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  1. ohiogoatgirl

    ovulation thread!

    hope everything turns well with your family. i dont mind at all. i know how crazy things can get here :) first ones that pop in my mind are black and blue cohosh. ladys mantle. raspberry leaf. i will have to find my herbal medicine book again..... though i've never tried natural remedies for...
  2. ohiogoatgirl

    ovulation thread!

    yes i admit i partially dont want to fix it because then i have to have a period each month :/ but i am also worried about what other effects it may have if i'm not regularly ovulating. like other illnesses, etc. and of course the obvious one being if i will be able to have children. i would be...
  3. ohiogoatgirl

    ovulation thread!

    so i'm thought it would be interestin for all us ladies on here to get together in a thread about our "moon times". for ranting about them, talkin with others on how to deal with them, talkin about products, etc. i am 20 y/o but have a imbalance. i forget what its called but my body doesnt make...
  4. ohiogoatgirl

    What to do with grease off meat?

    *GASP* just toss it all?! we keep it and if it doesnt get used quick enough to be used for cooking then you can pour it into a bowl or tuna can etc and use it as a lamp. http://worldwideflood.com/ark/technology/oil_lamps.htm http://www.ramshornstudio.com/early_lighting_2.htm...
  5. ohiogoatgirl

    *rabbits* mini rex does... what breed of buck to breed to?

    i have two mini rex does that are going to be breeding age soon. i'm wondering what buck i should use... i'm going to call about an ad for a mini rex buck. then i can use him once i get some NZs or californians. i know someone close that i might be able to breed them to a NZ or californian. but...
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    why didnt i think of this sooner?!

    i have had each of my rabbits out in the tractors. the only one who dug at all was my dutch doe adult. she dug a little in the corners of the tractor. not much at all. just enough to get the grass out of the way and scratch the dirt. i will make sure to be extra watchful of her when i put her...
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    why didnt i think of this sooner?!

    i have 44 square wire dohickeys sortof like i have seen people make indoor cages out of. well i wanted to use them in quail cages. but as my quail dreams are being put on the back burner for a little while longer i havent done anything with them. well right now i am making a list of things that...
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    OHIO! RABBITS! dutch, lionhead, and crosses

    i have one black dutch doe, one black dutch buck, one agouti dutch buck. nice solid bodies. nice shape. born jan 22, 2012. can be bought any time! ready to go! mother is steel, father is chocolate. have a litter of 4 black dutch and 1 steel dutch. too young to sex yet. born march 17, 2012...
  9. ohiogoatgirl

    feeding coturnix quail naturally/self sufficiently?

    i am hoping to be as self sufficient as possible. i am looking into coturnix quail for a bit and they seem to fit my needs. i was wondering what i might be able to grow or harvest to feed them myself. i understand they need lots of protien,etc so i am not expecting to be able to feed them...
  10. ohiogoatgirl

    button quail?

    hm... okay button quail idea has been scrapped. lol. i had looked into coturnix quail before but had not been able to find anyone with them. and quite honestly i dont want to buy an incubator and eggs and everything needed to house them, etc. ...and then end up with cooked eggs :/ i've never...
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    button quail?

    hello everyone i am wondering about button quail. i saw an ad for some on CL and hadnt heard of them. so of course, curious me, goes and looks them up. i'm not finding a whole lot of information on them. its like three people with them shared their info and then the rest of the web just...
  12. ohiogoatgirl

    i'm gettin rabbits! ~got em! and pics and a question...

    i have thought of that as well. but this winter has been really really mild. we've had a few days reach 50*F here in february which is usually the month when we get pounded with the worst of the snow. also they are getting too old to breed anyhow. i'm hoping to get a few kits from them though...
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    Do you wear long skirts?

    hm... i own the following as far as clothes: 4 shirts for "looking nice" occasions (2 of those were just given to me by my sister lol) 3 tank tops 3 pairs jeans (would only be one but i had a job that had to wear jeans) 3 pairs leggins (for when its snowy and windy) 3 skirts 2 "lookin nice"...
  14. ohiogoatgirl

    spinning wool :)

    park and draft! thats what it was called! lol i am working on getting a wooden whorl made. but right now rabbit cages are top of the list. i have been reading about it all and i have heard of Z and S. but havent spun enough as of yet to ply any. soon though. :) haha i'm drooling over drum...
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    i'm gettin rabbits! ~got em! and pics and a question...

    thanks :) yes i will be butchering any that i do not sell. and i'm hoping to get some meat does (NZ or cali probably) and use my dutch buck on em. <sigh> and the lionheads.... the one doe has a pedigree, the other two are mysteries. the ped. one was born in sept 2007! i'm an idiot for not...
  16. ohiogoatgirl

    spinning wool :)

    lol. ya i am doing a sort of NYC traffic style right now. :lol: i think i saw someone do something like it in a youtube video... park and go? not sure what it called it...
  17. ohiogoatgirl

    spinning wool :)

    :lol: haha not quite. this is wool in the pics. i got it from someone. dyed it myself, not too bad for my first time ever. the mohair is in bags. just sheared and put in bags. not even picked over yet... kinda feeling a bit overwhelmed about doing it myself with no experience. but i'll get er...
  18. ohiogoatgirl

    spinning wool :)

    made two drop spindles the other day. spinning wool on one and "plarn" on the other. here is some pics of what i have. i have shortened the longer one. now it is just a few inches longer then the short one. i have mohair that is straight from the goat. hope to try and do some...
  19. ohiogoatgirl

    i'm gettin rabbits! ~got em! and pics and a question...

    <sigh> still no lionhead kits :/ if they dont kindle by about the 20th i am going to breed them. was all excited to be having kits without the month wait. guess i will be waiting though. the one doe never showed any signs. the other doe pulled fur but now she's got it all mixed in under the hay...
  20. ohiogoatgirl

    i'm gettin rabbits! ~got em! and pics and a question...

    thanks guys. the runt of the litter died last night. the other kits were hopping about and he didnt have anyone to snuggle with or under. i dont know wether he really was a peanut or just a runt or if someting else may have been wrong with him. but i saw him not cuddled up and picked him up...
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