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Jumping the Moon Dairy - the next chapter
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Mike CHS
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I was writing on a different page. I'm sorry it turned out this way.
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babsbag
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Mia is a very sad girl tonight and it breaks my heart. She won't eat, won't guard, just lays around looking sad. She wants to nest which isn't good, I don't want her going under the shed or the hay storage area as she may not come out...ever. Poor baby.
It's 9:30 and I just got done cleaning the milking parlor and the milk room, boy does it look sparkly clean. I hate the floor, and will be redoing at least the one in the parlor this winter. I might redo both of them, we'll see how I feel about pulling out the sink. Any floor that has to be cleaned with a scrub brush on my hands and knees like Cinderella has to go...too old for that stuff.
I still have a few things to do in the morning. The inspector won't be here until noon so first thing I have to do is milk and tells the girls not to get the place dirty. Then I have to set up some stuff for the two exams, and I am not really ready for those but oh well. I don't remember minutiae as well as I used to and this is really what this is all about. For example, they ask "why can the manhole cover on the bulk tanker truck be opened for sampling without any protection or cover? " And instead of giving you a logical reason as to why they basically say "because the code says that you can".
So don't give me a reason, just do it because I said so, my brain doesn't function that way. But tomorrow it will be over one way or another. I am really a lot more interested in hearing what she wants me to do for certification than I am in taking these tests.
Wish me luck.
It's 9:30 and I just got done cleaning the milking parlor and the milk room, boy does it look sparkly clean. I hate the floor, and will be redoing at least the one in the parlor this winter. I might redo both of them, we'll see how I feel about pulling out the sink. Any floor that has to be cleaned with a scrub brush on my hands and knees like Cinderella has to go...too old for that stuff.
I still have a few things to do in the morning. The inspector won't be here until noon so first thing I have to do is milk and tells the girls not to get the place dirty. Then I have to set up some stuff for the two exams, and I am not really ready for those but oh well. I don't remember minutiae as well as I used to and this is really what this is all about. For example, they ask "why can the manhole cover on the bulk tanker truck be opened for sampling without any protection or cover? " And instead of giving you a logical reason as to why they basically say "because the code says that you can".
So don't give me a reason, just do it because I said so, my brain doesn't function that way. But tomorrow it will be over one way or another. I am really a lot more interested in hearing what she wants me to do for certification than I am in taking these tests. Wish me luck.
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Definitely wish you loads of luck!
Poor Mia..hope she comes out of her funk...
Poor Mia..hope she comes out of her funk...
CntryBoy777
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Good Luck!!....
Hope Mia gets back to herself in a couple of days, too...
Hope Mia gets back to herself in a couple of days, too...
Bruce
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Mia will be OK, her hormones didn't get shed when the miscarriage happened.
You could do what some people do with a broody hen, get her some newborns to raise!
I hear you on the "because the rules say so" thing. If there is a "rule" there should be a REASON for the rule. And if there is no logic behind the rule that can be understood, there shouldn't be such a rule.
Good luck, keep calm, do well.
You could do what some people do with a broody hen, get her some newborns to raise!
I hear you on the "because the rules say so" thing. If there is a "rule" there should be a REASON for the rule. And if there is no logic behind the rule that can be understood, there shouldn't be such a rule.
Good luck, keep calm, do well.
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babsbag
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Yes, good news on the dairy front. I am exhausted. I took the exam for the pasteurizer and passed, the other exam we decided to wait on; it was almost 4:00 when she got done with the inspection. I am not certified yet and I didn't expect to be but I do have a list that isn't all the bad, most of it I expected. I am going to cram like crazy and try to be done by Nov. Some of it will be very easy, but the skirting on the trailers is going to be a real pain. She is letting me wait on the concrete for the holding corral until March and she is letting me use my wooden ramps, that saved me a bunch of money. All in all it was a good day, no complaints at all.
Mia is ok physically but very depressed, won't eat and keeps sniffing where her puppies were. She had them is various places in the barn, no nest. I sure hope she comes around soon. None of the dogs seem that interested in this food, Pedigree, and I have fed it many times. But they all look at it and then at me and then they begrudgingly eat it. Makes me wonder, I had just opened this bag and fed it in the morning and then Mia miscarried that night. Can't help but wonder.
Mia is ok physically but very depressed, won't eat and keeps sniffing where her puppies were. She had them is various places in the barn, no nest. I sure hope she comes around soon. None of the dogs seem that interested in this food, Pedigree, and I have fed it many times. But they all look at it and then at me and then they begrudgingly eat it. Makes me wonder, I had just opened this bag and fed it in the morning and then Mia miscarried that night. Can't help but wonder.
Hens and Roos
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Glad to hear the good news for your dairy 
and that the list from the inspector isn't to bad!
Hope Mia starts feeling mentally better-poor girl
That does make you wonder about the food-any chance your vet could help you test it
given that none really want to eat it....
Can you get another bag(maybe from a different store) and see if they eat that better?
and that the list from the inspector isn't to bad!Hope Mia starts feeling mentally better-poor girl
That does make you wonder about the food-any chance your vet could help you test it
given that none really want to eat it....Can you get another bag(maybe from a different store) and see if they eat that better?
CntryBoy777
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I'm sure glad the inspector worked with ya on things and the past history didn't play a role as ya were afraid that it would. I knew ya would pass the test and that memory wasn't on the fritz with ya.
Having been in warehousing, there are many things that could have taken place with the storage of the dog food that could have tainted it, so since the dogs react to it seems to tell me that something is amiss with it. I'd just chunk it and go back to what was before....I hate the waste, but I always listen to my animals....ya could always donate it to a shelter or rescue....but, personally I'd just get rid of it cause I wouldn't want to give anything bad to other animals either. It will take her a few dags I'm sure to get over the trauma, but nature will carry her thru it all.
Having been in warehousing, there are many things that could have taken place with the storage of the dog food that could have tainted it, so since the dogs react to it seems to tell me that something is amiss with it. I'd just chunk it and go back to what was before....I hate the waste, but I always listen to my animals....ya could always donate it to a shelter or rescue....but, personally I'd just get rid of it cause I wouldn't want to give anything bad to other animals either. It will take her a few dags I'm sure to get over the trauma, but nature will carry her thru it all.
