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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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Can a hippo breathe underwater?
The hippopotamus is a mammal and uses its lungs to breathe. Because its nostrils are located on top, it can still breathe while remaining mostly underwater. When fully submerged, the hippopotamus can hold its breath for a maximum of five minutes.
How much does maintaining a horse cost yearly or monthly?
It depends upon many variable factors. Is your horse pastured, in a paddock or a stall? How will it be fed.... individually or in a herd?
To figure out a rough estimate, make a list of the bagged feed(s) the horse is currently being fed. Add any supplements, baled feed (alfalfa, etc) and any other products consumed by the horse on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Multiply the monthly consumption by 12 (months) for a rough figure of annual consumption. Are you keeping the horse in a barn where horses are fed by a groom? If so, you'll be charged a monthly boarding fee.
Depending upon the climate where the horse is kept, it may drink a great deal of water. If you pay a water bill, it will go up with a horse consuming it's share.
Does the horse wear shoes? Are the hooves healthy..... or does the horse need special hoof care or shoes? To your list, add a farrier's bill every 4-6 weeks. Does your horse need shoes? How will it be ridden? Ask your trainer, farrier or vet for their advice. Every horse is different when it comes to their hooves.
Shots and wormings can be twice each year, plus any calls to have the vet check your horse for illness, injuries and other emergencies (horses are truly helpless!).
How do you ride/drive? Do you have a trainer. If so, ask for a fee schedule. Decide with your trainer what is best for you and your horse, in order to achieve your goals with your horse.
Do you need tack and/or equipment? These are often one-time costs, but the list of necessary items seems to grow every week! Before you buy, check with your trainer (assuming you have one) or a knowledgable equestrian friend. Tack and equipment can often be purchased second-hand. Some things are better that way..... they've been "broken in" for you! Be sure you know what size you need for your particular horse..... before you buy! Many stores won't allow returns on equipment full of sweaty horse hair and dirt. ( I usually lay an old bedsheet over my horse's back if I'm trying to fit a saddle. It allows close contact while keeping the equipment clean.)
Do you need a trailer, a hitch and truck? Or does your trainer offer trailering for a fee?
Will you be able to exercise your horse regularly, or will you need to hire someone to keep your horse fit and alert?
And here's the big one.... who will muck the stall of paddock on a daily basis? It needs to be done, and if you can't, someone needs to be hired to keep up with the task. That's a labor cost, usually by the hour, the day, the month or per job. That's up to you, unless you're in a barn where it's provided and you are charged a monthly fee for the service.
I've ridden and owned horses for over 50 years. They're wonderful! My best advice on trying to figure what your annual cost will be, is to figure it, then double that figure..... and hope you've covered everything! Good luck!
When do mallard ducks migrate?
The usual. South for the Winter . Stay in wetland areas in the Temperate Zones.
Disadvantages for battery farming?
Battery farmed chicken is cheaper than free range, but that is the only thing about battery hens that are good. When you eat plant foods, all the energy and material from that plant goes straight to your body. If a hen eats the same plant food, and soon it would be killed to that it could be eaten, not all the original energy and material that was in the plant would be passed on to your body.
The reason for this is because when the animal was alive, it took almost all of it energy it needed for itself and much of would go out through the body by faeces. This means this less and less energy that comes to us. This is one reson why battery hen farming is a effienct way of producing food!
Not only that put the air is kept warm in its cages, so that less energy converted to heat!! Disadvantages- Some ethical issues- People think that battery farming is morally wrong. Hens cannot carry out natural behaviour such as preening, scratching, dust and water bathing and rustling of feathers because of lack of room to move. Their bodies grow too quickly due to their diet and their legs cannot grow as quick, so the legs give way and break, which is very distressing and painful for the hen. The hens develop severe behaviour problems and can attack each other. ---- Advantages- They are fed high protein diets to make them grow very big very quickly, so manufacture of hens is quicker and the meat will also be tender, due to the chicken being young. The restricted space to move means they do not use the energy from the food they eat to move around. Energy is also conserved because the cages they are kept in are kept very warm. This means more of the energy from the chicken comes to the consumer.
What is the difference between young and mature livestock?
Young livestock are stock that are still growing, or are at a young age. Young stock are typically used for meat production, but others are grown for breeding purposes.
Mature livestock are those that have reached sexual maturity and have stopped growing. They are almost always larger than the young livestock (depending on the breed and type of animal involved), and are used for breeding purposes.
Veal Heel meat is from the rear leg and thigh area of the cow. Veal is from a young calf.
What do farm animals do at midnight on Christmas Eve?
Eat and sleep. Farm animals don't celebrate Christmas like humans do.
What does Napoleon have the dogs do that shocks and terrifies the animals on Animal Farm?
Napoleon privately rears some puppies that he took away from their mothers when they were young. He trained them to be vicious killing machines - and in chapter 5, he uses them to chase off snowball and to intimidate the other animals in order to gain power.
I think that it really depends on the horse. Like my horse does not like to eat chaff hay but she will eat just regular hay. So what I would do is lay out an assortment of treats and see what one the horse goes after first.
What are the four types of farming?
What are some types of cropping systems?
Cropping systems are designed to mimic nature and bring diversity into our farming systems. Cropping systems include:
1) Crop rotation: Crops are changed in the field from year to year according to a planned sequence rather than the same crop being grown in the same field. The crop rotation can include both annual and perennial crops which are seeded for several years.
2) Multiple Cropping: Two or more crops grown in the same field within a given year. Annual and perennial plants can be organized in fields together. Another example might be planting rows of fruit trees with cereal grains or vegetables in between and windbreaks planted aroundthe field perimeter.
3) Mixed Cropping: Two or more crops are mixed together in the same field at the same time without a definite row arrangement. Complimentary crops include oats and peas or mixtures of forage grasses and legumes.
4) Strip-Intercropping: Two or more crops are planted in the same field in alternate rows. The two crops generally have their main production period at different times of the year. This system more evenly uses water throughout the growing season, and ensures some level of productivity during the dry season by the more drought tolerant crops. For example, wheat or peas can be spring sown in one- meter strips with an adjacent fallow one-meter strip area. Later this area can be planted with two rows of corn.
5) Planting forGenetic Diversity: Using several varieties of seeds in the same field can be a good strategy to increasecrop diversity and reduce vulnerability to disease and insect outbreaks.
Where are animals slaughtered?
Animals are usually slaughtered for human consumption. Today the farming industry is industrialized so the methods of slaughter are a little more systematic, and have garnered negative attention for it's brutality.
What is the act of giving birth for guinea pigs called?
A female guinea pig may hide and squeal a little. The babies come out fairly quickly, with a little blood (but no more than a teaspoon!). The mom pig will chew them out of the birth sacks, lick them clean and eat their placenta. If the whole process lasts for over 30 minutes your pig may be in trouble and needs to see a vet right away.
Where do guine pigs come from?
They come from South America. Don't read the following if you don't think you can handle this: They eat them a lot. Many South American countries recognize guinea pigs as livestock and eat millions of them each year. They even try to improve the quality of the meat. The U.K. has often campainged against this. They are related to the Capybara. They are about the size of beavers. They too are often eaten, but not mainly by people. They are also related to Maras, which look like a cross between a kangaroo and rabbit!! And they are related to and look very similar to Pacas and Cavias. In_Correct
Alfalfa is often fed to horses to give the horse more energy. However, if fed to a horse, it should be in very, very small quantities because alfalfa is a legume- not normal grass- and legumes are very, very rich. Alfalfa will cause stones in the stomach because of how rich it is, and these stones can kill a horse when they grow to a large enough size. I avoid alfalfa at all costs just to be on the safe side, and my horse is fine without it.
what if something goes wrong in the testing?
why do animals have to be tested? They should have the same right as us humans.
Why would you want too kill animals?
Thats just sad man:(
Is filet mignon from inside the body cavity or part of the back strap normally called tenderloin?
Filet Mignon is a cut of beef taken from the smaller end of the tenderloin in a beef animal.
The benefits that you can get from the animals?
The benefit that we get from animals such as make the beautiful natural, cut down our stress when we are listening to the birds song. Make us happy and relaxed when we played with our pets. One more thing animals like dog is the honest security guard that protect us and our property from the bad person or burglar who want to steal from us.
a Barn, or shed, farm terminology varies. Stable is usually reserved for Horses.
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Birds fly because flight is an evolutionary adaptation they've developed. Most tend to have powerful muscles around the chest area to give them the strength to displace the air around them. Their wings provide them with a way to move air and to create lift. Their hollow bones also drastically reduce their weight and allow them to get off of the ground.
Please take your guinea pig to the vet because it could have a cold in the eye or a trauma to the eye. Don't try to fix the problem yourself! Good luck Marcy Try putting a warm tea bag on her eye... my guinea pig had this problem and it cleared up in a week. White is normal, that is just how the eye cleans itself. If it worsens or turns a different color go to the vet to get antibotics.
What is some of the farm animals names?
Cattle, horses, sheep, goats, pigs/hogs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, llamas, alpacas, etc.
