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Sheep Wool Insulation - let's talk about it

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Anybody raising Pigmy goats for dairy?

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Feed Prices, Tho'... Can we share feed make and grow tips?

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Powdered human-grade (cow) milk for lamb?

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Will Sheep Improve Very Poor Pasture/Soil

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Allergic to wool = Allergic to sheep?

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Harvesting meat from an injured goat

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Sheep vs. goats vs. camelid: which one to raise in a given set of circumstances?

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Absolute beginner goatkeeping?

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Sick Bottle Lamb

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Wool Washing (merino mosty )

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Best option for grass control?

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How to learn about goat farming

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Does the shape of a billys scrotum give a hint to what his daughters udders will look like?

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Goats and Sheep in the PNW (and the toxic things they may eat)

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Chickens for parasite control

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advice for my rotation pasture and flock barns?

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Sagebrush Diet Percentage

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GOATS and fences or chains

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Questions for those with goat experience

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Brush clearing goats: fact or fantasy?

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Has anyone used GPS collars on goats?

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goats and cows - which is the more efficient milk maker?

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It's a GIRL!! (FINALLY!!)

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Goats are wasteful eaters

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Kikos, or Nigerian Dwarf?

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Using goat manure in garden

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Making goatskin and sheepskin rugs, shoes, and clothes

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questions about Worms, bacteria, etc in wild goats milk.

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Nigerian Dwarf Goats

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Tight goat udder, treatment thoughts

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Automatic door for sheep that closes at night?

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