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Baby Goat~~Up-Date

Baby Goat~~Up-Date

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I wanted you to know that the orphaned baby goats are doing well….. …..they are adjusting….. Even though Snickers had twins…and Fatty Patty had triplets…those five babies have adapted and are thriving….. Although…I think the adopted wet-nurses are not so happy….. I’m not even sure they ever officially volunteered for the job…it just kind of…happened….. After Snickers and Fatty Patty both passed…Cami had to be banished from the nursery stall….. Her two boys…

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~Brave Is Being Brave~

~Brave Is Being Brave~

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* It’s an on-going worry….. I’m worried about Brave….. He lost his pasture buddy when we had to put Claire down….. Where it was the kindest thing for Claire…it left Brave totally alone….. He’s a sensitive horse…you think of stallions as being these big courageous steeds….. …..well…they are….. They are big…and they are courageous….. …..but courageous steeds also have feelings too….. Trooper is being a good friend…and is by Brave’s side most of the…

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Claire

Claire

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** **********Disclaimer—This Is A Farm Post—Graphic Images To Follow********** I would have posted this last week….. …..but honestly…I was just too sad….. …..Claire is gone….. It was not a surprise….. It was planned…… But that doesn’t make it any easier….. I hate having to make “those” decisions…it’s above my pay-grade….. When I brought Claire home from Alabama…(about five years ago)…I knew she wasn’t doing well….. And after being lectured by my large animal veterinarian…

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*****Snickers*****

*****Snickers*****

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* This is not a happy post….. Snickers did not make it….. My older daughter really really tried hard to save her….. …..she went out every two hours…with conviction….. …..but ultimately other plans were afoot for Snickers….. She was our biggest…healthiest…most robust doe(!?!)….. It makes no sense…whatsoever….. The drenches…the injections…the soaked beet pulp…the supplements…the additives and vitamins…the good food…the nutritious alfalfa….. She had kidded before…it didn’t appear that this birth was a particularly difficult…

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…Bro-mance…

…Bro-mance…

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I think I’ve mentioned in past posts that a farm is mostly a matriarchal system….. Stallions…Bucks…Boars…Roosters…Drakes…are all necessary…don’t get me wrong….. …..well…I don’t know about roosters…at least our roosters….. Our roosters all crow their faces off during the wee hours of each morning…I swear they’re all on Central European Time….. *************Get With The Program Guys************* But it’s the Mares…Does…Sows…Hens…and Ducks who produce the foals…milk…piglets…and eggs….. Don’t get me wrong…I fully appreciate the Birds…

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~~~Panacur PowerPac~~~

~~~Panacur PowerPac~~~

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Tra!…La!…It’s Panacur PowerPac Time…It’s Panacur PowerPac Time…Tra!…La!….. ~~~You Parasites Should All Beware….. ~~~It’s Time You Should Be Scared….. ~~~Because This Stuff Will Eradicate You….. ~~~And Make My Horses Healthy Through & Through….. ………….(best said while skipping & whistling)…………. Horses need to be wormed regularly….. We all have parasites………….it’s true…we do….. The trick is to keep the internal balance………….well………….balanced….. …..it’s all about homeostasis….. A Panacur PowerPac is good stuff….. It comes in a box…it’s…

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***The Innocent Feed Bucket***

***The Innocent Feed Bucket***

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** This might be a boring post….. Possibly….. But little problems can…(and quite often…do)…become bigger issues…when they aren’t given enough attention….. In my last post…I mentioned the feed bucket handle that had originally injured Brave’s left bottom eyelid….. *****(Equine Eye Injuries)***** I thought I might illustrate what I was talking about in this post….. We use large/flat-sided buckets of various sizes to transport & feed the various animals….. …..sounds benign…doesn’t it?….. …..not so much……..

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***Vet’s Visit***

***Vet’s Visit***

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** An appointment with Doctor Stevie Wonder was made….. There were several things that needed to be done or checked….. Doctor Wonder pulled blood from Anja & Claire….. …..given Addy’s sudden death…it was suggested to me…and seemed prudent…to check both mare’s blood panels….. …..now…we await the results….. AND…we wanted Doctor W to evaluate Claire’s hind hoof “abscess”….. The good doctor had quite the potpourri of things to do during this appointment….. I’ve always marveled…

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~~~POLLEN & Springtime~~~

~~~POLLEN & Springtime~~~

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** POLLEN!—It’s great for bees….. …..but not so great for a number of my friends….. My family’s lucky…pollen doesn’t affect us…if it does…it’s not noticeable….. …..others aren’t so lucky….. Red eyes…runny noses…itchies…& sneezing….. I know when it’s happening…because the oak tree’s are so thick with it…my red truck looks orange….. …..a simple windshield wiper wash…just leaves gooey/yellow/pasty ruts….. …..I have a bottle of Windex in my truck…along with a windshield scraper…for all the pollen-putty……..

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~~~Mark Your Calendars~~~

~~~Mark Your Calendars~~~

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** I had forgotten to mention….. …..with my older daughter’s recent fence repairs….. Claire has been put into the same pasture with Brave…once again….. …..for obvious reasons….. If you count a mare’s months of gestation on your fingers and toes….. …..you’ll come up with about eleven months (give or take)….. …..and it’s that “give or take” and wondering when the baby will actually arrive…that makes me loose my stomach lining and pull out my…

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