BrownSheep- It's been a while

[Straw Hat Kikos]

I would also test, just to be sure. One of my does had an abcess and I wasn't going to test, but I did and it turns out she actually is CL+....not to scare you, but I really would test

I second that. And keeping a goat, or sheep,with CL is a personal choose. I honestly believe that keeping a CL+ animal is not a big deal and it can be controlled easily. Many people make it out to be some dreadful disease and hype it up but it is not a big deal. It can not be transmitted in ANY way other that direct contact with the puss, and it has to be ingested or enter the body thru a cut of body opening. It is not transmitted thru body fluids. If it is internal then they will lose weight, act sick, stay behind the herd, among other things. Internal CL can be transmitted thru coughing and it may be able to be transferred by feces if there are abscesses in the colon of further in the digestive tract. Most of the time they get them on their lungs.

 

[BrownSheep]

She's a market lamb and will be going bye bye regardless. I think I may get her checked out Monday. I have another possible cause as well. In one of the pipe legs of their feeder there was a wasp nest wich would come up to right about her jaw.

EDITTED TO SAY...I've been out voted and we probably won't be taking her to the vet. My father believes I'm jumping to conclusions and it is nothing. I do have a tendency to be a self diagnoser and after reading about this around the web it is completely possible I did this.

 

[BrownSheep]

Well it's been a busy week. Mabel my Suffolk ewe past away. She was only 3 so we are a little confused by that. Harry the yak went to a new home. He'll be used for cross bred meat animals. They did ask if for some reason Harry didn't work out if they could bring him back. We told them of course. Their son is In my sisters grade so I'll be able to keep tabs on him.
The ewes and rams switched pastures since the rams had a lot more feed. Blue was helpful most of the time. She was running of pure instincts. It was amazing to watch. We'll be working on commands now.
Also I discovered why I haven't been getting too many eggs. I went in to the chicken coop to spray for mites late at night since I was spraying every ones legs. I saw some movement under one of the cubbies. I figured it was a chicken since the do sleep down there some times. It wasn't. Me and PePe le pew kind of stared at each other for a moment then he calmly walked over and hid behind a old furnace-y thing in there. We scared him out but were unable to say hello if you know what I mean. The coop has been fortified and I haven't seen him since.
Yesterday was also my last day at work. Next week is fair
Sunday -decorating
Monday- weigh in
Tuesday- THE SHOW
Wednesday- food booth, chicken races, and the parade...and street dance
Thursday- rodeo!
Friday- round robin, rodeo
Saturday- sale, 4-h's birthday party (100yr), rodeo
Sunday- clean up.
I'll end up doing other stuff as well but his is the tentative schdual.

 

[BrownSheep]

Fair is over!
The show went well. Blues all around. The lamb I bred some how beat out the one show lamb I bought. Go figure.
The rodeo has been awesome. Our rodeo is pretty much the bomb diggity. World champions and all that. Last year it tyed for best big rodeo in our circuit. Wich is pretty awesome since the competitors vote on that. I think it has something to do with our beer worthy section. It also makes me giggle since there is only about 4000 people in our town.
The sale went well also. I sold my lamb for $4.10 a lb. the grand champion went for 20$ a lb. I was probably in the upper middle as far as cost went.
Our team also got third in livestock judging. Woot woot!

 

[BrownSheep]

Forgot to add! We made some additions! Some to the farm but most to the freezer. My padre bought 3 pigs and two sheep. Two of the pigs will be butchered and split between us and my dads law partner. The third pig was resold. One lamb will be butchered for the partner and the other came home for breeding. She is a cross breed and not a " show " lamb.

Also thought Ild add my flock book to this post
Rams: Henry ( horned Dorset, 2 yr), Eli ( Rambouillet 1 y ), Black ram ( Henry black sheep x, 7 months)

Ewes:
Bertha ( Suffolk x, 3 y) , freckles ( 1.5 y Berthaxhenry), Triplet #3 ( freckles x Henry 3mths) Clara ( 1.5y Bertha x Henry), Betsy (1.5 Bertha x Henry ), lamb#1 ( Betsy x Henry 3 months ), Max ( 8m Bertha x Henry) , olive ( 8 mths Bertha x Henry)

Ellie ( Suffolk x 3y), Daisy ( 11mths ellie x Henry), Triplet #1 ( Ellie x Henry 4 months ), triplet #2 ( Ellie x Henry 4 months )

Dos ( Suffolk Henry x 1.5yrs) Beazus ( suffolk Henry x 1.5 yrs), Beazus lamb ( Beazus Eli x 6 months), twin #1 ( Suffolk x Henry)

Millie ( Rambouillet x 1y) , m.l ( Millie x Henry 4 months )

Billy ( Rambouillet x 1.5 y ) bl ( billy x Henry 6 months)

Black sheep ( suffolk x 1.5 y)

Emma ( Suffolk hamp x 2.5 years)

Molly ( Rambouillet 1.5)

New ewe ( Suffolk x 8 months)

Each paragraph = family group
Plus 5 weathers for butcher

 

[stitchcounting]

Grats on the win

 

[BrownSheep]

Haha thanks. Not an overall GRAND bit more of a personal in your face my wrinkled butt sheep are still good quality sorta win.

 

[BrownSheep]

Not much has been going on. The ewes and lambs are on dry lot while we do so shearing. I leave for school on Friday so Ive been packing and such....not really looking forward to that. Tomtom the turkey had really bad cases of bumblefoot on both feet although his feet didn't have any swelling. One foot almost had rotting smell. I did surgery so he should be ok.

 

[BrownSheep]

Went to the cardiologist today. He was left scratching his head the same as all the other doctors...he is sending me to a....can't remember the actual word ....kidney specialist. With the energy issues I have without my meds I'm going to talk to the school about switching my classes to morning to no later than one. The reason I'm ( and mom and dad) am concerned is they may be taking off the meds so they don't mess with the next doctors test. With out this medication I tend to be exhausted all day ( CAN NOT STAY AWAKE at all) and have emotional meltdowns...probably because I'm exhausted.

 

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