how are the patients?Chicks are hatching under a broody hen this morning.
Yesterday had the vet out to help with a Herford cross cow that was down in the field and couldn't get up. She isn't due for a month. Vet gave her an IV of calcium and left us with a gel paste to give her today. We made a temporary pen around her to keep the other cows from bullying her...like chickens, there is a pecking order in a herd. We gave her some Bermuda hay and stationed 5 gallon buckets of water near the fences. Could not get her to drink last evening from the low tub so will check her again this morning. Hopefully the cow will be up today.
If she isn't up by Wednesday, then the vet will come back with steroid shots which are used as a last resort. Should get her up, but that will also force her into labor. Means I will have a premie bottle baby until her milk come down.
Lucy and Goosey are back and have been frequenting their feeder. A few more pair of Canadian geese are staying around the outer pond and pastures. Last night while I was locking up the birds, Lucy and Goosey flew in to the crawdad pond and walked over to their feeder. They saw me outside and they both started walking up the drive toward the barn...loudly voicing their discontent that their feeder was empty. I wasn't going to put feed out because of the rain, but I like to keep this old pair happy. This Weill be the 17th year they have returned to nest here. I can get about 4 feet from them before Goosey begins to shake his head and hiss at me. We enjoy them.
I get to babysit the two little grandsons tonight in Edmond.