77Herford Farm Zoo Journal Moving

[77Herford]

Still some twinges but I was stir crazy. For half the day my house looked like a nursery, . 1 to 2 year old trees everywhere.

 

[elevan]

Well my DH's doctor always advises him to rest a day and then exercise the back (smartly) after that...so just don't over do it. Don't want your posts tomorrow to be about back pain.

Glad you were able to get some work done

 

[77Herford]

Daisy died this morning of unknown causes. We are taking her to the University to see what happened, it should take a week or so to find out but I suspect I know what happened. I've seen something like this before as I've lost a foal like this suddenly. Just the other day I yelled at some city teenagers feeding ditch grass to the Daisy and Clove and I know it had just been sprayed by the county. I have clear signs up saying "DO NOT FEED LIVESTOCK" and also have some signs saying the ditch grass is sprayed periodically so do not feed to livestock, but do they listen or read, NO.
I could contract to cut the grass for hay but that requires a million dollars of insurance coverage.
I am fed up!! I immediately moved all the animals out of the road side pens, which is highly inconvenant.

 

[daisychick]

That really really sucks. Are you going to have them run a toxicology on her?? I guess I should be thankful I have to tend my own county ditch out front and no one sprays it here. :/

 

[77Herford]

Well we loaded up Clove and wife took her to the Vet. She was acting sluggish and frothing at the mouth. I do have some Clover in the field and know it can cause foaming but because of what happened yesterday I don't want to take any chances.
I checked my premium 20 Hereford cows I had out with Clove and Daisy and just one has the run's so I put her in an isolated stall, stupid kids.

 

[77Herford]

Well for now I'm going to put up an extra high electric wire as there are already signs up for that. My long term plan is simply with a line of Hybrid-Willows as a hedge. They grow fast and fill in well, plus they do well with wind. "When it rains it pours." Such is the farm life. Keeps things interesting.
Got eighteen of the ewes today on top of all this, lol.
You have to laugh or I would go nuts.

 

[marlowmanor]

Sorry to hear about Daisy. I hope Clove gets better if it affected her and hopefully the cow is okay too. Have fun with those sheep, and hopefully you can get the fencing and people issues dealt with too.

 

[elevan]

Sorry to hear about Daisy, Clove and your heifer.


Stupid kids

 

[jodief100]

That is so sad. I am sorry you lost Daisy. Can you put an electric line offset from the fence so they can't get close enough to feed through it? What is wrong with people that they seem to believe "DO NOT..." signs mean the other guy, not them?

I would put up signs that say "This grass KILLED my baby llama, DO NOT FEED" and a picture of the dead baby.

 

[77Herford]

Hee, hee, was filling up my gas tank in town and you would never know who pull up next to me... One of those brats it was a group of kids doing the feeding and I didn't see her feeding them but she wasn't stopping them so I not being the coolest head plowed right in on my barrading her on the spot.
I didn't realize her mom was in the car as well , she of course came out yelling at me a stranger yelling at her daughter who by now was near tears. I was yelling back about her irresponsible friends killing my Cria, too which they both said "a what?". I replied a baby llama, too which they said "Oh".
Then my lovely wife comes out of the gas station as I'm feuding with these ladies and not knowing who's, who begins defending me and she, my wife can be a BIT defensive, I've seen her on a few occasions deck people in arguments, .
Finally the gas station owner and old timer came out and at the top of his lungs, MUST I CALL THE POLICE, ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!
It was much more civilized after that with the Old guy as the moderator. The mother soon understood the whole issue and called all her daughters friends parents that were there. Talk about embarrassment for the girl, she was flushed red and my wife and I couldn't help but smile and feel bad for her at the same time.
With in a half of an hour, I my wife and five other mothers and one dad were talking inside the gas station over some drinks with the offenders outside looking worried.
The parents were very understanding of the situation and even followed us out to my place to see the many signs posted not far from were they where feeding.
Truthfully at the beginning of all this I just wanted to yell at them but afterwards I just told the parents to not have them feed the animals, but one kinda bossy mother piped up. Her son one of the said offenders was an athelete and spoiled but you could tell the mom was tired of his attitude and thought out loud that they should all pay off their crimes by working on my place for a month, . Quickly the other parents agreed and I was obviously hesitant as my Wife said "We'll take'm".