Buying a small Horse farm -but no horses
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usda public meetings on animal id chickens& horses too
Comments (0)* If you own farm animals of ANY type - even just chickens etc - please educate yourself on the animal ID issues - www.NoNAIS.com is a great site but google for yourself and LEARN, Please. Happy farming! Liberty Ark Action Alert: USDA Anounces Two More Public Meetings on Animal Identification Date: June 10, 2010 USDA has announced two more public meeting on its animal traceability framework: Thursday, June 24 Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel 150 West 500 South Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Thursday, July 1 Holiday Inn DFW Airport South 14320 Center Station Drive Ft. Worth, TX 76155 The meetings will take place between 8 am and 4 pm, and the meeting agenda is posted at: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/traceability/downloads/public_meeting_agenda.pdf The meeting agenda appears to be the same as the previous public meetings. The morning will consist of presentations by government officials, followed by breakout sessions at tables based on species groups. After the small groups have reported back to the full audience, a USDA official will respond to written questions, and there may be an opportunity at the very end for oral questions or comments. If youÂre within traveling distance, please come and make your voice heard! 1) After the initial presentations, the participants will break out into tables based on species groups. Be prepared to be an advocate for your views and to politely disagree with the facilitator(s). If they claim that a "consensus" has been reached with an answer that you donÂt agree with, say so! At the end, when the table reports back to the whole group, speak up if the person doing the report doesnÂt cover all of the issues that were raised. 2) Plan a few written questions ahead of time. When the USDA official goes through the questions in the afternoon, if he doesnÂt actually answer your question, stand up and politely insist on an answer....See MoreGoats and Horses
Comments (17)I dont have good luck keeping my goats in a pasture type area. I have what we call the "doll house", its a 4X6 little shed, that that goats bed down for the night in. We keep the goats in there for about the first 3 days, they get fed in there, etc. I let them out on a picket basicaly for several hours a day for the first week, then I alow them to "run" free for several hours during the day that they are not on the picket and I do that for about 3 or 4 days. Then I alow them to run free the hole day abour 3 days(not day after day but ever other day) and I do that for 1 week. This lets them know that they sleep in the doll house, they have water there, shade, food, etc. They put themselves to bed each night. After this aclimation period, I just let my goats have full run of the place. They play in the pasture with my horses, the never leave the yard(its about 2 acrs) and I just make sure that the flowers I plant are things they dont like to eat. I have about 20 acrs of pasture besides the yard. And yes the goats eat the horse food, hay, salt, all of that. Goats do need coper as it said in one post, but too much is not good for them. You can find that out in almost any vet book. That being besides the point. Good luck...See MoreFree aged horse manure - central NJ
Comments (1)Thanks for the info, Tom! Leslie...See MoreFinally - have a contract on a property - horses R in my future!
Comments (4)Oh how luckly!! congrats!! I live in the overly pricey Boston Metrowest area (wasn't pricey when I moved in). I love horses, but don't have the property. However, within walking distance there are a couple horses. I have become friendly with the owners and horses (funny, how I always remember the horses names, but not the owners names.) I already asked if I could bring my wheelbarrow down for some manure to compost. Keep us posted and attach photos. Good luck....See Moretete_a_tete
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