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Animals have to be named...except chickens. when you name a chicken, that's the one that gets picked off. But when we had 125 goats and 50 sheep, every one had a name. And every one knew their name and answered to it. It was hard coming up with new names after a while, but we managed.

It seems these birds are dangerous and hard to keep in captivity. This is from Wikipedia... The cassowary has solitary habits and breeds less frequently in zoos than other ratites such as ostrich and emu. Unlike other ratites, it lives exclusively in tropical rainforest, and reproducing this...

I did name my vintage tractors, but the names were pretty simple, I named my Ferguson TO-20, Fergie, and I named my Oliver 1550, Ollie. Not very original, but I loved those tractors.

Some people use old tractors as lawn ornaments. I started my farming operation with vintage tractors. My first tractor, that I bought in 2000, was a 1951 Ferguson TO-20. It was a great little tractor. The next year I bought a 1967 Oliver 1550 with a loader. That was a fantastic tractor...

Can you give us a size reference?

That's pretty typical with guinea fowl, they never really get as domesticated as chickens do, and always retain that degree of wildness. I found that raising guinea fowl with chickens keeps them a little more domesticated. The guineas may follow the chickens into the coop at night, but not...

I produced my own hay and had pasture for them, but dairy animals often require a lot more nutrition than that. It isn't normal for them to produce huge volumes of milk for months. Meat animals require less nutrition. Also, when you're feeding dairy goats, they need a bucket of feed to keep...

Feed prices go up whenever corn prices go up, as most feeds have corn as their main ingredient. In 2010, feed prices tripled and I had to double my goat milk prices just to break even. My cheese makers (who I sold my milk to) couldn't afford my milk at double the price and they stopped making...

There are also coats for goats and sheep that would work. Here's a link to one...

I copied this off of a veterinary website, it's for dogs and cats, but it should be the same for goats. The only worry I'd have with sunscreen is that it might be toxic if they lick it off, but apparently there on sunscreens for pets... Sunscreen, or sunblock, can be used on cats and dogs...

I mostly use manure from my livestock. If I do buy fertilizer, I only use organic fertilizer.

I never thought we'd have too much rain, but we do. It's nice to not have to water the garden, but the weeds are growing like crazy. Our creek is overflowing it's banks (luckily it's not near our house). We can't keep up with mowing the lawn, and there aren't enough dry days to mow it. I'm...

Get some jar caps or shallow dishes. Put some beer in them and put them in the garden. It attracts the slugs, they go in the dishes of beer and drown.

I've never done it, but I've heard that it tears up the alfalfa pretty badly. Like ARC55 said, it'll leave a lot more waste. I guess you could do it in a pinch, I always did my haying with a mower conditioner that I got used. If you go to winter equipment auctions, you might be able to find a...

Wow!!! Congratulations!!! That's great to hear!!!

I've never had livestock afraid of fireworks, but some of my dogs don't like it. I've had a few dogs that were very afraid of it. I don't like fireworks myself. What creates all of the colors in foreworks are heavy metals and those heavy metals fall to the ground and are a source of...

My wife and I have a compost pile and we mix all of our compostable waste in it. Mostly kitchen waste and soiled bedding hay from the barn. We get nice compost from it that we use in our garden.

Barn fans usually help somewhat.

Some breeds are more aggressive than others. What breed do you have?

Deffinitely. Most water softeners give you two kitchen faucets, one with treated water and one with raw water. The plants should get raw water, and you should also use the raw water for drinking and cooking.