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09/24/10, 11:36 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: North Central WV
Posts: 447
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Your Animals.
So what does everyone keep out there? Just looking for a run down of what everyone has.
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09/24/10, 11:41 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon
Posts: 1,411
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Pigs for our family; chickens, ducks, turkeys, sheep - we have extras so we sell or trade some lamb. I don't care for goats because they push the fences so badly. I don't have enough time or grass for a milk cow. We've also had quail and geese, but not right now. Next spring we would like to get a bottle-calf for veal. Oh, and a couple "barn" cats and 2 indoor cats. And 3 grandkids. They're definitely animals at times.
Kit
Well, after reading every one else's, I forgot the rabbits, and I hear the emu are coming back to live with us, after being at a friend's.
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Reason: stupid typing mistakes
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09/24/10, 11:45 AM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Georgia
Posts: 564
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Pigs and more pigs. Nothing is better than a pig!! Also several dogs.
http://www.dostersheritagefarm.com
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09/24/10, 11:49 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Central WI
Posts: 5,399
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1 cat
2 dogs
2 rabbits
5 egg layers
8 CornishX
2 dairy steers
1 bull calf
5 heifer calves
19 dairy goats
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09/24/10, 12:28 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Missouri
Posts: 9,208
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30 Dairy goats(Lamancha and Nubian).
4 Jersey cows.
2 Jersey bulls.
1 Shorthorn bull.
60 Holstien/Jersey cows.
4 LGD dogs.
10 indoor/outdoor cats.
10 guineas.
1 cockatoo.
The numbers change all the time........
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Ozark Jewels
Nubians & Lamanchas
www.ozarkjewels.net
"Remember, no man is a failure, who has friends" -Clarence
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09/24/10, 12:40 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SW Michigan
Posts: 16,408
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1 jersey cow
1 jersey steer
17 chickens
6 finnsheep
1 sun conure
2 parakeets
Well, that didn't take long to list compared to how much work they are!
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09/24/10, 12:52 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Southern NY
Posts: 2,330
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3 Holstien heifer calves
3 stray cats that think they live here, so they do
4 Dominique hens and a mutt rooster
27 jersey, brown swiss and holstein that belong to landlord
thinking about goats and pigs
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09/24/10, 12:56 PM
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Katie
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Twining, Mi.
Posts: 19,930
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We have 2 dogs
8 goats
8 ducks
1 Turkey
9 rabbits
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09/24/10, 12:56 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: MS
Posts: 24,572
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16 dogs
9 cats
5 horses
5 ducks
2 chickens
1 rabbit
Looking to get more ducks and chickens next Spring, plus a couple goats. All of our animals were free except for the horses. I take in unwanted animals.
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09/24/10, 12:57 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Southern Maryland
Posts: 4,275
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2 Dexter cows
1 Dexter bull
1 Dexter heifer calf
1 Dexter bull calf
15 chickens
2 dogs
1 cat
Would like to add pigs and bees.
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09/24/10, 01:08 PM
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Off-The-Grid Homesteader
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 2,222
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1 dog
3 cats
3 horses
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09/24/10, 01:49 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: IN
Posts: 4,533
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cows
chickens
rabbits
racoons
wild coyote
voles
mice
rats
opposum
ground hogs
red tail hawks
deer
mink...I think
spiders
snakes
Some just come with the privilege.
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09/24/10, 01:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Kootenays BC Canada
Posts: 167
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1 Dexter cow
2 holstein steer calves
14 sheep
2 goats
4 turkeys
11 ducks
50ish chickens/chicks
4 guinea fowl
12 quail
50 rabbits
2 horses
3 dogs
2 cats
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09/24/10, 03:27 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 1,862
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In the past we've had Angus cows, horses, sheep, and bees. We've always had dogs and cats in our 36 years together (as of last Tuesday). Right now we have 4 Great Pyrenees, 1 German shepherd, 3 cats, a Buff Orpington roo and hen, 2 Barred Rock hens, a Production red hen, and 15 Nubian goats. Some are going to freezer camp soon. I'd like to get bees again.
I don't want to even think about the wild critters in our area. That's why we have big dogs.
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09/24/10, 03:33 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 2,375
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5 Katahdin ewes (probably at least 2 too many)
2 Katahdin rams (one will be in the freezer this fall)
3 Nubian does
1 Nubian/Boer doe
1 Nubian buck
2 Nubian wethers (1 for the freezer, 1 is a pet!)
half a dozen hens (red meat type, but they lay pretty well)
couple of roosters
two turkeys (Thanksgiving and Christmas)
I will be getting my Dexter cow and her (sex unknown) calf back next weekend, along with a dairy-cross steer for finishing.
In a few weeks I will be getting a couple of piglets to raise for my freezer.
I have 4 LGDs to keep them all safe
We only have 3.5 acres so obviously we don't have enough land to pasture-only everyone, though the sheep are mostly pasture raised, and fed hay in winter. The cow and steer get more hay than grass.
Mary
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09/24/10, 03:43 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 1,761
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2 jersey bulls (til nov)
2 holstein steers
1 jersey cross steer
7 sheep
5 goats
7 pigs
28 chickens
9 turkeys
4 guineas
1 duck
3 dogs
1 rabbit
Do I count what has made it into the freezer?
18 chickens
2 turkeys
1 pig
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09/24/10, 03:47 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: W Mo
Posts: 9,269
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2 dogs; lab mixes
2 barn cats
23 chickens; Ameracauna and Golden Lace Wyandotte
4 cows, 4 heifers, 1 bull; Tarentaise
3 Angus X Tarentaise calves
Used to have 2 horses but they got old (27 and 29) and died on me over the last couple years. I'll get more when the right ones come along.
Feeder pigs from time to time.
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09/24/10, 03:48 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 575
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Only 1 cat, 4 dogs, and 9 mixed chickens at this time.
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09/24/10, 03:52 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 24,108
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3 dogs
8 cats
3 goats
2 horses
21 chickens (10 is our limit)
1 Husband
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09/24/10, 04:06 PM
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This is my life
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: SC
Posts: 3,736
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10 turkeys (soon will be much less)
2 dogs
1 cat (picking it up tomorrow)
Lots of chickens (soon to be much less)
4 hives of bees
We have done pigs and lambs, just don't have any right now
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