopefully he is gone for good but will not know till next winter.
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