Carla D-Great new adventures and an Amazing Life

[Carla D]

All of our lambs get a pound of feed a day starting at about 30 days. A pound of gain a day is common for Katahdins in our size range.

Thank you.

 

[Carla D]

how do you get your sheep to 90# at 90 days?

We take ours to slaughter. I want specific cuts that are beyond my area of expertise. If I had to, I could butcher myself, but it is easier to just take them and have done. Slaughter weight doesn't make much difference in taste, I have taken a nearly 3 year old ram to slaughter and he tasted just fine. But that is not the case with a lot of "intact" male animals. If it is breeding season, the meat can be gamy because the hormones are raging.

Usual rule of thumb is to slaughter before or at 1 year of age, sooner if you can get them to the weight desired or just want them off the feed bill.

That’s really similar to how we decide to either sell or butcher of young pigs.

 

[Carla D]

I’m really irritated by my vet. He’s telling me I need to give them something daily. Yet he didn’t tell me how much or for how long.

I pointed out to him that a few of them have a nasty cough/sneeze. Well he didn’t observe it. They were put under anesthesia with in 30 seconds of being taken out of the car.

I told him about a couple of skin conditions that I had abserved on three different goats and where they are. He didn’t even notice a large spot on our only solid white goat.

I’m coming to the conclusion that he’s not as competent about goats as I had first believed.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I like to have my vet write instructions down just so everything is clear.

 

[Bruce]

I don't keep a journal, my blabberfingers just take on a life of their own and wander all over the place.

Which is why I didn't know about your TW until I clicked on the banner thing on the forum page!

it is a one way road to hell and back.

Or just "to".

 

[Baymule]

@Bruce don't you ever click on "New Posts" ?

 

[Bruce]

That is how I found Carla's journal. No I don't usually click new posts, some days I can barely keep up with the BYC and BYH threads I follow! Back unhappy today so I ran through all the posts in those threads and checked the "new posts".

 

[Carla D]

That is how I found Carla's journal. No I don't usually click new posts, some days I can barely keep up with the BYC and BYH threads I follow! Back unhappy today so I ran through all the posts in those threads and checked the "new posts".

I’m sorry your back isn’t happy today. I hope it feels better quickly for you.

 

[Carla D]

Feeling so disheartened, frustrated, and ultimately confused. We have never been told that we under feed our animals. Not pigs, cats, rabbits. When I picked up my goat meds on Friday the vets jaw dropped when I told him my 6 week old goats were pushing 20-25 pounds. For some reason he was thinking they were only 10 pounds. Tonight when I picked the goats up from the vet he told me my goats were under weight. I need to feed them more. I don’t know which to believe. Are they too big or too small. He still didn’t give me instructions on how to give the goat medication. I had to get one of his other vets tell me how, how long, and route. I’m beginning to think he may not be as good a vet as I had once thought. I don’t know what to think of his at this point. I’m thinking I should try and find a new large animal vet.

 

[Baymule]

I agree, find another vet.