Thinking about keeping a goat on your homestead or hobby farm? Wondering how long do goats live, or how they can live longer? In this article, we’re going to discuss how long a healthy goat usually lives, as well as the many factors that can and do contribute to a long and healthy life for …
A close friend Lilly has just started raising her own rabbits and gave us a call one day, wondering if it was ok to walk one of her rabbits in the rain on a warm summer day. She literally asked me, “Can My Rabbit Go Out In The Rain?” Lilly often walks with her bunnies …
This past winter we didn’t see any rabbit tracks on our hike in the woods next to our hobby farm. I teased my youngest, William, saying that the local rabbits had hibernated for winter. He turned to me and asked “Do Rabbits Hibernate During The Winter?” and I told him: No, rabbits do not hibernate …
When at our local feed store I overheard a young man was asking staff about the best cleaning agent to use on an infection on his rabbit’s backside that was showing maggots!!! Knowing just what was happening to his rabbit, I jumped into that conversation right away and told him about Fly Strike on rabbits. …
At the local feed store one evening I heard a young man ask the store employee about how to treat his rabbit’s nasty looking backside. I engaged in the conversation and we quickly determined that the rabbit had what is known as Rabbit Wet Tail, also known simply as Wet Tail. Rabbit Wet Tail: Does Wet …
