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[drumstick diva]

PS send me good buying Ice cream vibes, so I get the right kind today!!

 

[chickadoodles]

Alaskan maybe this weekend you will get some takers when people have more time. I hope you get some takers.

Diva I hope you get the right ice cream today.

I have three flower beds slap full of bulbs that I have to get Dh to help me thin out.

Here is one and the other two are so full I am embarrassed to take a pic of them.

 

[chickisoup]

PS send me good buying Ice cream vibes, so I get the right kind today!!

OH OH

I have an ice cream story!!!
Yesterday the weather was too horrible to do anything outside so DH decides we need to drive to town and get him some ice cream. (35+ miles). Ok.
We get to the grocery store (after other stops of course, why waste a trip to town) and DH decides to stay in the car because his knees are giving him trouble after working hard all the day before putting up a higher fence around the chicken yard for me. While getting out of the car I ask him what flavor ice cream he would like. His answer?
"Oh, I don't know. Get whatever flavor the dog likes". I start out across the parking lot, stop, do a quick pivot as it hits me,

"Whatever flavor the dog likes?". I ask.
He just smiles at me and says, "Well you know she can't have chocolate".

Later as I am checking out I relate the story to the cashier. She starts to laugh and says "I love that man!". Me too.

 

[chickisoup]

Quote: Pretty!!!!

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: Thank you.

 

[getaclue]

chickisoup, what kind of bulbs are they?

 

[bruceha2000]

The universe is trying to get me together with CrazyNeighborLady.

I got off work early today, came home and was going to nap, but guilt got the better of me so I decided to clean the goat house. Then I decided to see if I could clip the goats toenails by myself by shoving them up against the wall or a fence.

Well, I started with Caramel, the jerk. As I was doing it Pip, the lover, was trying to love on me. So Caramel got away and ran into the goat house. Thinking, "aha! I got her now" I closed the door behind us and cornered her. The next thing I hear is Pip freaking out because I'm not visible and her pushing up against the goat house door.

Click.

Thankfully CNL was home and I didn't have to call the po-leez.

Sheep/goat "deck chair"

https://www.premier1supplies.com/detail.php?prod_id=86

Referenced by a friend on another forum. Said it was EASY to trim her goats' feet with this. You back the animal up until they end up sitting in the chair which is hooked into a wire fence (or whatever works for you). Seems a great idea to me, all 4 feet up in the air where they are easy to see and hold. No feet on the ground to get purchase to struggle.

Less than 30 seconds before it happened I contemplated removing my jacket (and thus cell phone in the pocket) because it's hot here (hot is relative, less than 60) but the jacket helps protect against scrapes and scratches so I left it on. Thankfully.

Um, and you have CNL's phone number stored? Sounds like you get along with her better than I would have guessed.

I would still be locked in were I in your situation, cell phone doesn't work at the house, the Verizon tower is over the hill and we are in a dead spot.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Oooo I forgot I saw those "deck chairs" on premier They look intriguing.... and possibly easy to make. But I wonder how "easy" it is to get the subject into the chair without help.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Ok Found a Video..... Hes doing all the things I was thinking about for managing goats... using a squeeze to get them contained an the deck chair that he made.

I would add a velcro strap to go across the chest just to stabilize the critter keep them layed back because they could get out on their own.... which is a good thing.

Just FYI this is a position that goats and sheep handle very well.... If you have ever seen Sheep being Sheared on TV or on YouTube. This would be a great tool for a larger flock like about this size. YOu can inspect the critter from head to to for all sorts of things but most of all for hoof trimming and Treatment.... Foot rot is common amongst all hooved animals.... Sheep Deer cows goats horses.... Its simple to treat if the animal is cooperative... A good cleaning and a squirt of the antifungal product of choice. Even if you have to debrade and wrap the foot with a bandage.

Its amazing the nasty looking rotting feet can recover.

deb

deb

 

[chickadoodles]

chickisoup, what kind of bulbs are they?

getaclue I am not a real flower person. But some lilies or iris's white, some purple with yellow in the middle like a bearded iris and daffodils. And a small white lillie that the squirrels dug up out of the pasture and put in the flower beds.

If some one wants some let me know and when we get them dug up I can let you know. The White (day lilies I think?) in this bed pictured are the only white ones I have like this.