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We just started deer farming this summer and we had our first die today my question is what could i do to have helped this and what was it. Yesterday she was her self eating treats out of our hand and a while later she has breathing very very fast, but we had just made their pen twice the size...

does anyone think it would hurt to put a yearling buck with horns cut off in with 9 doe fawns aand 2 button bucks that just arnt seeming to get breeding done

i had my buck with my 2 does last year on oct. 12 and the both had fawns may 29 . my question is this year i'm letting him in later like i was going to put him in with them oct. 29 anybody tell me what day i could expected them this year ? thanks for your help .

Hello All, I have a question about stretching 8 foot stay tuff wire: I am using 5 inch treated line posts, and 8 inch power poles for corners. If you are in the middle of a roll of wire, how do you turn the corners? Do you run it on the inside of your line posts, and on the outside of you...

Have a bottle fed doe fawn that is acting a little different. It's obvious that she is not feeling well. First, she just has "that look". Second, her sides are sunken in to where it looks like she's not eating. Third, she is breathing funny. Best way to describe it would be to say maybe a very...

I'm a licensed rehabber in Alabama. In the past I've fed canned goats milk/water or Zoologics replacer. I got a new fawn a week ago, prolly a month old now. I need imfo on how much red cap to feed her daily. She is in an outside pen with water, grass, pelleted feed. She's a small Al fawn, NOT a...

did anyone ever have bad luck with having there buck with horns still on kill any does when rut comes in ? also having him in the same pen with his 3 month old fawns an 2 breeder does . anybody think this is a bad idea ? anybody think he will try and breed his 3 month old babies ? would that be...

My husband and I have looked through the Health and Wellness questions, here, and also in the Old Forums, but didn't find an answer to this question. We're hoping someone can answer it for us. Within the last week, we've had three fawns suddenly die...one just last night. We took the second one...

It has been brought to my attention that the Buckeye sale thinks they own the auction date we are having the Midwest Select on. The date in question is Feb 3-5, 2011. For the last 2 yrs the Midwest Select has been on the last weekend in January. For the last 3 years the Midwest Select has...

2096-6 wire , with 4 inch steel pipe as corners , 10 foot steel t post , How far apart should the t post be apart ? and should i put in a steel pipe(or wood post) ever other post or so . Sorry im sure this has been asked many times before , but i could not find it .:) thanks Jamie

Was wondering about putting up 8' high fence around trees but was wondering if the trees would fall over and take out the fence and lose my deer . Anybody have trees around there pens ? Is there any good ways to prevent trees from taking out fence and losing deer ? Anybody ever have this happen...

We are fairly new to deer farming compared to some of you all out there. Just a small operation but looking to take the next step. This year we have purchased our first power doe witch gave of 4 fawns. Bought our first straws of semen. So past the point of no return we are looking to make a nice...

Four questions regarding breeding: With the proliferation of 300" and 400" bucks do you think that the future of deer breeding will re-focus more on passdown production and less on gross inches? A follow-up question is: do you think that more deerfarmers will be doing more live breeding with...

I hunt elk in the national forest mountains of colorado, Its a yearly family traditon. I have gone for 8 years in a row, and have been blessed to harvest 6 elk. My question is, What does a baby bull elk (from the privious spring) look like in the fall? I see very few elk and never herds of...

Hello all, I've been wanting to get into deer farmin for several years now. This spring I acquired a doe fawn. I've had her in a small pen but am setting posts now for a larger pen. My question is where is a good place to purchase fencing. the source I had before is no longer and I'm having...

Our fawn's bout a week old, and now he's starting to randomly run around hte house, bounce, grab forks&spoon's off plates, toss them to the floor, nose us, run. For his daily exercise(Walk around the area), you think getting a leash would be a good idea for him? I think so, but I also wanna...

One question....can deer be around horses but not live with them? Can they just hang around them for a while.

I am a member on an outdorsman website and someone posted a picture of a buck mounting a doe from a week ago. They swear up and down that she is in full estrus and bla bla but I need some information here A doe doesn't even come into heat until the dailight changes or something like that but...

My biggest fawn didn't want to eat this last feeding.....he had some slimey poo with some blood in it.........he has always been the best apetite...he is one of those that would basically eat till he woulod explode.....I always made sure he did not over eat as he is on the red cap..........but...

Thank you in advance for any replies. I have read on this forum that some farmers are using iodine for scours in their fawns and have found in some old forums as well that 7% tincture of iodine is recommended. My question is does anyone know if Povidone Iodine 10% is safe to use? This is...