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[mjgigax]

thought you guys would enjoy this- Cressy found the feed bowl last nite, so ended up getting bathed- she makes a quite a sight- so of course she hd a bath and blowdry

 

[miohippus]

my kids enjoying the snow lol

 

[bardies]

yup!!

yeah- always say i was kidnapped at birth and taken to the big city!!


thought you guys would enjoy this- Cressy found the feed bowl last nite, so ended up getting bathed- she makes a quite a sight- so of course she hd a bath and blowdry

I'm thinking this girl must be a clown at heart!

 

[bardies]

MJ and Elwood,

Good luck on your goats!!!

 

[NanaKat]

Bardies...so glad to hear the calf was able to nurse quickly. mother's milk is so much better than the manufactured. I keep bags of dry colostrum in the freezer to help preserve it. Yes, a 12 hour window is best for calf survival. The normal temp is 106 and shivering is the way the calf warms itself. When we bring one in, dampened towels in the microwave help to warm up the legs since the body heat focuses on the core. Frostbite damages the ears and tail as well as the lower legs. the umbilical cord will thaw and drops off when dried and the freeze won't affect the process. Iodine in the umbilical cord helps with infection. Also, because chilled, watch the calf for signs of pneumonia.
Our calf that was stepped on and nearly frozen last spring was given Gallimycin in her tube feeding until she was strong enough to get up and nurse on her own...that was a two week process of us milking the mother and hand feeding the calf. Mom was a first timer and really wanted her baby. She cleaned it and kept it nurtured while we fed it for her. Sunshine is now 600 pounds at 7 months of age..stub-tailed and has one toe on her back foot. Her ankle on that foot doesn't bend like normal, but she is heathy and strong.
For young babies like your two day old...if mom is giving good milk and is keeping the calf near her, she will be the wind break. But a windbreak is helpful if you can't get her and the calf in to a barn of shed. We have had calves born in freezing weather that the mothers clean them quickly and the calves spring up minutes from birth. Within hours after feeding, they are trying to buck. It all has to do with calf vigor and mothers' experience.
We now pen up first time mothers so we can offer assistance or a warm dry enclosure until we see the mothers tending their calves. At 24 hours, a good bonded pair can go out to pasture.
We run 100 mother cows with calving in both Spring and Fall.
You are doing so many things correctly...sounds like you are doing a great job.

 

[NanaKat]

Good luck to Bill and Maryjo with you birthing a.
Robyn..love the pictures of Cressy

We are still getting snow. At 6:30 am took hot water out to the outdoor coops and opened the screens. The birds were toasty in the hay filled coops. I was so worried about the 25 birds I left in those pens. I had moved the best typey breeders inside along with the Delaware Bantams. The areas inside the barn are packed but I have set up multiple feeding stations in there. Got two dozen eggs yesterday...so they are not stressed.

We are going out with the 4 wheel drive van to see if we need to break pond water for the cows. They can usually step on the ice near shore to break it until the ice gets too thick.....will be back soon.

 

[muesky]

Wonder if there will be an auction at Newcastle Saturday? I was looking forward to going.

I was wondering the same thing... Not sure I want to go if the weather is going to be bad... According to the National Weather Service we are supposed to get more snow and sleet tomorrow night through to Sunday... At this point school Monday maybe canceled..

It's been a rotten day in more ways than one. My pet goose died this morning.

Hubby had gone out and let all the poultry put and fed the other livestock, I went out to water and let the geese go graze(even though it was sleeting). I noticed Little Britches was laying down in front of the goose house with Alex standing over, thought that unusual since she always goes out with everyone and hates to be left behind. When I got up to her she looked at me and i reached down and petted her.m I knew she was sick. I just love her, she's always been my baby and if I ever had a goose living in the house it would of been her. I had raised her because she was hurt as a baby. I used to bath her and wrap her in a towel and feed her in the rocking chair. Anyway, I got hysterical and couldn't stop crying, why her. Hubby had left to take someone to town for groceries so I put clean hay down moved

her in more and layed down with my arm around her and my coat to keep her warm, all the time just bawling. Alex was very agitated and tried to get her up. I pushed him away and he attacked me and drew blood. I just stayed there and kept bawling. He seemed perplexed and moved away and just watched. The gaggle of geese came running by talking. She lifted her weak little head , put it down and was gone.

Some of you might think I'm crazy for loving her so much, but I couldn't help it. I had so many errands today and was just a zombie. I called the Ag dept, because I hadn't gotten any news back on the duck and I know they have to test them right away. They didn't have any news back, so she assumed it wasn't an infectious disease as they would have already been out here to cull everything. The vet was on a call but. she said she'd try and get a hold of him and have him call me back. He did in fact, call me a few hours later. He said the lab couldn't really find anything out of the usual. No parasites and nothing that seemed like and infectious disease.
They are going to take more tissue samples and have different labs check them out too. He said it sounds like a toxin of some sort. I was thinking botulism, because of the mud hole but he didn't think that unless there was a dead animal somewhere and we had some water runoff. But he did agree to dry up that spot and see if anything changes. If anything else dies between Monday and Thursday, he said they'd pick them up and see if anything could be found different, I didn't ask him about pulling blood. Since Little Britches is the only one I found dying, I should have pulled some blood, but with her my head wasn't on straight. All I could feel is grief. Anyway, that's all the update I have.
Little Britches you;ll always be in my heart and memories.

Sorry about your loss.. I think everyone on here has experienced this at least once or twice.

I'm keeping an eye on my two pregnant goats, they have been pregnant so long I just know they have to be due anytime now and would be just typical for them to kid in this bad weather, this will be their first so not sure what to expect.

If they are going to have them it will more then likely be at the worse times... That has been my experience..

 

[muesky]

Well it is a cold snowy morning out there.. Beautiful but cold... Everyone is in the pen huddled together to keep warm..

 

[mjgigax]

Made it to Catleman's for breakfast. Love my Subaru

 

[eddieokie]

Hen is doing much better, treated her for botulism. She is standing up in her cage looking around. should I keep giving her the molasses water ? I have also been giving her enfamil