SuburbanFarmChic
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I have this great image of your husband and the buck tied to different sides of the bobcat. And you standing there with bander in hand telling them you are going to fix this problem one way or the other.
Aggieterpkatie- The Daily Bleating-LOTS of pics 4/17
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So Wanda really tries but sometimes she doesn't quite get it right. I came home and found her sitting on the floor of the coop, looking all broody.
But this is what I found up in the nest box:
Dingbat had moved herself down to the floor but didn't know how to get the chicks down. I moved her and the chicks to the barn so they could have some privacy for a few days.
One of my toms has a swollen face. I posted on BYC..hopefully someone can help me diagnose it.
And here's a random pic of Theo, my buck.
But this is what I found up in the nest box:
Dingbat had moved herself down to the floor but didn't know how to get the chicks down. I moved her and the chicks to the barn so they could have some privacy for a few days.
One of my toms has a swollen face. I posted on BYC..hopefully someone can help me diagnose it.
And here's a random pic of Theo, my buck.
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Crap, I think my turkey has mycoplasma. :/
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That's what I was going to say about your tom...we had one get that once. I tried treating him w/ everything under the sun. Ended up having to put him down. Sorry. 
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Crap. Well, I'm going to call our TSC and see if they sell Tylan 50. Hopefully they do, and they'll have a bottle I can pick up today. I managed to catch him this morning (and didn't even get my work clothes dirty, go me) so he's in the barn ready for meds.Roll farms said:That's what I was going to say about your tom...we had one get that once. I tried treating him w/ everything under the sun. Ended up having to put him down. Sorry.
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Sorry bout your tom
Just gettin light out here, so i'm finishin my coffee then it's time to go collect eggs, feed the livestock their morning ration, make sure water buckets & waterers are cleaned & filled, and handle my doe (n.dwarf) she is not used to being milked & I want to use her for milk after she kids so I am trying to get her used to me rubbing her belly & touching her udder lol. So far she doesn't like her udder touched much so this could take a while..... urgh.
Just gettin light out here, so i'm finishin my coffee then it's time to go collect eggs, feed the livestock their morning ration, make sure water buckets & waterers are cleaned & filled, and handle my doe (n.dwarf) she is not used to being milked & I want to use her for milk after she kids so I am trying to get her used to me rubbing her belly & touching her udder lol. So far she doesn't like her udder touched much so this could take a while..... urgh.
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If it makes you feel any better, a doe's pre-milking attitude towards udder touching usually changes dramatically once they're fresh.
Even my well-trained milkers don't like me to touch their udders when they're dry. I think they think I can get blood out of a turnip....
11am....so far ToggBrat is still in his pen. Let's see how long this lasts.
Even my well-trained milkers don't like me to touch their udders when they're dry. I think they think I can get blood out of a turnip....
11am....so far ToggBrat is still in his pen. Let's see how long this lasts.
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Well, my vet said tetracycline in the water (for all the poultry) should work. Someone on BYC said it probably won't work, but since I have tetracycline on hand (and don't have Tylan on hand) I'll try it first.
Good luck with the udder stuff. Sometimes you luck out like me and get a doe who's never had anyone touch her udder until she freshened and she behaved beautifully. Never kicked or lifted a foot a'tall.
Good luck with the udder stuff. Sometimes you luck out like me and get a doe who's never had anyone touch her udder until she freshened and she behaved beautifully. Never kicked or lifted a foot a'tall.
SuburbanFarmChic
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We had a respiratory rattle bug thing go through some of ours earlier. Tetracycline helped for a while but it came back. 2 rounds of tylan knocked it out. I treated the water for 5 days, waited 10 days and treated for 5 days again.
