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Hot Spots Care Help:(

My big baby Olie is having a flare up, and recently got to the bottom of the root cause (chicken) he is now on a white fish and sweet potato grain free diet with absolutely no chicken at all. No chicken treats no chicken NOTHING! I might have PTSD from experiencing this with him.
Anyway- I need help and or advice on how to treat and care for those hotspots? Please help me out here. I just spent a fortune trying to help my little-giant buddy.. he’s about 4yrs, I rescued him from high kill shelter in L.A as I’m in Orange County (Southern California) Any advice would be greatly welcomed and appreciated.

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u/LittleMissOC — 20 hours ago
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HELP: My wife almost hit this pig on the back roads near our house. We knocked on doors and had a sheriff’s deputy come out but haven’t found his home. He’s currently in one of our goat pens and seems pretty content. Any advice would be helpful!

  1. He seems to be covered in small cuts and scratches from getting through fences and sunburnt. Should I try to clean them or just leave them be?
  2. We have some goats but haven’t had pigs before. Anything I should avoid him getting into? I saw that mineral was a no-go usually. Should I let him interact with my goats and dogs? We have three small dogs who are very prey driven but they seem like they want to be his friend through the fence.
  3. Should I look into dewormer? Having him fixed? I didn’t want to add anymore animals to our little bit of land but he’s very cute.
  4. Anyone know what kind of pig he is or how big he might get?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Squealy Dan has a loving home with other pigs, kids, and livestock set up following his 10 day hold with us (per Animal Control). Thank you all for your help! We’d love to keep him but are already tight on space and can’t take on more pigs to be his friends. His little oinks are making it tough though.

u/triggapat — 3 days ago
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Cow tracking app

Hello farmers! I’ve been working on an app for the past few months primarily for my family farm but recently was encouraged to release it to the public. I would like to do a sort of beta testing to work out any hitches and get some useful feedback from people outside of my circle. If your interested please join my TestFlight and the beta build will be out as soon as it’s approved! Anyone who joins this beta will be GUARANTEED free access to anything added in the future (first to come is multiple animals types!).

https://testflight.apple.com/join/yrF4TSks

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u/Narrow_Ad4715 — 3 days ago
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How many cows can u have on 5 acres of land?

hi. my dad has 10 acres of land and we might use 5 of it to raise cows but how many can u have? we thought dozens but chatgpt says only like 2-3. is it true?

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u/noreturn000 — 11 days ago
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Injured Turkey

Seeking advice:

Yesterday we rescued a baby turkey with an injured leg, the man we got him from said he "couldn't keep up" with his flock and he needed a new home. He has a seriously injured leg that he is not able to support himself with. It looks and feels dislocated so we attempted to splint it last night but it seems to be even worse today. We've been keeping chickens and ducks for a few years but this is our first turkey - if there is anything we can do for him we'd obviously love to see him thrive and live a long healthy life, but if we are just prolonging the inevitable we don't want him to suffer. Any insights or advice would be greatly appreciated.

u/mopr0blems — 11 days ago
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Need advice

I live in a rural part of upstate NY (Delaware County). I moved here 3 yrs ago from another state with my draft horses, sheep, dogs and chickens. Since then I have had 4 horses and 15 sheep die. The veterinarians within a 50 mi radius won't come because they aren't accepting new patients - not for an emergency and not for routine care. I have asked the NY vet board as well as the Governors office for assistance and they tell me they know it's an issue and it is just left at that. What exactly, short of moving again or getting my own Vet degree am I supposed to do? I can't have animals die for treatable and curable things - it's inhumane.

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u/Born-Row4089 — 13 days ago