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I would like some feedback from anyone ,on the use of medicated milk replacer. Another deerfarmer brought it to my attention that it might not be good to continuously use this product, but wasn't sure. The medicated part is for the prevention of coccidiosis. Thanks in advance, Eldon

Here we are in another fawning season....and I am enjoying it as I always do...any who :eek:....... I was sitting there feeding the fawns today and as i was feeding several of them...... and as they were joyfully sucking down their milk they started, as they often do the front leg up and down...

Hey everyone, I'm looking into elk farming and have some questions about fencing. I've never bought fence before and I'm seeing a price range of $1.00-$2.50 per foot. Is this just for the linear feet? For instance, to run an 8 foot high 10 foot long fence at a dollar a foot, would this be 10...

Hi everyone we had our first fawn ever 2 days ago. My wife is at home with the deer while I am working out of state. The fawn weighed 11 pounds at birth and was a single buck fawn. Every time my wife goes to check on them even at 11:00 pm in the evening the mother is never laying with the fawn...

Can you use garlic powder from the grocery store in the spice section that you use on food ? Can you put this on the deer food to keep the flies away ? Is it the same as at the mills ? Thanks

I have a dart gun that uses .22 cal dummy rounds and has five (5) pressure settings. Recently I had to dart a yearling buck with a pain med to treat an injury. The first time I used a 2 cc dart with the gun on #2 and the dart stuck perfectly into the yearling's thigh. The vet increased the...

Hi, I’m Bill Stewart - new to the forum, but have been viewing the talk threads for over a year. I have a question. Our family own a ranch in Llano Tx, we have approx 600 acres. On one side opposite the road is a large ranch that has deer proof fencing around it, been like that for about 20...

I have a buck fawn that was born July 30 of last summer. His mother died in October, but fortunately he was weaned. For some reason this little guy is one of the tamest deer I ever had (besides my bottlefeds) he comes up and eats less than 2 feet from me. Anyway I was watching him today and I...

Hi guys and gals, I have a ? . My does are not pooping in pellets there clumps ! And There soft clumps! My ? is this normal for this time of year? They have lots of green grass and clover plus alfa. hay and grain. Just wondering if thats normal or should i be doing something different...

Concerning a 3 yr old buck of mine that is sick. He has significant weight loss and is somewhat lethargic. He has been treated with Draxxin 10 days ago. Knocking him down today. I have NuFlor and Tetradure that I can give him. After all this talk about Tetradure being a broader spectrum...

My friend and I are thinking about getting into deer/elk farming, I'm getting a packet from our department of natural resources but have a few questions for some of you. What is the typical start-up cost for this industry with-out owning land? Is it better to board deer for starters? There is so...

a buddy has a small herd of red deer on his place. He has found prolly six stags dead in the last three years of unknown causes. Found in June, November, January. Some showed sign of struggling , others not. Five of the six were three year olds, on spike. No dead females. Dosen't seem to be...

Gave a buck a shot of draxxin yesterday. Was going to start the whole pen on Aureomycin crumbles today. Good idea?? bad idea???? Crumbles were planned, draxxin was not. Would there be a bad interaction between the draxxin and the crumbles?

Does anyone use a Pfizer drug called Domitor(medetomidine) to tranqualize deer?? It reverses with Antisedan. troy

When building my farm my father in law helped out a lot. He actually drove every pipe in the ground for me and did allthe dirt work needed. Anyway he really is interested in the deer farming that i am doing. I want him to be part of things for all the help that he has given me with the farm but...

If someone has does with 160 inch genetics and artificially breeds those does to 250 inch genetics, then breeds the offspring to one 250 inch genetics. How many generations does it take to get offspring consistently producing 250 inch deer?

Does anyone know if there is any deer farms in Ohio in this zip code area. The zip code is 44833. If anyone knows please let me know.

We put out the game cameras last week and the horns this year seem to be quite a bit better than previous years. The genetics we released have not been out there long enough to be having any impact. We had a much wetter summer than normal so I am wondering if the extra rainfall caused more...

Below are the prices I have been quoted this year by my buyers. I know that the economy is down, but I do not want to get royally jipped. My question is this; How far off are these prices for this year? Should I sell and take my lumps, or hold on to them until next year? score /...

Hello all - it's been a little while since I have posted - hope all is well with everyone. Ok, my problem child - Faline - has an injury and I am not too sure how it happened. It's located in the "armpit" area - front right leg. I noticed she was limping and having some trouble laying down -...