goat people... suggestions welcome and needed

[Hens and Roos]

Sorry to hear of the cold weather issues you both are having , hopefully things will start looking up . We have had the flu here all week- my DS(12) all week so far, me yesterday and my DS(8) as of last night. DH and DD are the only ones doing okay-but they were sick before. Out to do chores now.

 

[MissFitFarm]

Sorry to hear of the cold weather issues you both are having , hopefully things will start looking up . We have had the flu here all week- my DS(12) all week so far, me yesterday and my DS(8) as of last night. DH and DD are the only ones doing okay-but they were sick before. Out to do chores now.

looks like I have to do this one at a time, I cant figure out how to do a multi quote.

Thanks for the hugs, right back at ya, hope you all get to feeling better real soon. Be careful with that stuff I heard on BYC that it is very bad this year.

 

[MissFitFarm]

Yep, we are not dealing with what you are but we have terrible flooding... my main coop building flooded. All that brand new bedding we just put down... soaked... all has to be shoveled out. $$$ 20+ bags worth... the other buildings are ok thankfully. Loafing shed also flooded... land is gone just water everywhere. Oh and we got a dusting of snow last night a few hours after a downpour. We are going through round bales like crazy... there is no straw here due to the rains for the past year so hay has to go everywhere. Ok I'm done too!

It'll get better... right?

this is some bad weather, we have no flooding but we have an inch of snow on the ground... and still snowing... sorry about you disappearing land. I hate it when new bedding gets wasted, that stuff aint cheep!!


It better get BETTER don't know how much more me or my critters can take .

 

[MissFitFarm]

sorry about your awful night. everything looks better in the daylight.

thanks, but in the daylight today I have to permanently fix water lines ( if I can ) DH is a truck driver and the only time he can fix things is weekends, I have to deal with things all on my own till then!!! and I have to figure out what to do with my dead hen.
The only things on this farm that are liking this cold and white stuff are my LGD's o and my lab pup...

 

[Bossroo]

Sorry to hear of the cold weather issues you both are having , hopefully things will start looking up . We have had the flu here all week- my DS(12) all week so far, me yesterday and my DS(8) as of last night. DH and DD are the only ones doing okay-but they were sick before. Out to do chores now.

Please don't take this flu too lightly ... I had it for 7 ( real bad for 5 weeks) weeks now and still am stiff and sore plus have a runny nose and a cough now and then.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Please don't take this flu too lightly ... I had it for 7 ( real bad for 5 weeks) weeks now and still am stiff and sore plus have a runny nose and a cough now and then.

Thanks , I'm being very careful- moving very slow and just doing enough to take care of the kids and animals. Realistically I can't move fast or do to much- no fever or cough just tired. My DS(12) has walking pneumonia, his sister had it before Christmas and my DS(8) has a stomach flu. DD helps out when she get home from school. We're getting more snow and colder again for a few days or so!

 

[Harbisgirl]

Seems you all have too much weather and we don’t have enough. Here in California it is dry and 70 degrees. Sounds nice but it is awful. We only got a few inches of rain last year and now this year we have had zero rain. Worst draught in recorded history. Every day we are breaking new records for longest stint without rain, and high temps. The water companies have put restrictions in place – no longer allowed to water anything outdoors and we’re told to restrict indoor use to 50%. They have water people driving around fining people who are using water outside. Luckily we live out in the country and are on a well so they can’t get us. I suspect food prices in my area will be high this year because all of the fruit trees are starting to bloom which means they’ll be setting fruit when winter decides to show up, and will kill everything off. And meat prices will be high too - there is no pasture and hay is ridiculously expensive, so cattle ranchers are putting their animals down so that they don’t starve to death. We’ve had over 150 wildfires just in January.. It’s a scary time over here in sunny california.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Wow- this weather has been so strange this year- we see on the news how it is a challenge for everyone!

 

[MissFitFarm]

I hope everyone's weather lets up, and SOON !!!! I am so sick of this stuff and the cold, it's the worst. We had our drought last year hay was stupid high and everyone struggled to keep livestock feed. It's no fun worrying about your critters starving due to things beyond your control.

 

[taylorm17]

Seems you all have too much weather and we don’t have enough. Here in California it is dry and 70 degrees. Sounds nice but it is awful. We only got a few inches of rain last year and now this year we have had zero rain. Worst draught in recorded history. Every day we are breaking new records for longest stint without rain, and high temps. The water companies have put restrictions in place – no longer allowed to water anything outdoors and we’re told to restrict indoor use to 50%. They have water people driving around fining people who are using water outside. Luckily we live out in the country and are on a well so they can’t get us. I suspect food prices in my area will be high this year because all of the fruit trees are starting to bloom which means they’ll be setting fruit when winter decides to show up, and will kill everything off. And meat prices will be high too - there is no pasture and hay is ridiculously expensive, so cattle ranchers are putting their animals down so that they don’t starve to death. We’ve had over 150 wildfires just in January.. It’s a scary time over here in sunny california.

Seriously!!! If I magically appeared at your house right now, I would just start to burn and die!! Over here we are joking at the barn I work at saying I can't wait until Friday it is suppose to be up in the 30's WOOHOO!!!

We put Vaseline on my goats ears and the chickens combs and stuff. We also bring the goats in the garage at night and don't even let them out of their barn during the really cold days. They always have lots of hay a very fluffy bed, and what we do is give them hot water, not only do they gulp half of it down, but it doesn't freeze very easy. It keeps them warm really well and they LOVE it. They sometime just sit with their chins in it and we have to wipe their face off before they freeze. Actually the other day a mouse was trying to drink the warm water and fell in. Since it was frozen, we didn't see him and could get the ice out, so we gave the goats a new bucket of hot water. Then we were able to empty the frozen one out and the poor mouse was frozen in it!