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Farm Animals

Life on the farm is not laid back with all those animals to take care of. Got a farm animal question? Put it here and a farmer just might take a minute and plow out an answer for you.

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Which bird cannot fly?

flightless comorant,penguins,titicaca/junin grebe, turkey silkie,auckland island teal,campbell island teal,white headed flightless steamer duck,falkland flightless steamer duck, magellanic flightless steamer duck, reas,kiwis, cassowaries, emu,ostrich. those are all of the living flightless birds

What is the cow's skin called?

On the cow, it's usually its called hide or skin.

After the cow is skinned, it's called hide, leather, cowhide, pelt, that sort of thing.

What animals are raised on farms in Louisiana?

So far I have found:

Deer, mosquito, slugs, crayfish, grackle, turtles, crane, alligator, snakes, anole, bat, bullfrog, crab, shrimp, raccoon, heron, grasshopper, bobcat, opossum, armadillo, and black bear.

Is slaughtering farm animals cruelty?

stop animal crueltyYes put a healthy, stable animal to sleep is cruelty. Why put a innocent animal to sleep for no reason. I am a major animal person and i have 3 pets myself and if someone ever tried to put them to sleep for no reason i would probably go to jail, only god knows what i would do. That's sick and people who that don't deserve to have animals or be around them. I pray everyday for the innocent animals out there, everyday. Its so sad and i wish there was some type of law about the people who can have pets. People who want to have pets should have to take a test of some kind to see how safe it is for that animal to be in their care.

Where might nomadic livestock herding be found?

Normadic herding occurs in areas where the seasons may change. The people are forced to travel to find food and proper shelter.

What are the ten importance of animal breeding to the livestock farmers?

There are many advantages but I will keep this short

1. For quantaty: to breed animals for foods in large amounts

2. For selective breeding: to improve certain qualities in breeds of animails by breeding the male with the best qualities with the female with the best qualities. This happens in nature with the Alpha male and Alpha female breeding (natural selection), but people for centuries have been breeding certain animals with the right qualities to improve them for our own purposes - ie this is where we get certain dog breeds from (all domesticated dogs come from wild dogs such as wolves, but the 'wolf' DNA is nearly completely bred out of them nowadays). Other examples - horses (for racing, pulling carts, hunting, etc), cows (for best milk, meat, showing), etc, etc....

What livestock chew the cud?

Cattle (including cows, bulls, heifers, steers and oxen), sheep, goats, deer, elk, and bison.

Can you use copper sulfate to heal a wound on your livestock?

It will "hurt" (or kill, rather) cows and dogs if they are exposed to a lot of it, but otherwise it is a good fertilizer, micromineral supplement, topical/oral treatment for certain ailments, and an insecticide and fungicide.

Which way do you hang a horseshoe to display?

Opened End Up., Like a Cup, to "catch" the good luck. The idea is that if hung with the open end down, all of the good luck will pour out! :-)

From which animal do we get catgut?

Cat gut is the name applied to cord of great toughness and tenacity prepared from the intestines of the sheep or goat, or occasionally from those of the hog, horse, mule, pig, and donkey. Those of the cat are not employed, and therefore it is supposed that the word is properly kitgut ("violin string"), kit meaning "fiddle," and that the present form has arisen through confusion that kit = cat. Another explanation of the origin of the cat in catgut is that it is an abbreviation for cattle which originally denoted not only cows, but all types of livestock. Source: Wikipedia

What kind of animals born in spring?

There isn't one thing that all animals do in the spring. For one thing, not all animals live where there is a spring season. However, many animals bring forth young in the spring and the name "spring" derives from that practice. The reason is that this offers the best change of finding food during the first months of life.

Who invented the factory farm and how did it go from nice small farms to huge cruel farms?

"Factory farms" were not invented, they were merely created out of necessity to meet the growing demands of a growing population. Family farms often cannot stay in the business if the kids are not interested in keeping ties to the farm anymore, nor can they stay if costs are too high and profits too low to keep going. With cities expanding, better and easier jobs being offered in the cities and towns, and the interest in keeping the farm on the decline, more and more family farms were sold and given up, larger and more commercial farms needed to be created and took over these small farms to create more land and capital to grow on.

Confined Animal Feeding Operations became on the rise because of their higher efficiency and ability to turn out more products in a certain time period than a family farm was (and is) able to do. More eggs, more pork, chicken and beef could be sold in a shorter amount of time and on a grander scale than what several small family farms were able to do.

The consumer was also the driving force for such operations, since they were the ones responsible for wanting a certain product on the shelf, or more of that product on the shelf all the time. Family farms were so varied in the kind of pork, chicken, milk, eggs and beef produced that consumers had a hard time knowing what to pick or even where to go to find such products. CAFOs were the key to making such products more consistent and available in greater quantities all year round.

Now the terms "nice small farms" and "huge cruel farms" are, undoubtedly, argumentative. Not all small farms are nice. There are a lot of animal cruelty cases from small "nice" farms that the HSUS and the SPCA get about certain livestock that are treated cruelly or appear neglected. And these so-called "factory farms" are not all cruel either: there are a large number of farms that take as good care of their livestock as they can while at the same time meeting the production demands for selling a product. Undoubtedly this is a double-edged sword, but with careful management it all works out. The term "cruel" is really overgeneralizing things, since it assumes that, from only a few reports, all of these "factory farms" are cruel and inhumane. While this is partly true, it doesn't show what all farms do to care for their livestock.

What animals are found or live on a farm?

  • cattle
  • horses
  • pigs
  • sheep
  • goats
  • chickens
  • dogs
  • cats
  • ducks
  • rabbits
  • llamas

How long do domesticated rabbits live?

Pet rabbits have an average lifespan of 8-10 years, but they can live as long as 13, even 14 years.

Domestic rabbits that live in labs or farms have a much shorter lifespan.

The lifespan of pet rabbits is between eight to eleven years. I have proof: my rabbit is eleven years old.

Do guinea pigs need vaccinations before they go outside?

Firstly, they should not live outside permanently. Secondly, they may need protection. Talk to your vet for more answers

What weighs 3 tons?

Three tonnes is the approximate weight of:

* 18 large football players * A Hummer * Two Honda Accords * The water in a wading pool 1 ft deep and 10 ft on a side * 5 cubic yards of potatoes * 300 large Xmas Turkeys (+20 lb each) * 600,000 nickels ($30,000)

Animals with no fur or legs?

Here are the animals I know ofat least :

  • Frogs (No fur)
  • Toads (No fur)
  • Salamander (No fur)
  • Snakes (No fur, No legs)
  • Some spiders (No fur)
  • Fish (No fur, No legs)
  • Sharks (No fur, No legs)
  • Rays (No fur, No legs)
  • Worms (No fur, No legs)
  • Beetles (No fur)
  • Centipedes (No fur)
  • Pillbugs (No fur)
  • Cicades (No fur)
  • Dobsonflies (No fur)
  • True Bugs (No fur)
  • Flies (No fur)
  • Grasshopers (No fur)
  • Crickets (No fur)
  • Mayflies (No fur)
  • Dragonflies (No fur)
  • Damselflies (No fur)
  • Butterflies (No fur)
  • Moths (No fur)
  • Social Insects (No fur)
  • Some bats (No fur)
  • Sea Lions (No fur, No legs)
  • Whales (No fur, No legs)
  • Dolphins (No fur, No legs)
  • Seals (No fur, No legs)
  • Elephants (No fur)

Hope I helped!

Why are factory farms using hormones?

There is no real need to inject or feed animals with synthetic hormones. The only purpose of the injections is to cause the animals to grow muscle at an abnormal rate in order to make more money when they are slaughtered.

How many animals a day die through natural causes?

Almost 500 mil animals die every day because of people.

This number includes not only higher mammals, but also victims of poultry industry and fishing industry, as well as animal abuse victims and animals in captivity that died before they could be murdered.

Can bats kill guinea pigs?

most bats are harmless and eat fruit but they could be capeable. its very rare though.

What is on the inside of a wattle and daub house?

There are two stages to wattle

and daub construction. The first is the creation of wattles, interwoven branches, lathes, or rods that form a tight lattice. The wattle

can be used to lay the groundwork for walls both inside

and outside a home, or to fill in gaps between walls and ceiling timbers. Once the wattle

is made, it can be covered in daub, a plaster-like mixture of clays, mud, plant fibers, and animal dung. After the daub sets, many people whitewash the resulting wall to make it more weather resistant and to brighten it.

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How do you muck barn?

if you are taking the muck out of a large then a loader tractor, telihandler of a muck pusher if it is a small barn use a shovle of fork(forks work better)

if you are not talking about mucking out then i cant help

if you are talking about what i wrote you have bad grammer

What is the exact life span of a pig?

A pig would naturally live to around 13 years. but most pigs live 6 months because they are raised for slaughter. Some lucky pigs are selected to be breeder stock and their life is extended to about 4 years.