Bridgemoof--Sheep & Wool festival

[Bridgemoof]

I was just thinking "vacation" today Bon! Your house sounds good.

It's funny but I'm actually looking forward to going and sitting at the hospital all day on Monday with Bon. I can knit, be on BYH, read a book, nap...ahhh!

 

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Remember the two baby goats that had the inverted eyelid problem? Well one of them just never healed correctly. After we took the staple out it started to get inflamed adn Tim had to put a shot of penicillin right into the swollen part while I was holding the poor little thing. It was awful. We thought it was getting better but yesterday the little goat''s eye was so swollen it looked like a golf ball, so we did it again. I don't know if that eye will ever heal and surely he probably can't see out of it.

The Pen is a good idea but you have to do it twice a day for five days. You never do less than five days with penicillin.

 

[Bridgemoof]

HI guys!

Well, I had my first snow baby born this morning in the snow! And he's my first Uriah baby. He's perfect. See my lambing thread for pics.

We're getting hammered with snow. It's been coming down since the middle of the night and we have about 8 or 9" so far. It's heavy and wet, hoping the power doesn't go out!

Bon's surgeyy on Monday went well. She wouldn't let me stay overnight at her house because I have a cold. Despite my attempts not to get sick, I did, the day before her surgery. But I was there for her at the hospital, made sure she got home okay, she had another friend there to stay with her. Then I had to drive home Monday night feeling sick as could be, but I made it. So she's feeling a bit better now, sore but nothing intolerable. Glad that's over with!

That's all for now...have to keep an eye on the other ewes. We brought the pregnant ones all up to the sheep shed so they would have shelter if they lambed. Of course Lily had to go and have hers out in the snow! Pffft. But I caught him in time and got them into the jug.

:bun

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Congratulations on the baby! On my over to look at pictures next. I sure hope you don't lose power too....at least in the summer, you don't have to worry about freezing when the power goes out.

 

[bonbean01]

Congrats on the baby!!!!!

Now nip that cold quickly...every wive's tale remedy...and get better soon!!!

Glad your sister is doing okay...she has such a lovely name

 

[Pearce Pastures]

 

[autumnprairie]

Yay on the baby

 

[Bridgemoof]

I don't know about wive's remedies, but ALka Seltzer cold medicine works just fine!

I think it stopped snowing, but it is cold and the wind is blowing like crazy which makes it seem colder. Everybody is hunkered down with shelter and hay, Tim and I spent a great deal of time out there this morning making sure everybody was comfy except for ourselves, we were soaking wet and cold and snowy.

Star, another Jacob, is due tomorrow and she is looking pretty enflamed down there, so she may go at any time! I hope she holds off until tomorrow because when the sun goes down tonight its going to seem pretty darn right freezing out there!

I got to lay down and take a long nap, not much going on here today except taking care of critters.

 

[bonbean01]

Hope Star waits for warmer temps!!!!

As for old wive's tales, the lastest one I got was to cut an onion in half and put it on a dish on my nightstand close to my nose....ummm...I don't think so Hate to think of what kind of dreams that would bring on...that is if you could even sleep with smelling that!

 

[marlowmanor]

Hope Star waits for warmer temps!!!!

As for old wive's tales, the lastest one I got was to cut an onion in half and put it on a dish on my nightstand close to my nose....ummm...I don't think so Hate to think of what kind of dreams that would bring on...that is if you could even sleep with smelling that!

The onion treatment is actually to put a cut onion in a dish on a dresser/nightstand. The onion soaks up the toxins/germs in the air.