New Mexico

[TwoCrows]

Come to think about it, years ago a nearby goat rancher had lice on his goats. Thankfully they never traveled over this far.

 

[blaundee]

Goat lice & chicken lice are different- very host specific. So are human lice. Anmal lice may get on a person, but wont stay. Animal lice are a lot easier to get rid of than human lice. And if you think chicken or goat lice are creepy, you should see sheep keds!!! look like a cross between a tick & louse, YUCK!!! lol Our first sheep were very poorly kept when we got them & covered in keds.... gross.

 

[TwoCrows]

Goat lice & chicken lice are different- very host specific. So are human lice. Anmal lice may get on a person, but wont stay. Animal lice are a lot easier to get rid of than human lice. And if you think chicken or goat lice are creepy, you should see sheep keds!!! look like a cross between a tick & louse, YUCK!!! lol Our first sheep were very poorly kept when we got them & covered in keds.... gross.

Good to know about the lice. Make sense, being host specific. I have never had any cases of lice here, fortunately. I know the guy with the goats and lice was having a hard time controlling them. His place was not dirty at all. Must have either brought in some animals with them or the lice just got out of control somehow.

 

[DaveMarner]

Thanks for all the tips. This rain is doing wonders over the last several days. I hope it keeps up.

 

[TwoCrows]

Yeah....the grass is even starting to grow! I was sure it was dead. Big patches of just dirt. I think the monsoons are going to begin kicking in now. The forecast is calling for bigger chances of rain next week. Keeping the fingers crossed!

 

[TwoCrows]

How is the rainy season going for all of you? Some places getting rain, some not. Not enough here yet. A few spritzes and sprinkles, but we sure do need some all day rains. The forest service has just announced that we will lose 50% to 75% of all the pine trees here in the Sacramento Mountains. Already looks that way.

How is it going in your territory of New Mexico?

 

[colburg]

We got 4-5 inches last week. That was 2 full day long rains. Of course I wasn't here, I got sent to Canada for work and missed every single drop of it.

Other than that, we got 3" about 5 weeks ago and before that, it was August when we last got rain. Did get about 6" of snow late December though.

The forecast is looking better. 6 of the next ten days are 30% chances of rain. But we'll see, I'm sure we've all seen 80% chances in the 10day forecast go to 0 rather quickly.

 

[blaundee]

We have been getting rain! Yay! Thank you Lord!!!

 

[Peep_Show]

Yowzer.... If it were cold (here in Corrales) we'd be getting some substantial hail. Yippee! (mainly because I was going to do lawn edging today and didn't really feel like it.)

 

[TwoCrows]

It's RAAAAAIIIIINNNNNGGGGGG!!!!!

OMG...MONSOON SEASON IS HERE!!! The rain has been falling steady for 3 full hours now! I swear, you can watch the grass growing out there!