Aggieterpkatie- The Daily Bleating-LOTS of pics 4/17

[aggieterpkatie]

Well this same thing shows up as a chronic respiratory thing in chickens, and mycoplasma in turkeys. Could be the same thing you had. :/

 

[Roll farms]

How's your turkey?

The &$*O)# Togg buck escaped 2 more times since my first post about it. The second time he got out of the 'escape proof' kidding room. How he did it is beyond us.

Soooo...I called this fellow who wanted to borrow him to breed to his 2 Togg does. The first time I offered him, the guy said he wasn't ready. Then he called back while Buddy was at a friend's house....and he got huffy when I told him he was gone.

I'd pretty much decided not to call him back but.......he he he.

I don't even care if the dumb goat gets out / runs off / gets away..........for at least a little while...Buddy is someone else's problem.

*happy sigh* followed by *evil laugh*

 

[aggieterpkatie]

The turkey is no different. I'm not all that sure I"m dosing him correctly, because for some reason the tetracycline has to be THE hardest darn antibiotic to figure out the dose. I need to get some Tylan, but our TSC doesn't currently have any. I may have to bite the bullet and just get some from the vet. He's still acting totally normal, and eating and drinking normally.

I wonder if your Togg buck is escaping over at the new place?


I went home (where I grew up) to go to the county fair this weekend, and had a great time! I came home with 2 animals. The first one will be staying here until Darla (ewe) is bred. Then he'll go back home. He's a Southdown ram lamb, and a big boy! He was born in Feb (or March?).

And this little cutie is staying here. She's so cute. I started a thread in the rabbit section to see what age/breed she may be.

AND! I found a few pictures of loooong ago when I was in 4-H!!!! This is a picture of my second or third year in 4-H, so I was probably 11-12ish.

 

[Ms. Research]

The turkey is no different. I'm not all that sure I"m dosing him correctly, because for some reason the tetracycline has to be THE hardest darn antibiotic to figure out the dose. I need to get some Tylan, but our TSC doesn't currently have any. I may have to bite the bullet and just get some from the vet. He's still acting totally normal, and eating and drinking normally.

I wonder if your Togg buck is escaping over at the new place?


I went home (where I grew up) to go to the county fair this weekend, and had a great time! I came home with 2 animals. The first one will be staying here until Darla (ewe) is bred. Then he'll go back home. He's a Southdown ram lamb, and a big boy! He was born in Feb (or March?).

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n143/aggieterpkatie/DSC05086.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n143/aggieterpkatie/DSC05089.jpg


And this little cutie is staying here. She's so cute. I started a thread in the rabbit section to see what age/breed she may be.
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n143/aggieterpkatie/DSC05073.jpg


AND! I found a few pictures of loooong ago when I was in 4-H!!!! This is a picture of my second or third year in 4-H, so I was probably 11-12ish.
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n143/aggieterpkatie/DSC05044.jpg

Looks like you got a really good buy with that Southdown ram lamb. I'm very envious right now. Can you hear the drooling? SheepGirl's Southdown peaked my interest. Can't wait to see what he brings to your farm.

Also love the new picture of your rabbit. Definitely looks like a Mini-Rex by that current picture. I'm really liking that fur. Mini-Rexes fur is so plush. And his coloring, now that I can really see it with the current picture (very clear by the way) looks like a Tort color. Definitely a sweetie.

Congratulations on your 4-H experience. Would have loved to do it when I was young, but not from "livestock" people. Actually not from "animal" people. Looks like the experience helped round you for your Adult livestock adventure.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

So with over 22" of rain since August 1st we're bound to have some mud. Darla has footrot. She's in the barn and I treated her last night and this morning. Hopefully she'll be feeling better this afternoon. I'm not going to put her in with the ram until she's better, and I'm frustrated she's being bred so late. This is one of the frustrations when you don't own your own ram, you're kinda at the mercy of the owner. Oh well, it's not the end of the world.


And do you ever think about your production and think about totally changing directions? I've got 4 sheep and 4 goats right now. The ram and buck will be leaving soon, and I'm trying to sell my wether kid. HOPEFULLY I'll only have the 3 ewes and 2 does come winter. Sometimes I think I should just sell all the goats and focus on sheep. But then I can't get goat milk, and I can't make goat milk soap.

June is my doe in milk, and Ida is her doe kid from this spring. Ida is lovely and is a big improvement over June, so I want to keep her, but do I really *need* 2 does? I don't know yet. June is CAE+ and Ida is hopefully negative (will have her tested this fall) so I could always stop breeding June and just breed Ida when she's old enough, but why keep around a doe that doesn't produce? And I'm kinda attached to her, but I guess I would get over it if I sold her (June). Too much to think about, and this is one of those times when I wish DH was involved with the animals so we could decide these things together.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

It is never easy. Especially when we get attached to them. I was supposed to have people from a really great farm that is attached to a school out here come take a look at my last big Nubian and I can't do it. I keep finding excuses why she's not ready, or it's raining or something. And I even KNOW the change has to be made but ugh. She's 11, she was my first goat. She's my girl.

 

[Roll farms]

Aww, SFC, couldn't you keep just that ONE old Nubian? She's probably pretty well trained and not gonna stress your heart....maybe?

The people who have Togg boy haven't called back sooooo he's either behaving or gone and they don't want to tell me.

Every time I try to get DH to help me decide (when I'm fence sitting) he just says, "Do whatever you think is best." Arrrrgh - sometimes I wish I had a more opinionated man. WAIT - wth did I just say? LOL

I prefer goats to sheep, I hate shearing. HATE IT. That's probably one of the reasons I don't like the Toggs, I have to shave them. We've been lucky that our Ewe's never had foot rot / scald / etc...it's pretty muddy here 60% of the time, but she never has.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Aww, SFC, couldn't you keep just that ONE old Nubian? She's probably pretty well trained and not gonna stress your heart....maybe?

That's what I was thinking.

The people who have Togg boy haven't called back sooooo he's either behaving or gone and they don't want to tell me.

No news is good news!

Every time I try to get DH to help me decide (when I'm fence sitting) he just says, "Do whatever you think is best." Arrrrgh - sometimes I wish I had a more opinionated man. WAIT - wth did I just say? LOL

I prefer goats to sheep, I hate shearing. HATE IT. That's probably one of the reasons I don't like the Toggs, I have to shave them. We've been lucky that our Ewe's never had foot rot / scald / etc...it's pretty muddy here 60% of the time, but she never has.

Yeah, I'm probably asking for trouble with more opinions from DH.

Some sheep are just more prone to footrot. Darla definitely is. My other sheep were always fine, but Darla had it when I got her and I just think she can't take the moisture the others could. If I had an operation and was worried about every little problem, I'd probably cull her. Since I have so few animals I don't mind treating her. Heck, it's not even once a year she gets it luckily. I put some Ammens powder in between her toes yesterday. I've been using the Ammens when June gets staph on her udder, and it has zinc in it. Since a common treatment for footrot is soaking in zinc sulfate, I figured I may as well try it. Plus it can help dry out between the toes. I ended up giving her LA-200 anyways this morning, because she was pretty uncomfy.

I don't mind shearing. I do most of it myself, except when I don't have any sharp blades. But it's $25 per sheep for the local boy to do it, and I can do just as good of a job as he can. Plus, I was given my shearing machine, which really helped me out a lot! Those things are expensive. And I do wool crafts. One of these days I'm going to actually start spinning (yeah yeah, I keep saying that). Really, I am! I swear!

And you know what? The sheep don't lick my legs or "help" with every stinking project like the goats do. I HATE when the goats lick my legs!!!

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

I KNOW.... She's not even horned. Maybe I'll just hide her in the barn. L

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Morning all you BYHers! Happy Wednesday! Half-way through the work week!

This morning I dropped a fecal off at the vets for my 15 year old dog, Scooter. He's had chronic diarrhea for a while, and he's lost a lot of weight. The vet told me he'd be losing muscle since he's older, but he's REALLY lost a ton of weight. I did a fecal a few months ago but I realized the other day they only tested for worms and coccidia, not giardia. Scooter has a habit of finding the nastiest water to drink when he's outside, even though he's got a nice big bowl inside. I'm HOPING he has giardia and that's what's causing the weightloss and diarrhea, because if not, then he's just old and really declining. I'm 30 now, and I've had Scoot for half my life. This dog means the world to me. I'm also going to be switching his food to either a puppy food or a really good senior food, and I'm going to add Metamucil to hopefully slow his gut and add lots of fiber to his diet. I'm hoping we can get this under control.

This picture was taken last summer. He's lost a good bit of weight since then. I know his hourglass is running low on sand and it makes me cry to just think about it.