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UPDATE for everyone who has been helping with this: the landlord says the herd can be removed sometime in the next week. I have mixed...

Ohh now we're talking! (I'm a bird lady, heh). Plus I feel like chickens would be easier to rehome if we ever had to move back to the...

You nailed it. My sheep are pets, spoiled, brats. At the same time they are for meat. And they are for sale. They get the best care I...

We are very, VERY new to sheep, as we don't have any yet but are learning/researching. However, I wanted to comment on your statement...

Saw your post after I hit post on mine. Why not a "chicken tractor" to move around and raise some of your own meat birds for the...

Just wanted to add, also, that we are pragmatic about food animals... husband and I come from families full of farmers and hunters. We...

We'll see! I'd be pretty hesitant to commit to raising my own livestock on rented land, if we ever had to move it could put us in a...

I definitely know about the dangers of sheep & copper toxicity (I spent a couple hours researching, more than the owner has done surely)...

Good advice, as hard as it may be.

Thankfully the landlord was really nice about our letter, and seems to be more than willing to have the owner move the animals...

As unpleasant as it is, I would keep my hands off their animals. Idiots like this would probably sue you because you “fed” their animals...

Yeah... I think you're right. I guess since it's been raining here in CA and the grass is green, that's helping?

I bought a bag of Goat Mineral and have been giving that to the goats a few times a week for the last couple of months... I roll it up...

Well, I'm with everyone else on this. Time to move. Though - there is one thing that you can do (though $$) if you cannot move and want...

Glad we could help. I hope this works out.