X 2 on the worm medicine. If she is raspy still by all means save the last little bit for her. If you could afford a pack of LS-50 you would be so much better off but it is expensive and I know you can't afford that. $30.00 for a pack the size of a package of duramycin. But is soooo worth it.Nova, i have been pondering your worm dillema, and if i were in your shoes i might try to get Carl to go in on a bottle of ivermectin to share. (Assuming they were roundworms) If he don't do his at the same time, they will get them right back. Also the ivermectin is supposed to do the lice as well, so it would be good all around and he could still eat his eggs. This may be what i get next too. I couldn't get the millie snots to eat their worm meds, and since i didn't do their de-bugging at the same time i see my big girls have them back. Uugh. They don't mix, but close enough, i guess. I have to wait until this tylan is gone, i have a day or two left. So 5-6 days worth of dosing? They ran right through it. I may save the last bit to give to little Sharma for a couple extra days, she is much improved but still a tad raspy. Ty for the link, i'll add it
Fermented Feed. Well, i have been pondering how to as well, not for the feed itself but to ferment wheat germ. Expensive, but it is one of the only natural things known to kill MG. It was recommended to cancer patients as well, it is an excellent immune helper and supposed to be a very strong anti-bacterial! I don't know that any one thing alone will prove to be effective on MG/ CRD, but this would go a long way towards helping, especially this time of year!
I'm not sold on the fermented feed idea either. From all my experience in farming I have only seen fermented feed (corn) fed to cows. And I know for a fact it decreases their lifespan drastically. When I had my beef cattle I had one live to be almost 30 years old. She was 28 when she died. My cows were never given sillage ( fermented corn) and when I miked cows the life span of a dairy cow was believed to be about 5 years old. Was told this by many dairy farmers plus seen it with my own eyes when I milked because of the sillage. Would kill horses and such so I just can't make myself believe it can be a good thing. Just my opinion.
Trying to decide on whether or not i am doing insulation in the re-walling. Seems to be a big moisture collector, but with the aluminum siding will it be too cold without it?
