http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/ This is a list for folks who want to raise sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, ducks etc. for food, for sale or as pets at the least Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:55:54 GMT Michelle http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7031 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7031 Do you process your pigs yourself? I want to raise pigs for meat but we would have to do the butchering ourselves and I'm not sure if I can deal with it. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:05:47 GMT Debi Hopkins http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7030 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7030 Hi Molly, We got 2 piglets 2 weeks ago, the female was 1/3 bigger than the male, they were only 8 weeks old, and had been raised on milk and bread in a fenced Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:27:49 GMT Daniel & Susan Abel http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7029 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7029 8 week old Great Pyrenees/English Shepherd puppies avaiable to farm homes. 5 males 3 females. Pups in field with parents. Exposed to goats, cattle, birds. Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:42:27 GMT maureenheather@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7028 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7028 In a message dated 6/7/2009 6:25:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time, allmuxedup@... writes: I need to know about 2 month old piglets? Hi Molly I have 3 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:25:30 GMT Evelyn Hansen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7027 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7027 Hi Molly, Your place sounds a lot like mine, only on a smaller scale. Well... and, I eat my useless stock. Try joining the new pasturepigs group, if you want Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:46:04 GMT Molly http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7026 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7026 Hi, atm I have 3 dairy goats, a horse with no job, 1 boer doe that is useless, chickens, ducks, geese, and fixing to get 2 piglets. What do I need to know Wed, 27 May 2009 22:49:13 GMT Evelyn Hansen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7025 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7025 I'll respond privately. Evelyn, SoCal & SoWeCen MO Use it up....... Wear it out...... Make it do... Or do without!!!!!! Educate yourself & protect your right Wed, 27 May 2009 22:35:48 GMT Maureen http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7024 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7024 Hi I just got 3 piglets, they hate their food. Is there anything I can add to their food till tomorrow when places are open to buy them the correct food? I Thu, 07 May 2009 00:42:47 GMT Ashley Phaneuf http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7023 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7023 Welcome Michelle,         I too was a "city girl" raised in the Bronx, NY.   We just started seriously homesteading last fall and we now have goats, Thu, 07 May 2009 00:24:50 GMT abitothis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7022 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7022 I'm new to this group and live in SE PA also. I've had a variety of chickens in the past -seabrights, polish crested, orpingtons, silkies, others -- and am Wed, 06 May 2009 19:50:29 GMT leross http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7021 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7021 Congratulations on your chickens and farmlet!   Guinea eggs are difficult to hatch and guinea hens are poor mothers.  Have you tried slipping some of the Tue, 05 May 2009 23:55:23 GMT Michelle http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7020 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7020 I just wanted to intoduce myself. My name is Michelle I am a "city" girl trying very hard to reform myself LOL We have lived on our small 1 1/2 acres for 3 Sun, 03 May 2009 14:06:21 GMT enkine@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7019 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7019 Hi Ashley - I'm in NJ just across the river from Washington Crossing PA.?? Don't know if that makes us neighbors or not! I have only 14 acres but manage to Sat, 02 May 2009 10:44:34 GMT Tiffany http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7018 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7018 Hi all.. I am new to your group and hope to be able to find some Finn people in Michigan. I have a JUST turned 1 yo ram, I would like to trade for a colored Sat, 02 May 2009 10:43:59 GMT romanceballroom2 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7017 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cheapcritters/message/7017 We're in SE PA, in our first year of building our farmette with four goats, fourteen chickens, seven ducks, three rabbits, two dogs, a ferret and lots of