I bought a 50 lb bag of barley last year with the plan to soak it for the chickens each week. The bin was recently dug out of the garage and I figured I needed to either do it or dump it, so I grabbed a foil pan and got started. A few days later … Continue reading Growing Fodder for Chickens
The list composed by a student at Cornell is specific to goats. I noticed clover is on the list, which I thought was a good plant for goats. Granted, there are no botanic names on the list, so maybe it’s a particular kind of clover, or an over abundance of clover in the diet? I … Continue reading Plants Poisonous to Livestock
https://thebark.com/content/ivermectin-toxicity-while-herding … ivermectin, a drug that some herding breed dogs are sensitive to, due to a genetic mutation. There’s a simple test your veterinarian can perform to know for sure, but most of us with herding breeds just use alternate medications. Continue reading Ivermectin Toxic to Some Dogs
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