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  #61  
Old 09/26/10, 07:48 PM
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Location: Missouri
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1. Sheep
2. Meat Rabbits, Angora Rabbits
3. Milk cow, steer
4. Chickens
5. Ducks
6. Guineas
7. Great Pyrs, Anatolian, Pyr/Komodor crosses
8. Farm Cats
9. Farm Collie
10. 2 draft horses (logging)

Tons of wildlife that eat most of the above.
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Old 09/26/10, 08:29 PM
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Location: central Missouri
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2 goats ( no ole goat here either)
15 chickens
3 guineas
4 geese
5 ducks
1 guinea pig
a cockatiel bird ( whos going on 18 yrs young)
a "bakers dozen cats"
2 dogs
thats it 'for now' besides all the wildlife i fight with daily..
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Old 09/26/10, 08:32 PM
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1 guinea
2 horses
2 ducks
2 sheep
2 parakeets
3 dogs
6 cats
6 pigs
6 humans
12 goats
26 rabbits
28 chickens
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Old 09/26/10, 08:47 PM
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Monroe Ga
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19 goats, 2 Nubians, 1 saanan, 1 boer leftover from when I raised boers, and the rest are Nigerians.
5 dogs, mutt, lab, gsd, jack russle and a french bulldog/cattledog mix
1 llama
1 horse
10 chickens
9 cats
Looking to add a jersey steer and a donkey this week sometime hopefully.
numbers are changing depending on what deals can be made or traded for.
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Old 09/26/10, 09:09 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 129
Authorized animals:
11 hens
1 rooster
1 warrior cat - excellent mouser and shepherd of the chickens
1 "decoration" cat - pretty much worthless, but cute

"Shared" Animals:
4 Goats
2 Chinese Geese
Assorted cats and dogs

Unauthorized animals:
Raccoons
Mice
Moles and Voles
Skunks
Coyotes
Assorted Birds of Prey
Mountain Lions
Deer
The occasional bear
and flocks of Canadian Geese bound to end up in a pot some day... lol

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Old 09/26/10, 09:10 PM
 
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we have 15 dairy goats, 2 of which are whethers headed to the freezer, and 1 buck, about 30 rabbits, mostly mini rex, but a few for meat breeding. about 50 chickens, 2 jersey steers, 6 dogs (3 mini dashound, and 3 beagles), 2 inside cats, mulitple barn cats. plan to get some pigs, some sheep.
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Old 09/27/10, 01:27 AM
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1 dog
2 cats
21 chickens (15 now in the freezer)
Unmeasurable numbers of spiders and insects....

Next year i'll be getting more chickens, and hopefully some rabbits and geese. And I would loooooove to get a horse one of these days!
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Old 09/27/10, 05:26 AM
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Location: Oklahoma
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Currently:
5 jersey cows
1 ayshire cow
2 dairy steers for the freezer
2 jersey breeding age heifers
30ish beef cows, calves, and bull (varies weekly)
1 donkey
20ish chickens
1 great pyr
1 austrailian shepherd
1 barn cat
8 hair sheep
1 alpine nanny
1 nubian nanny
2 boer doelings
1 boer wether
.................numbers always fluctuate. Everything I have (except for my soul that belongs to Jesus) is for sale to whomever needs it worse than I do.
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Old 09/27/10, 05:51 AM
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Location: North Eastern Montana *FINALLY*
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We have >
8 cows (Jersey ,Jersey crosses , Angus and Herford crosses)
1 angus bull
4 Navajo Churro sheep (3 ewes ,1 ram)
10 goats ( Nubians , LaManchas ,1 Saanen , and 2 Boars )
5 pigs
5 horses
1 burro
3 dogs
too many kitties to count
4 rabbits (New Zealands )
150 chickens ( barred rocks , Buttercups , Wyondottes , Rhode Island Reds ,etc ...)
11 ducks (muscovys , khaki cambells , magpies)
13 turkeys (Royal Palms , Bourbon reds and blue slates )
And one pet cockatiel
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Old 09/27/10, 07:04 AM
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Location: Near Charlotte NC
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close to 30 chickens (half will go to freezer camp this winter)
4 ducks
3 meat rabbits
3 cats (one inside and 2 out)
3 dogs- a pyr, an old, old golden, and a little dog who thinks he was Cujo in another life
I would love to have a couple goats but the dh keeps saying no....I keep tryin though!
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Old 09/27/10, 07:33 AM
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Location: VA
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At the moment we have
9 purebred Jacob sheep, some 4 horn, some 2 horn.
7 numancha goats.
32 free ranging chickens
we normally raise feeder pigs, but not this year.
1 LGD
1 Australian Kelpie family dog
2 cats 1 kitten.
1 bearded dragon lizard.
3 beehives.
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Old 09/27/10, 10:55 AM
 
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Location: Northern Saskatchewan
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I live in town and own some land 3 miles away. So I am limited to keeping animals that don't require constant supervision and animals I can keep in town.

I have
2 dogs
1 cat
2 turtles
6 horses
2 dexter cows
2 donkeys
21 rabbits

If I actually lived in the country the numbers would be different.
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  #73  
Old 09/27/10, 11:32 AM
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Location: Tennessee
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2 German Shepherds
1 Norfolk Terrier
3 house cats and 5 barn cats
5 TN Walking mares
1 Morgan gelding
1 Appaloosa, a very old mare, age 32
15 head of Charolais and Charolais cross beef cows and calves
2 Charolais bulls (one fixing to be sold)
I think that is all but is always open to change at any time!
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  #74  
Old 09/27/10, 05:58 PM
 
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Location: new york
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interesting thread

2 appaloosa horses (ridden often)
1 Australian cattle dog
1 kitten
80 + chickens free range
3 pure India blue peafowl (1 boy 2 ladies)
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Old 09/27/10, 06:43 PM
 
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Location: New York
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5 dogs ~ 3 older, small indoor dogs, and 2 LGD's.

3 indoor cats.

2 honey bee hives.

4 mixed breed sheep; pets, and I sell their fleece.

1 horse and 2 ponies.

Around 45 chickens, and 4 ducks.

35 goats ~ pets, and milk goats.
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Old 09/27/10, 09:22 PM
 
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Location: Indiana
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One dog(a longhaired chihuahua-poodlemix), yes he's funny looking, but I love him anyway.
10 laying hens
3 roosters (2 of which are headed to freezer camp)
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Old 09/27/10, 09:43 PM
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1 bulldawg
1weinner dog
3 quarter horses
2 racking horses
1 rooster
7 hens
247 bobwhites
next on the get list goats& hogs
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