No one else uses the Oxine?? I think I am going to buy it anyway and put it in their water (when they are older) and see if that helps them keep free from disease and health problems. There are so many 'miracle' stories about this stuff in reviews. I'm also impressed with the things it can do for horses.. seems like a good thing to have on hand. I've already been building up a drug store for chickens in my pantry. I have bought the duramycin, electrolytes, etc.. I already have tons of other emergency vet needs for the horses- everything from colic meds and needles to administer to vet wrap... to eye antibiotics.. I like to be prepared. If anything, the years have taught me that animals ALWAYS get sick on a Sunday or a holiday or when your vet refuses to answer the off hours calls that you make (even when they are supposed to be On call). Once, my neighbor called me at 10:30pm at night because her horse got in the fence and ripped open an artery. She nearly fainted and called me to come help. I had everything I needed on hand. I sat in a pool of blood on the ground with my fingers on his artery- there was probably about 2 gallons of blood pooled around me (they can bleed a LOT without really being in danger) and got it stopped. Then wrapped it with baby diapers, and vet wrap, and antibiotics. She took her horse to the vet the next day, but it turned out what I did was the answer anyway.
So get this-- my DH said that he checked into reviews for the Ondura roofing material. Looks like it's not all what it's supposed to be. Apparently it rips, tears and falls apart easily. People were saying that about 5 years after they installed it, it was in such bad shape, they had to replace it. Also, the holes where you nail it in at (even using the rubber washers it comes with)-- it rips holes there and cracks there, and causes bad leaking. With our high winds, I think this would be a bad idea for us. We decided we're just going to buy composite shingles and stick with that. It's going to be more expensive, but it'll be cheaper in the long run since we wont have to replace it. I'm guessing we'll use metal roofing for the section of roof I have planned for the run. I spent some time reading up about this last night and went to tons of sites listed or mentioned the word Ondura. Consensus is not good. Sigh.
